22 LR at longer distances

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So uhm, yeaterday Silverback and myself brought out our Martini Model 13s to the rifle range amongst other rifles.
After shooting his at 100 meters with much success, we promptly tried mine out at 300 meters on a large black target and a generous white colored backing paper. We used the iron peep sights that come with these neat little rifles. After about a really frustrating 45 minutes one keyholed bullet hole was produced. Out impression was that many of these bullets (SK Rifle Match) were becoming unstable downrange and their strike area became very unpredicatable. We've noticed before when we were shooting a smallbore Mauser at a maximum range of 200 meters, there was no problems such as this.

anyone else experience something like this?

Cheers!
 
You've experienced the stark realities of the effectiveness of the 22LR at extreme range. There are examples of individuals shooting beyond 200, but the little projectile is rapidly losing everything it has.
 
My CZ 453 varmint .22 gave me around 4"-5" 5 shot groups at 200 yards. I had to dial up 24 MOA from a 50 yard zero and had a 2.5 MOA wind drift. It was raining too to add to the problem lol didn't see any key homing at that distance though. Haven't tried 300... Yet =D

Ammo was Eley Practice
Also, it punched through a 3/4" piece of pine. Although it was not doing so easily. Subsonic to start

Jeremy
 
We regularly bust clay pigeons at 200 meters... often the bullet will punch through the center with a neat round hole and not break the pigeon, requiring a second shot to the rim to break it... even at 24X it is hard to see a "non-breaking" hit unless there is good back lighting.
 
hoytcanon said:
We regularly bust clay pigeons at 200 meters... often the bullet will punch through the center with a neat round hole and not break the pigeon, requiring a second shot to the rim to break it... even at 24X it is hard to see a "non-breaking" hit unless there is good back lighting.
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I tried using visishot targets with a spotting scope at 200 and couldn't even see hits. Turns into lots of walking lol
 
Interesting thread. This past weekend, I had my 10/22 out and was trying to nail a steel gong. At first, we had it out to 135 (I know, strange range) and I was able to land rounds on it, heard the ting, and even saw the splash marks (which were pretty tiny). Windage was good, elevation was out to lunch. Cheap bulk Federal ammo. When we set the gong up for 300m (we were primarily there for our .308s that day), the .22lrs were just getting eaten up by the foliage.


Definitely want to figure out how to reach out further with my 10/22....
 
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You are gonna need some ammo with more steam to it than the target stuff, I think. Need to keep it supersonic the whole way to the target, else it gets tossed around going through the transonic speeds.

That's my two bits worth anyways. Didja try any other ammo?

Been slow around here. Saw a couple groups of juvenile coyotes though. Should get sighted in again...

Say hi to the guys out that way that care, eh?

Cheers
Trev
 
trevj said:
You are gonna need some ammo with more steam to it than the target stuff, I think. Need to keep it supersonic the whole way to the target, else it gets tossed around going through the transonic speeds.

That's my two bits worth anyways. Didja try any other ammo?

Been slow around here. Saw a couple groups of juvenile coyotes though. Should get sighted in again...

Say hi to the guys out that way that care, eh?

Cheers
Trev
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Good to hear from you Trevor!
So no great wildlife encounter stories?
I wonder if cougars roam in your river valley??

Cheers........
 
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