longest shot with 22lr?
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I like to push mine out to 200 from time to time (iron sights), still haven't tried with a scope however. Most rounds usually land in the black. Come to think of it, I shoot my 'rinco JW14 much better than any other rifle I own (hidden flinch ? 
) . Yet it has some of the ugliest sights I have ever had the displeasure to use.
) . Yet it has some of the ugliest sights I have ever had the displeasure to use.
In space maybe, but we ain't in space, gravity has a say in the matter and so does air resistance ... 
the fish was THIIIIIIIIS big...
haha, wouldn't a bullet in space never stop unless it hit something?
Thanks everyone for the stories. Thanks to 'notsorichguy' and 'cyclone' for the awesome link. Good stuff(ing)!
I was also able to see the bullet trace/impact through a 3-12X40 scope. Pretty cool for sure.
That only counts if it was a sliver moon. A full moon is a huge target and is way too easy to hit. Unless, of course, you're referring a different kind of moon, in which case the offending party probably deserved that crater and had some difficulty sitting down for awhile.
Here's a couple pics of makeshift gongs I used. I was using Federal 510 40gr The holes in the lawnmower flywheel were punched from 200 and 300 meters
FWIW here's some food for thought. Consider the damage a cheap pellet rifle can do with an 8.5gr pellet @ 500ft/s. Now take your 40gr .22 bullet which weighs over four times as much, and it's still traveling 500 ft/s at 800yd! Now for a scope that dials up 178.5MOA...
Ballistics Table in Yards 40 gr., .139 B.C. www.hornady.com
Range (yards) Muzzle 100 [200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
Velocity (fps) 1240 [ 1011 889 803 730 667 610 558 510 465 424
Energy (ft.-lb.)137 - 91 - 70 - 57 - 47 - 40 33 - 28 - 23- 19 16
Come Up in MOA -1.5 0.0 15.3 34.0 55.8 80.8 109.2 141.6 178.5 220.5 268.6
I was also able to see the bullet trace/impact through a 3-12X40 scope. Pretty cool for sure.
That only counts if it was a sliver moon. A full moon is a huge target and is way too easy to hit. Unless, of course, you're referring a different kind of moon, in which case the offending party probably deserved that crater and had some difficulty sitting down for awhile.
Here's a couple pics of makeshift gongs I used. I was using Federal 510 40gr The holes in the lawnmower flywheel were punched from 200 and 300 meters
FWIW here's some food for thought. Consider the damage a cheap pellet rifle can do with an 8.5gr pellet @ 500ft/s. Now take your 40gr .22 bullet which weighs over four times as much, and it's still traveling 500 ft/s at 800yd!
Now for a scope that dials up 178.5MOA... Ballistics Table in Yards 40 gr., .139 B.C. www.hornady.com
Range (yards) Muzzle 100 [200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
Velocity (fps) 1240 [ 1011 889 803 730 667 610 558 510 465 424
Energy (ft.-lb.)137 - 91 - 70 - 57 - 47 - 40 33 - 28 - 23- 19 16
Come Up in MOA -1.5 0.0 15.3 34.0 55.8 80.8 109.2 141.6 178.5 220.5 268.6
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ghostsaww: in outer space, i'm pretty sure it would never stop unless it hit something. i'll agree with you, in a vaccum, as you say would be a better statement.
