It's pretty rare for me to actually get to shoot my .22lr. Its not a legal caliber for hunting here, and there weren't any "ranges" untill very recently. The only time I've gotten to shoot it alot is on private property, and the range we usually shot at is only bout 50yds since the guy I go with only shoots pistols. I've shot it out to a couple hundred yards, but only a few shots right at the end of the day.
Yesterday (miserable day) I made it out to our newly designated Hunter education range, with some friends. We shot quite a few different rifles, and they shot a few handguns, but my favorite part of the day was shooting shotshells and other stuff off the berm at 100yds with my .22.
Admittedly I've taken it out a few times here before it was actually legal, but only to shoot paper to match drops to the reticle on my cheapo Bushnell 4-16x40 Banner, and shot a few clays and stuff, but never spent significant time doing it.
Yesterday I shot probably 200rnds at the 100yd mark. Even in the pouring rain making hits wasn't terribly hard (and watching the bullet flight thru the rain was cool). It was hard enough to make it enjoyable, and rewarding to see a chunk of clay shatter, or a shotgun hull go flying tho.
So if you do have a place to stretch your .22 out to 100 or beyond I highly recommend you do so. Imo it's way more fun than it should be.
I did shoot a couple groups (the right side is corrected), but mostly it was plinking. Larger rounds are from my 6.5-284, it was all over the place till I adjusted my position.
Yesterday (miserable day) I made it out to our newly designated Hunter education range, with some friends. We shot quite a few different rifles, and they shot a few handguns, but my favorite part of the day was shooting shotshells and other stuff off the berm at 100yds with my .22.
Admittedly I've taken it out a few times here before it was actually legal, but only to shoot paper to match drops to the reticle on my cheapo Bushnell 4-16x40 Banner, and shot a few clays and stuff, but never spent significant time doing it.
Yesterday I shot probably 200rnds at the 100yd mark. Even in the pouring rain making hits wasn't terribly hard (and watching the bullet flight thru the rain was cool). It was hard enough to make it enjoyable, and rewarding to see a chunk of clay shatter, or a shotgun hull go flying tho.
So if you do have a place to stretch your .22 out to 100 or beyond I highly recommend you do so. Imo it's way more fun than it should be.
I did shoot a couple groups (the right side is corrected), but mostly it was plinking. Larger rounds are from my 6.5-284, it was all over the place till I adjusted my position.