400yd shots with a 22lr

I have shot at floating objects in a deserted lake on many occasions and once you figure out the holdover hitting stuff at 400 yds is quite easy if it is a calm day. I hit a clay pidgeon, on the far shore at 468 yds lasered, with my fifth shot just last week at King Edward Lake in the Okanagan. Don't forget that the guy who said 5" of holdover may have had a 20 min rail and his scope totally bottomed out:)
 
struff55 said:
Interestingly enough most of these statements come from members with feedback of 3 or less he sent me a pm his hold over was 5" . As far as dangerous within a mile and a half that has no bearing on hitting a 5 " target at 400 yds . I have shot full bore out to 1000 yds with the 308 you need 42ft of elevation to hit the bull and that's with peep sights and military ammo never mind the wind age . When someone makes a statement on trajectory they had better know what the facts is . At 400yds with the 22lr roughly 250-275. " of drop .
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I would beg to differ. If a bullet has enough speed to travel a mile and half, then it should be going pretty quick at 400 yards, which would make shooting it accurately at 400 yards much more plausible, than if the bullet's max dangerous distance was 400 yards.

Its all about flight and consistency of flight and speed has a bearing on consistency.

a 9mm handgun can easily group well at 400 yards, as can a 22, or any other caliber for that matter. Just because its not shot regularly most guys haven't seen it done, they think it can't be done. For most of humanity seeing is believing, and they don't stop to think about how its done. In this case, when you really think about it its very easy to do, just hold over higher, that's all, if its 40 feet or 80 feet big deal the bullet will still travel along the same flight path as the one before…..for the most part.
 
I think it was a typo and he meant 40 yards consistently, not 400, especially with a BL22. And why is a grade 1 BL22 rare? I have a grade 2 from 1980 that I bought new that's had no more than 50 shells through it if that. Mine must be super rare!
 
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I used to shoot out to 300 meters with a 22lr. A decent rifle, with decent ammo it is possible to steer the bullets on to a target. I used a ballistics calculator a 1 mph full value wind will push a 22 lr off course by 6.5 inches.
 
way more than that at 153meters a standard velocity drop 12" and high velocity drops 6" I know because that the range I normally shoot at and I do it the 4" steel plate. But at 400 yards, it would be a hell of a drop.
 
I have shot 400 yards before with my Savage MKII. It was at a 18x14 plate, I would hit about 6-8 X out of 10 depending on wind. I was more then happy with the performance at that point, only me to improve on from there. I did manage a fluke group of about 7" one time, I believe the rifle and ammo was capable, but I needed improvement on my wind reading and trimming of shot.
 
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