22 Long Rifle at 500 Yards

I believe it. Probably using the lower mildots to add substantial holdover. Those Federals aren't lousy. Some boxes shoot quite well.
 
icedragonmx said:
Need aprox 102moa to get to 500 yards with FGMM 40gr at 1080 fps. Need a very nice scope with a huge moa mount to get that shot without any holdover. My 10/22 scope has a total of 132moa of adjustment but only 55moa of "up" as is. Can get to 325 yards with no hold over. Was shooting coke cans (355ml) at 300 yards first day out;) You should try it before making a judgement on the posibilities...
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I know of many 10/22s that cannot hit a pop can everytime at 100 yards...is your magic?
 
Until the Angels Fall said:
I know of many 10/22s that cannot hit a pop can everytime at 100 yards...is your magic?
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Have a new custom Dar22 with Kidd parts. Kidd single stage trigger and a 18" Kidd barrel. Good quality 10/22 shooting match ammo. First day at 300 yards it took 3 shots to get the can as I could see each hit in the mud berm at White Wolf Range and walked it in.

Second day out at Seven Sisters Range had wind from 17-6 km/hr and could not see all the misses so was getting a 10% hit ratio and my buddy got a 15% hit ratio on the cans we set up.

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=669684

Magic always helps:cool::sniper:

There is a gong at 540 yards at Seven Sisters. Might have to hide a video camera and walk some rounds into it next time out...
 
I haven't watched the video, but i can vouch for the fact it is a possibility to hit a reasonable sized target out quite a ways. I have personally managed to shoot a 3' tall mini pressure tank out to 372 yds. I know it was 372 exactly because that was the length of the fairway from the tee i was shooting from, to the green the target was behind. I was using a BSA martini international ISU with federal 510 ammo and seeing as i could hit it about 7 out of every 10 shots once i was dialed in, i think i could make solid hits on that same target out to 500 if i had the elevation in the sight to do it. Not so hard to track your shots when the ground is good and soggy from heavy rains... each impact makes a decent little sploosh.

EDIT, after watching it... I believe its real. The target looks to be about 3-4' diameter and the time lag sounds right for 500 yds.Not impossible, He must just have a crazy good feel for holdover and windage.
 
Superbrad said:
I call bulls**t... not statistically possible... and using a tasco scope and federals to boot...

at 100 yards a .22lr has almost 13 inches of drop.... was he aiming at the sun?
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you go sit in the corner for a time out :D

-not statistically possible........... well um yea it is

-using a tasco scope................thats funny, they may not be a leupold or nightforce but I do know we have the trophies and the tasco varmint scope that holds the womens record at our annual 1000 yard shoot that my wife won ;)

-and federals to boot....... did I mention it was in the hunters class with a 25-06 shooting 117gr factory ammo to boot....... ;)

its not like the guy said he shot a popcan at 500 yards look at the size of the gong, the landscape around it shows its kinda large by huge and the first couple shots DIDNT hit it, not like hes claiming sniper status with a .22 :slap:


Until the Angels Fall said:
I know of many 10/22s that cannot hit a pop can everytime at 100 yards...is your magic?
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and I know alot of people on this board that cant hit a popcan at 100 yards everytime either ;) and its a thing called acurizing, few mods here and there and alakazam it magicaly shoots better, so yea I guess it is magic lol ;)
 
I've seen a guy hit a truck door with a 22lr at 400yards. He said there was no way I said aim high and give her hell. It didn't go thru but left a noticeable mark
 
If we give the accuracy some great leeway, such as 4 or 5 minutes of angle accuracy, that is still only a 20-25" pattern at 500 yards. As for a 22 bullet travelling 500 yards, that is no problem whatsoever.
 
I found the following information on Rimfire Central for the round he used and plugged it into the ballistics calculator found on handloads.com as well as the elevation and temperature provided:

FEDERAL, 36-gr. LR HP (730), 1255 MV, 125 ME, 0.125 BC

50F at 5009 feet


Range 500

Velocity 695

Impact -459.95

Drop 498.48

ToF 1.74

Energy 39






I timed the bullet flight on one of the rounds fired into the dirt. I figured the speed of light is a lot faster than the speed of sound and I didn't feel like calculating the time it would take for sound to travel back. What do you know? It was close to 1.7 seconds so I think this video is legitimate. The bullet drop is an impressive 41 feet. I thought I was pushing the limits when I was shooting at 300 yards.
 
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I guess I shouldn't tell you guys how far we shoot 223's and small bore centerfires :)

Very plausable and actually not all that hard to do. The big hurdle is the elevation but nowadays, that's pretty easy too.

I am waiting for a EGW MOA base to go with my burris sig zee rings and Sightron scope for my Savage rimfire and will happily be plinking at 300m. The goal is inside a 9" disk on any given Sunday.

Think that is hard. Well, just think that is very similar to the ballistics of a 308 out at 1000yds. No shortage of folk doing that. And this will be my 1000yds F TR practise rig.

500yds/m would be similar to launching a 308 or 223 to a mile. Along ways out, but certainly nothing impossible.

41ft drop is 98.4mins at 500yds. Several scopes have MORE elevation adjustment. Just shim the scope accordingly.

Drift will be massive but that is why there are knobs on your scope.

I have a very good friend that has shot a 22LR much further then 500. Conditions were right and he could see the hits to adjust.

There is a reason why the distance warning on the ammo box is 1 mile.

Jerry
 
Who makes a riser rail that has 40+ moa?

Could get the Badger 22moa rail and burris sig zee rings for 42 moa....
 
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I believe it can be done. [I also believe this video is legit]
I have shot under 1" for 5 shots at 200 yards on several occasions.
Projecting that accuracy, a 24" gong at 500 will be no problem once the elevation is sorted out.
Regards, Eagleye
 
Mystic Precision said:
I guess I shouldn't tell you guys how far we shoot 223's and small bore centerfires :)

Think that is hard. Well, just think that is very similar to the ballistics of a 308 out at 1000yds. No shortage of folk doing that. And this will be my 1000yds F TR practise rig.

Jerry
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part 1 Jerry SHHHHHHHHHHHHH they will shun you Laugh2

part 2 like I said bone stock browning abolt 25-06 117gr factory ammo 6" group @ 1042 yards, wifes got the trophie and buckle and name on plaque at R&G club to prove it ;) .... oh and I think Eagleye was around that day as well ;)
 
Mystic Precision said:
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I tried to get you interested 3 or 4 years ago. I said:
Dr.Lector said:
I'm waiting for mysticplayer
to take the 10/22 to 400-500m ;)
Yeah, baby..............
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in here:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2125326#post2125326


But you didn't reply in any way or didn't see it
(or maybe it was because you were hating me even back then).



Anyway, it is great that people started
to get interested in the 22LR at long range.
 
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