.22lr Loooooooong Shots

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   I am a .22 nut. I waste a lot of time seeing what I can do with them. So, I am wondering what kind of distances have you guys shot at SERIOSLY with your .22's. I don't mean for benchrest accuracy, and definately NOT hunting, but plinking. I was just out trying some long shots, I'll say how long after a bit. 

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bkcorris Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka The Cheesehead Savage Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2120	Topic: .22lr Loooooooong Shots Posted: 01 July 2003 at 13:53
	I am a .22 nut. I waste a lot of time seeing what I can do with them. So, I am wondering what kind of distances have you guys shot at SERIOSLY with your .22's. I don't mean for benchrest accuracy, and definately NOT hunting, but plinking. I was just out trying some long shots, I'll say how long after a bit.

CB900F Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Honor, Integrity Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Eritrea Status: Offline Points: 8857	Posted: 01 July 2003 at 14:01
	BKC; The Missouri river range here has a gong at about 318 yards. It's about 30" - 36" in diameter. I won't ring it first shot, or every shot, but I will ring it with a .22lr. 900F
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bkcorris Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka The Cheesehead Savage Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2120	Posted: 01 July 2003 at 14:41
	Cb, very close. I set up a piece of aluminum, about 30" x 40" at 300 yards. It is a lot of fun. I tried a rapid fire with my 550 semi and was a little less than 50%. With my Rom M69 I was about 75%. I tried a target at 300 and was too ashamed to even bring it back down.

Kingpin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka Old IronSides Joined: 01 July 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 11716	Posted: 01 July 2003 at 16:26
	bk, if you really want to see what you (should read "You") can do with a .22, start shooting NRA small bore silhouette. All shots are from the standing. and before each match you have to take the benches from the line. I recently shot a head plate (6" in dia) from 200 meters in Memphis Tennessee from the off hand. A lot of guys say that I am "queer" for .22's since I own about 15 of them, all high grade models, Winchester 52's, 40-X's, and Anschutz's, but I don't prefer the low grade stuff............Kingpin
	There are times when a normal man must, spit in his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

waksupi Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka Keeper of the Old Traditions Joined: 11 June 2003 Status: Offline Points: 2371	Posted: 01 July 2003 at 16:52
	I had a Gallery pump for a few years that I put a tang sight on, that I got from Dixie Gun Works. It would go up to about 325 yards pretty well, as long as the wind wasn't playing too many tricks.

dakotasin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator a TRUE brother-in-arms! Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4099	Posted: 01 July 2003 at 19:58
	my most favorite shot w/ a 22... my brother and i were out screwing around. happened upon a field that was just loaded w/ jackrabbits... we found some that we lasered at 125 yards. (earlier that day i took $20 from my brother on an 85 yard crow from offhand w/ iron sights). $20 went onto the truck hood, my brother leaned across and took forever to squeeze it off... at the shot, the jack jumped up clearing the 4-strand barbed wire fence he was next to, landed, and came screaming across the snow right at us... he crossed the ditch, ran onto the road crossing just feet in front of us, down into the other ditch, and when he reached the middle of the ditch, he just tipped over. i'm thinking there's no way he made that shot, and that rabbit ran that far... so, we skinned him just to see if there was indeed a hole...so, he won his $20 back... but you guys and your 2 and 300 yard shots... no, not me. i have enough trouble getting my centerfires to do that!
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Eagleye Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .30/06 SpringField Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 293	Posted: 02 July 2003 at 16:46
	22 Rimfires can be amazingly accurate, even at distances they were never designed for. Many, Many years ago, I had a 51K Mossberg that I used to harass the gophers, magpies, starlings etc with. It was a fairly accurate 22, so I mounted an old B4 Weaver scope on it. One day when my dad and I were in the back yard, a Starling left the cherry tree and flew across the field, landing on the very top of a big fir tree at least 200 yards distant. I said to my dad: "Watch me, I'm going to shoot that Starling." He just laughed and replied: "You won't even scare him at this distance." I aimed that old Mossberg, lifted the muzzle an amount I thought appropriate, and touched one off. Imagine the surprise for both of us when that Starling tipped off that treetop and dropped like a stone! I know it was a fluke, but I have shot some groups at 200 yards with my 541T on a quiet day that measured under 3", mostly vertical spreads. Regards, Eagleye
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bkcorris Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka The Cheesehead Savage Joined: 11 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2120	Posted: 03 July 2003 at 13:45
	Kingpin, I was practicing silhouette when I got the idea. I was doing 100 at a ram sized chunk of the same aluminum. I wouldn't brag as much if it were off the bench. I actually measured it and the viewable part is 25" wide x 35" tall. Not fantastic, but a lot of fun. The ping is surprisingly very loud. I also have a 12x12 piece of heavy gauge sheet steel set up at 200 yards I freehand at. Too much time, not anough ammo!

Spot shooter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Left BSB in Disgrace Banned Joined: 19 June 2003 Location: Bahrain Status: Offline Points: 0	Posted: 03 July 2003 at 13:57
	Guess this'll do, I have a Marlin 39a, made in the early 60's. My dad hand checker'd it when he was a kid. Anyway, buddy of mine set down a pickle in a lane an we paced off a 100yds. Shot it dead center with the first shot, but I was using standin shootin free hand with iron sites. Still have this gun after 25 years. Spot Edited by Spot shooter

CB900F Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Honor, Integrity Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Eritrea Status: Offline Points: 8857	Posted: 06 July 2003 at 09:50
	Spot & all; I always have wanted one of the Marlin 39 Mounties. Straight stock, carbine barrel. Trouble is, everybody else wants one too I guess. Saw a Marlin 39 cowboy recently at the gun show. Same as the Mountie except an octogon rifle barrel. New price on that one was $699.00. Gonna be awhile on the Marlin .22. 900F
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