100 yards for .22 "a big stretch" ?

[mr00jimbo]

The trajectory of the .22LR seems to drop like a rock. This breaks my heart when I think about my 10/22 project.
Also breaks my heart to think that my old bone stock 16 1/2" 10/22 with the pencil barrel could put tight groups at 25 and bigger ones at 50 but still respectable from a bench in my dad's hands. I realize sighting it in for 100 after you are proficient with 25 and 50 will be good but IS 100 asking too much from a 10/22, let alone any other .22LR rifle?

 

[fat but funky]

I have a BRNO #1 that will group into slightly less than 1/2" at 50 yards with win. power points. Under good conditions, I have shot gophers at 100 yards (even a little more) with immediate kills. Not sure what it groups at that range, but seems to be within minute-of-gopher.

But, the conditions (wind mostly) matter a whole lot more beyond about 70 yards than before. You also have to be pretty darn good at estimating ranges when you start reaching out there. The difference between 100 and 115 yards matters alot more in terms of hold over than the difference between 25 and 40 yards. I have to be prone to feel comfortable shooting at gophers at 100 yards with a .22lr

I guess the rifle is capable, the cartridge is capable, but sometimes I'm not.

If you expect to be shooting alot at 100 yards, my suggestion is get a .17 HMR. Shooting that at 100 is, IMHO, like shooting a 22lr at 50.

Fat

 

[canucklehead]

I have my .22 zeroed at 100 yards. With an accurate rifle and good rest (I use a bipod), killing gophers at that range is easy.

My longest gopher kill is over 250 yards.

 

[cz452shooter]

I believe a .22 is quite capable of still grouping quite well at 100 yards. Hunting may be a different story but out at 100 yards it can actually be surprising what kind of results you can get (in a good way).

A stock ruger 10/22 would obviously NOT do well at 100 yards, or any ranges for that matter in terms of target shooting but a tricked out ruger 10/22 can actually do quite well.

I have shot my Ruger 10/22 at 100 yards before and sometimes at our local club matches and on a windy day it will do as good or better than some of the $1000-$3000 rigs there. Windy because I can shoot 10 shots or so off inbetween the luls. Usually on a calm day though it will be outshot my most guns.

I find that usually group size is multiplied by about 3.5 times if you go from 50 (that is, if you shoot a .2 inch group at 50 it might be a .75" group at 100 yards. This is mainly because of the significant drop as well as the other factors that affect the bullet such as wind, etc.

On a calm day with my Winchester 52D I can average 10 shot groups of about .8-.9" at 100 yards. On a windy day not so great (1.5" or more).

Here are some pictures All 10 shot groups at 100 yards.

Here is my Ruger 10/22 at 100 yards (GM barrel)

 

[Eagleye]

A Good accurate 22 rimfire shooting quality ammo can surprise you at 100 meters if wind conditions are good (read calm) I have several high end 22 rimfires that will group under 1" at 100. Here's an example.


Here's another, but the small group is NOT typical, just one of those "lucky" groups that get shot once in a while. These are 5-shot groups, not 10 as well.

Regards, Eagleye.

 

[Hotwheels81]

i chase pop bottle's around at the 100M berm out in sibbald... and i'm willing to bet there's enuff omph left in that shell at 200M to knock a gopher on it's ass by the hole's i make in the back stop's and milk jug's at even 200M.... wind is not your friend with a cute lil bullet tho....

i sight my old cooey for 50M and when i go doggin and am unsure i aim center mass and watch for dust.... time spent shooting and teaching your brain how to judge distance by the size of an object are priceless skill's

 

[wild1]

I shoot 100m with my 10/22t often. Not too difficult once it is sighted in for 100yrds. The longest shooting I have done with it was 300m. It was quite entertaining watching where the bullet would drop in the snow the first few shots.

 

[dinsdale]

I have my .22 zeroed at 100 yards. With an accurate rifle and good rest (I use a bipod), killing gophers at that range is easy.

My longest gopher kill is over 250 yards.

That's a crazy good shot considering drop of at least 5 feet at that range!!!!!
No wind that day?

 

[canucklehead]

That's a crazy good shot considering drop of at least 5 feet at that range!!!!!
No wind that day?

Oh, it's not like it's the first shot and he drops. You have to 'walk' them in a little... It's a little tougher to do that on windy days, but you get good at it with practice.

But it still has more than enough power to kill at that range.

 

[RobSmith]

.22 at 100M should still have about the same energy (if not more) than a typical pellet gun at point blank range, more than enough to kill a squirrel-sized animal.

 

[prosper]

We frequently kill gophers out past a hundred with 22's, it's no big thing.

At the range I'll shoot 12ga hulls off the back board with my savage mk2... one day maybe my 10/22 will be able to dream of such feats

 

[mr00jimbo]

Would a MK2 be superior to a built 10/22 @ 100?

 

[eltorro]

Yup. I like my 10/22... I kept it light and the accuracy didn't matter as much as handling, but even with a more tuned 10/22, it is very hard to beat a heavy bbl bolt action. I made the comparison with my Savage FVT.


There's a trade-off for those that shoot that far. A faster 22, like the Aguila super maximum is going to drop a lot less than a regular HV round. The accuracy is a different story.

 

[ben hunchak]

you need an accurate .22 and ammo that is proven in that gun for the longer ranges, I can hit chickens(sillywhets) at 200m with either of my Martinis with the right ammo. In the US alot of shooters are going to the .22 for 200yd. Shuetzen competition, most use tricked out Ballards or Martinis and Wolf Match Ammo.

 

[cyclone]

You may want to give yourself some ammunition advantages, like the 48-grain Lapua, and ammo that doesn't dip in-and-out of the sound barrier.

 

[IM_Lugger]

I shoot my Rem 597 at 100 yards...anything closer is boring

 

[ontgunner]

I've killed off my fair share of pop cans at 80 yds (paced out) with my Cooey 600 and open sights.
Looking forward to taking my scoped 597 out some time soon.

 

[hoochie]

LOL, .22 at 100 yards? of course it can be done. I put targets out at 200 yards as well.
put some balloons out at 200 and you can count from the time you shoot till it hits... you think you might have missed, then "POP"!
dont under estimate the .22. Its an excellent choice for conserving money and working on your skills.

 

[ElmerFudd]

put some balloons out at 200 and you can count from the time you shoot till it hits... you think you might have missed, then "POP"!

Ya, balloons work great and are fun for kids too. Just make sure you have a balloon pump as it will get tiring blowing up balloons after you have just walked 200 m down range.

That's what's great about the .22, is there is no recoil and you can see you shot hit through the scope even at 200 m. Wait, wait, pop! Seems like for ever at 200m.


Fudd

 

[pharaoh2]

That's a crazy good shot considering drop of at least 5 feet at that range!!!!!
No wind that day?

It's not that hard to belive, try it. We've done 'similar'