Shooting 22lr

[taliv]

With my 6.5x47L

Pretty challenging targets at 100 yards. but I kinda like using them for bench work. Maybe a little better than shoot n see dots.

I went to the range this afternoon with a shot up IPSC cardboard silhouette. So I decided to stick some 22lr shells in it that I picked up off the ground.

I was testing two loads, one with Berger 140hybrids and another with 135JLK that was about 50 fps faster but shot to the same point at 423 yards yesterday. I shot 4 rounds, 2 of each at 2 22lr shells.
first round was about 1/2” low. Second knocked it out.


the hole on the right had the 22lr in it. First round shot just a hair to the left. Couldn’t get any closer. Second round was dead on and left burn marks on all sides of the hole.


I thought that was good enough so I went home. Then later I thought that was fun I should do it some more so I went back to the range a few hours later and filled a bunch of the holes.



I wound up hitting 4 of them (incl 2 at top of pic below , 6 with original two) but for some reason was shooting just a wee bit low. Again I was bouncing back and forth between the 140g and 135g bullets and shot about 15 total. After shooting the shoot n see (3rnds on right, 2 on left) I dialed up .2 and hit the 4 shells. Still had a couple misses too the left though. Prob just me out of practice.

 

[Steel Horse Rider]

So you were shooting at live duds or just shell casings? I used to enjoy shooting shot 12 ga casings with my Browning Buckmark 22 LR from about 20 yards. Challenging targets are more fun than shooting paper..

 

[taliv]

Empties of course. You can see the firing pin indentions on the rims.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Ha, neat idea!

I would think you could pull the bullets and dump the powder from a few primed cases and it would be perfectly safe, with a nice bang for rewarding a hit.
Though I suppose perfectly good .22 rounds are too expensive to waste these days......

 

[rayatphonix]

I’m not sure why, but that sounds like fun. I’ll try it this afternoon.
Thanks, I think.

 

[Walkalong]

Challenging for sure

 

[jmorris]

I remember as a kid shooting the little parting nubs of saltine’s, with my pellet gun and once hit the primer on a 12ga shell. It went off but was uneventful, other than destroying itself.

All more than 400 yards closer than your .22 targets.

 

[taliv]

No no, I shot at the 22 brass at 100. I’d previously shot those loads at 423 and just wanted to verify my horizontal zero at 100.

I can’t imagine people who are good enough to light match heads

 

[jmorris]

I never could get one to light, I could hit just about every part/portion of the head, just never lit one. Easier to shoot playing cards in half for sure.

Much closer distances, 3 steps or so.

I should try again with different brands of matches…

 

[I6turbo]

No no, I shot at the 22 brass at 100. I’d previously shot those loads at 423 and just wanted to verify my horizontal zero at 100.

I can’t imagine people who are good enough to light match heads

I was thinking I'd seen where someone tested this claim and found that a match head can't be ignited by a bullet (not the right type of friction to ignite the striker stuff in the head), but I'm not certain.

I immediately thought Myth Busters, but when I searched I didn't find anything about it related to Myth Busters. What I did find was very interesting though. They tested a LOT of myths. Take a look at the list at the link below. If you scroll down pretty near the bottom of the list you'll see tests having to do with guns and bullets.

https://mythresults.com/

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

I was thinking I'd seen where someone tested this claim and found that a match head can't be ignited by a bullet (not the right type of friction to ignite the striker stuff in the head), but I'm not certain.

I immediately thought Myth Busters, but when I searched I didn't find anything about it related to Myth Busters. What I did find was very interesting though. They tested a LOT of myths. Take a look at the list at the link below. If you scroll down pretty near the bottom of the list you'll see tests having to do with guns and bullets.

https://mythresults.com/

My favorite was when they tried to penetrate an oxyacetylene tank with a Garand, like on Jaws.

 

[Howland937]

My favorite was when they tried to penetrate an oxyacetylene tank with a Garand, like on Jaws.

Yes, that was a good one...as was cutting a tree down with a minigun.

I hadn't tried shooting .22 cases at 100, but have at 50 with a .22. Challenging but doable, as was shooting thumbtacks. After a while of trying and finally getting dialed in, it actually dawned on me why accurate rifles are called "tack drivers"
Go figure. I had absolutely zero luck shooting finishing nails though...or shooting the staples in half.

 

[taliv]

I have shot thumb tacks in matches before. Not easy for sure (especially mid summer Deep South with so much mirage )

 

[Bwana John]

I was thinking I'd seen where someone tested this claim and found that a match head can't be ignited by a bullet (not the right type of friction to ignite the striker stuff in the head), but I'm not certain.
https://mythresults.com/

I have seen it done (once, with a 22lr rifle @ 25 yards shot bipod prone)

I wonder if jacketed or plated bullets would work better?

I know that plated 22lr works better than lead at cutting tensioned string.

 

[sparkyv]

We kids would put shotgun shells in fence knotholes and shoot 'em with out BB guns. Great fun!

So you were shooting at live duds or just shell casings? I used to enjoy shooting shot 12 ga casings with my Browning Buckmark 22 LR from about 20 yards. Challenging targets are more fun than shooting paper..

I remember as a kid shooting the little parting nubs of saltine’s, with my pellet gun and once hit the primer on a 12ga shell. It went off but was uneventful, other than destroying itself.

 

[C.R.]

you will not make a match light unless you use the Strike anywhere matches like the Ohio Blue Tip matches the big old wooden kitchen matches

 

[jdsingleshot]

I knew a guy named Ray Vigue in Maine who used to stand .22 empties in holes drilled in the edge of a board. He would then try to shoot them from the side such that the bullet would leave a thin web at each side of the empty. He shot a Contender in his cellar at about 10 yards using a rest and a 35X scope. He succeeded sometimes---always hit the empties, of course.

 

[jmorris]

you will not make a match light unless you use the Strike anywhere matches like the Ohio Blue Tip matches the big old wooden kitchen matches

I had thought the ones we have at the farm were Ohio Blue Tip strike anywhere and called “Kitchen Matches”. Might have to check again, these say “strike on box” and that’s not going to work.

https://www.diamonddoesitbetter.com/products/ohio-blue-tip-strike-on-box-matches/

Edit: looks like they have changed them. These are like the ones we have.

 

[C.R.]

now i will have to see if i can find a box of the old fashioned kitchen matches someplace. they are getting hard to find ,might have to visit the Amish store

 

[DM~]

I was thinking I'd seen where someone tested this claim and found that a match head can't be ignited by a bullet (not the right type of friction to ignite the striker stuff in the head), but I'm not certain.

When I was a kid, my dad did it regularly with an iron sighted 22, so YES it can be done.

Of course, the matches them days, could be ignited almost on anything that was rough... Today they are called "strike anywhere" matches, I have several boxes of them.

DM

 

[I6turbo]

Perhaps the Strike Anywhere match is the key. You could also put the old Strike Anywhere matches (like these: https://picclick.com/Vintage-Matchbook-Box-Diamond-Strike-Anywhere-Made-in-272216222957.html ) in a BB gun and shoot them against a rock or wall and they'd fire up. I've shot a ton of them like that as a kid. Sometimes we'd pour a little gasoline out and light it that way.

I see you can still buy Strike Anywhere matches. I'm a bit surprised.