200+ Yards with .22s

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There was an earlier thread where some members were questioning whether a .22lr can be accurate and consistent at 200 yards... And from what I recall there was kind of a friendly challenge to see what kind of groups people were achieving at these longer distances. So instead of burying my post in that thread, I'll start a new one here on the topic. Here's some photos and a video of me shooting my CZ 452 Lux at about 220 yards at an 8" steel plate. Enjoy!





 
I took my BSA Martini Mk II out to 300 yards with target sights.
The first 7 shots with one lot of Eley Team was just over 7" and the next five of a different lot was under 7".
Previously sighted in at 100 meters and required 40 minutes to go to 300 yards.

No one will be offering to go out and spot your shots for you!!!
 
Wow that’s impressive shooting with irons! I have fooled around a bit with my 1951 bolt action Brno out to 200, but that’s with a 4x scope on it. Good work!
JP
 
Thats fantastic shooting! A few fellas at our club used to have a 200 metre piggy shoot every Saturday, but they used scoped rifles. And the targets were smaller. I haven't seen them there in a while now.
 
horseman2 said:
I took my BSA Martini Mk II out to 300 yards with target sights.
The first 7 shots with one lot of Eley Team was just over 7" and the next five of a different lot was under 7".
Previously sighted in at 100 meters and required 40 minutes to go to 300 yards.

No one will be offering to go out and spot your shots for you!!!
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7” at 300 yards is extremely impressive with target sights! What type of ammo were you using?
 
but... but... but... 22 LR was "not designed" to shoot that far. This cant be done. That's impossible.

If the Fudds cant do it.... OP must be a liar...

Sarcasm BTW

;-)
 
Hitting something you can't even see through your sights? (assuming they're totally obscuring that orange plate) I'm impressed! I seldom shoot my 22s past 50 yards but steel targets would make it a fun challenge! (scoped rifles of course)
 
.22 LR was not designed for 200-300+ yard shooting, that does not mean that it can't be done... if you enjoy shooting at distance that is great. Steel gong shooting is efficient in that it is reactive and does not require resetting, but it is not the best way to gauge accuracy, at least in a finely tuned and measured sense... but if you normally hit an 8" gong twice out of ten shots, but improve to 8 out of ten shots, it is a clear indicator of improved accuracy... once you are at 10 out of 10 shots, you have to shoot further out or go to a smaller gong.

Personally, I don't enjoy Rimfire "group" shooting beyond 100 yards, but we do a fair bit of "fun" shooting at much longer distances on silhouettes, clays and eggs etc...

Clearly you are having fun on that gong, and with iron sights, that is good shooting. Keep ringing the bell!

P.S - OP, that is the same rifle that I zeroed for sniping "look-out" birds when hunting sharptail grouse last fall, I made head shots out to 115 yards on the look-outs and then when they were down, ran the dog on the grounded birds and wingshot them with a 20 gauge... my 453 Lux was scoped and zeroed with stadia lines for longer distances.
 
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.22LRGUY said:
Hitting something you can't even see through your sights? (assuming they're totally obscuring that orange plate) I'm impressed! I seldom shoot my 22s past 50 yards but steel targets would make it a fun challenge! (scoped rifles of course)
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The Lux’s have an adjustable rear sight so I set it to 200 yards and compensated a little more, but could still see the target completely :)
 
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hoytcanon said:
Personally, I don't enjoy Rimfire "group" shooting beyond 100 yards,
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That's where the fun starts...

Personally, I'm the exact opposite...
Other than to establish my base line zero, I rarely use a rimfire inside 100 yards, and rarely use a center fire rifle inside 300 yards.
 
Nice work.

Just last night I was at our range and stretched out the RPR22lr with the big Cronus BTR scope on it, Eley Club ammo, bipod and bag on bench, shooting at paper targets.

Starting at 200m with a Strelok (mobile ballistics calculator) turret dial I was on paper and about .2 mil low, so I went added the extra .2mil to the turret (7.5mil up from a 25&50m turret zero) and centered up a 10 shot group sized at 7" vertical and 3.5" horizontal. I adjusted the Strelok bullet BC to have it yield a 7.5mil calculated turret dial. (I had recently chrono'd on a labradar.)

Then I went for 300m. I used the Strelok calculated turret dial on the same paper. Sent 10 shots, went down and found zero on paper. Although I did see a slight grease ring edge hit on the tape I had holding the paper's right edge, which suggests the slight (Weather Canada's hour by hour report claims 12 km/h) left-to-right wind we had was touching my bullets and sending them right. Or maybe I was way high or way low. So, next time I'll take a bigger target backer (big piece of cardboard) and hopefully time with dead calm air so I can figure out the elevation dope.
 
Vudoo barrelled action in.22lr in a Cadex chassis and Eley Force ammo.....417 yards on a 6" plate. (mind you the fella is a F class shooter) lol
 
Arseno said:
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The Lux’s have an adjustable rear sight so I set it to 200 yards and compensated a little more, but could still see the target completely :)
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Nice! Yeah, I had a BRNO 2E with those sights...the same gun really. @ 50 years of age, the only iron sights I use are beads on shotguns. :)
 
hoytcanon said:
Personally, I don't enjoy Rimfire "group" shooting beyond 100 yards, but we do a fair bit of "fun" shooting at much longer distances on silhouettes, clays and eggs etc...
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Same here, though I rarely stretch it past 75. That should change this fall, as a friend of mine bought 100 acres around 40 minutes from my house...so lots of room to play! The "fun" shooting for me at long distances is a gopher thing, but I make no claims about accuracy...as we're lobbing them in at ridiculous distances in high winds...and mostly missing. lol Much smaller targets than that gong too, but 1/10 is actually a good hit ratio where we're attempting this.

100 yards+ is the domain of my centerfire varmint guns. 17 Hornet, and a new (still unfired) 204 Ruger. :)
 
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