Planning on building a custom 1022. Plan on shooting silhouette and gophers out to 200+ yds. Looking at getting a tapered custom Lilja barrel 24" long to accommodate my "#4 Central" aperture sights off a previous rifle. So a couple of questions. Should I get the barrel threaded or use the traditional Ruger mounting system. With the length of your barrel what would be the longest most accurate shot you would have made.
Your longest accurate shot
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Muzzle Drop in Inches At: Velocity
Velocity 50 yd. 100 yd. 150 yd. 200 yd. @ 200 yd.
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1050 fps 4.09 17.25 40.64 75.49 827 fps
1040 fps 4.17 17.52 41.26 76.6 823 fps
1030 fps 4.24 17.80 41.90 77.75 817 fps
75inch bullet drop kinda puts the kibosh on that. although properly zeroed lots of folks use them on rabbits or pests out to 100yards
Velocity 50 yd. 100 yd. 150 yd. 200 yd. @ 200 yd.
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1050 fps 4.09 17.25 40.64 75.49 827 fps
1040 fps 4.17 17.52 41.26 76.6 823 fps
1030 fps 4.24 17.80 41.90 77.75 817 fps
75inch bullet drop kinda puts the kibosh on that. although properly zeroed lots of folks use them on rabbits or pests out to 100yards
cz452shooter
CGN frequent flyer
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- Sparwood, BC
I have seen a number of GM barrels compared to Lilja barrels in the online matches over at rimfire central and from what I have seen the GM barrels are every bit as accurate as the lilja, for a quarter of the price. Some of the better shooting 10/22's I have seen have just the standard ruger reciever with the standard mounting system. IMO this is all you need - although buying a custom V-block may help.
I would tend to go with 20"-22". Velocity maxes out at about 15" so any more than that and it starts to lose velocity. Around this length should work fine.
I would tend to go with 20"-22". Velocity maxes out at about 15" so any more than that and it starts to lose velocity. Around this length should work fine.
- Location
- Ft. Mac. Alberta
This one was shot with a Remington M37 and Unertl 20X TRB scope .
200 yards from the bench
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200 yards from the bench
Cat
- Location
- Ft. Mac. Alberta
The 200 meter chicken offhand is a chip shot with the irons on this Walther Standard rifle
Firstly, barrel length has nothing to do with accuracy. It may add some velocity to high powered centrefire rifle but 22.s do not have enough powder to burn. Chop it short and have it heavy profile. Get barrel-mounted scope rail and go with standard non-threaded barrel joiner.
Secondly, some may had success shooting at 200 yards at the range. Fieldwork though requires accurate range and wind estimation. It will never be exact 200 yards or 150 and any miscalculation wll end up with some 15" off target. You will find that on your own rather quick. It may help if ground is sandy and you didn't spook your game with first shot and saw sand splashing.
Secondly, some may had success shooting at 200 yards at the range. Fieldwork though requires accurate range and wind estimation. It will never be exact 200 yards or 150 and any miscalculation wll end up with some 15" off target. You will find that on your own rather quick. It may help if ground is sandy and you didn't spook your game with first shot and saw sand splashing.
I see you want to put irons on this rifle. The biggest hurdle I can see it getting the front sight out where you can see it. Bloop tubes are very useful for this. Many of the new Anshutz competition rifle have short barrels and long bloop tube.
Glock4ever
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Edmonton, AB
300m (Rifle Range) I was shooting at a 12" gong and could hit it everytime with my .22LR (CZ452 Style) using Eley Practice ammo. First shot missed hit it 4 times with remainder of mag.
Rehdouse, Rick65cat and I spend some time sniping at gophers lasered at 180-230 yards, and in a good wind during our Saskatchewan safari this spring. It took a few shots to figure out the drop and wind, but we did bust a few gophers out there.
100 to 150 yards is a fairly common shot when out busting gophers. 22's are great when paired with a mildot scope and the ability to 'walk it in.'
Anschutz match sights suck ass for gophers, there's just not enough contrast between a brown gopher and a brown dirt hill to pick him out
100 to 150 yards is a fairly common shot when out busting gophers. 22's are great when paired with a mildot scope and the ability to 'walk it in.'
Anschutz match sights suck ass for gophers, there's just not enough contrast between a brown gopher and a brown dirt hill to pick him out
madhatter308
CGN Regular
- Location
- Haliburton, ON
6" gong at 275 yards with my ruger .22lr with GM barrel ..took about 6 shots to dial in gong..but after that i could consistenly ping the gong. .22's are sooo underestimated. plus its funny to see the time inbetween the shot an the hit. BANG.....................PING!!!
shmelmafinga
Regular
Lol! That's one of the most fun things I've ever done with a 22lr. The farmers don't believe I'm hitting gophers out there.
My longest reliable shot is 150 yds with a 4 X scope and CCI stingers. Usually get a gopher in less than three tries.
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Brutus
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
In and around '95, while rabbit hunting in Saskatchewan.
An almost skunked trip, we, my hunting buddy and I were climbing over the last barb wire fence to get into our vehicles and drive home.
A last glance around, we both spied a jackrabbit about 150-160 yards away. Standing still, side onto us.
My buddy bet I could not tag it with my TOZ-17 bolt action with its iron sights. Using remington yellow jacket ammo, I did plug it with the first shot.
It required a follow up shot though, as the first shot drilled it through the front shoulders.
Offhand with no noteable wind....
An almost skunked trip, we, my hunting buddy and I were climbing over the last barb wire fence to get into our vehicles and drive home.
A last glance around, we both spied a jackrabbit about 150-160 yards away. Standing still, side onto us.
My buddy bet I could not tag it with my TOZ-17 bolt action with its iron sights. Using remington yellow jacket ammo, I did plug it with the first shot.
It required a follow up shot though, as the first shot drilled it through the front shoulders.
Offhand with no noteable wind....
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Many of us who shot 22 rimfire [may still do so!] a lot as youths will have a tale or two of a very "lucky" long shot that worked out well. I recollect once, as a 16 year old, I was outside protecting our cherry tree from Starlings when one flew away and landed at the top of a big fir tree at the corner of our property. To the base of the tree from where I stood was 240 long paces, so anyone's guess, but well over 250 to the top for sure. I had a 151M(a) Mossberg semi-auto and an old weaver B4 scope. My dad was there as I looked at that Starling through that scope. He said, "you won't even scare it at that distance". I raised that Mossberg up till that Starling disappeared in the bottom of the scope and touched one off. I guess both of us were equally surprised when after a short wait, that Starling just tipped off the top of the Fir and fell straight down, deader than a doornail. The legs were worth 10 cents a pair at the time, so I had to go check. I'll be damned if that Starling hadn't taken that 22LR right through the neck! A guy could probably take quite a few shots to duplicate that feat. Another time three of us young bucks were at the local dump [shooting allowed at that time] We were practicing our ability to hit targets thrown in the air with our 22 rimfires. One of my buddies found a very small glass bottle, the kind that model paint used to come in. He said to my other buddy: "Hey Wayne, try this one" Instead of just tossing it up in the air, he winged it as hard as he could out and quartering away. Wayne up with his 22, dropped the hammer and at about 80 yards, blew that little bottle to smithereens!! All three of us just stood there with our jaws hanging out. Neat stuff to remember those shots. Regards, Eagleye.
Couldnt agree more with this whole post
With my 10/22 with mildot scope its 2 dot hold over for 150 ish yards, takes 1 or 2 in the dirt to see your windage then your good to go. Usually takes 4-5 shots to range in then, whack.
