sighting in at 25 yards, point of impact when at 100 yards for Ruger 10/22

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Hello there,

Stock Ruger 10/22 shooting CCI Mini mags ammo. Rifle was sighted in at 25 yards. I was at the range yesterday, in order to place point of impact within the bulls eye mark at 100 yards, I have to shoot approx. 9 to 12 inches above the target. Does the 22lr projectile really drop that much at 100 yards? Weather was calm and it was not windy yesterday, using iron sights, rifle was benched. Thank you for your input once again!
 
Yes. You will like a 50 yard zero better on a 22 IMO. If you do lots of shooting at 100 yards try 75. With a 50 yard zero you should be down 1/4'' at 75 and down around 6'' at 100.
 
Factory sights or a scope? I am thinking open sights as your measurements of 9 - 12 inches would be more consistent.

Sighted in at 50 yards with standard velocity will require about 8 minutes of elevation to go to 100 yards and 10 to go to 100 metres.

Your CCI MiniMags will require about 7 minutes depending on whether RN or HP.

The trajectory for the 22 rimfire is a rainbow . . . with target sights set at 100 metres required 40 MOA to go to 300 yards. Rather than inches we are now talking of feet!
 
Sniper_485 said:
Yes. You will like a 50 yard zero better on a 22 IMO. If you do lots of shooting at 100 yards try 75. With a 50 yard zero you should be down 1/4'' at 75 and down around 6'' at 100.
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Thank you for your advice! I know the projectile would dip at 100 yards, but I was not expecting for it to dip literally 12 inches! There are other threads on this site that talk about guys shooting out to 200 yards or more with their .22LR. What is the distance that they are zero in at?
Or this becomes the art of compensating with the issue of shooting a certain distance above the target for the projectile to land onto the target?

Thanks again!
 
horseman2 said:
Factory sights or a scope? I am thinking open sights as your measurements of 9 - 12 inches would be more consistent.

Sighted in at 50 yards with standard velocity will require about 8 minutes of elevation to go to 100 yards and 10 to go to 100 metres.

Your CCI MiniMags will require about 7 minutes depending on whether RN or HP.

The trajectory for the 22 rimfire is a rainbow . . . with target sights set at 100 metres required 40 MOA to go to 300 yards. Rather than inches we are now talking of feet!
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I was shooting with factory iron sights. The rifle is 100% stock. Thank you!
 
Disco Bob said:
Hello there,

Stock Ruger 10/22 shooting CCI Mini mags ammo. Rifle was sighted in at 25 yards. I was at the range yesterday, in order to place point of impact within the bulls eye mark at 100 yards, I have to shoot approx. 9 to 12 inches above the target. Does the 22lr projectile really drop that much at 100 yards? Weather was calm and it was not windy yesterday, using iron sights, rifle was benched. Thank you for your input once again!
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I must add that the main reason for this exercise is that I want to provide a rifle that is completely sighted in, and to know exactly where the projectile would land in certain distance. Then I will take my grandson out and let him shoot, only with factory iron sights. I want him to learn to shoot without technological assistance, and to be able to compensate with regards to distance and elevation to ensure proper projectile placements.
 
If you want to shoot without technological assistance. The best method is just taking the gun to the range, shoot it yourself and data log the hold off required at set ranges.

Then dealing with mils, minutes of drop etc. It's a 22LR not a sniper trying to make a 1500m cold bore shot.
 
Disco Bob said:
I must add that the main reason for this exercise is that I want to provide a rifle that is completely sighted in, and to know exactly where the projectile would land in certain distance. Then I will take my grandson out and let him shoot, only with factory iron sights. I want him to learn to shoot without technological assistance, and to be able to compensate with regards to distance and elevation to ensure proper projectile placements.
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Probably best you start him off at the distance the rifle is sighted to and get all the basics of marksmanship worked out, and then at a later lesson introduce the concept of bullet drop at greater distances.

For a .22, sighting in at 25 and 50 yards or metres seem to be the popular distances, and in my humble opinion sighting in for the range you use the most is going to be less hassle than constantly factoring in a correction. If I was going to a 25m indoor range all the time then zero to that, for example. And being able to zero in no-wind conditions has its merits over trying to do it outdoors on a blustery day!

As a rule of thumb, .22 is moderately flat to 50m and starts wanting compensation for drop beyond that, certainly by 100m.
 
A rifle zeroed at 25 yards shooting CCI Mini Mags will drop the amounts shown at 100 yards. The 40 grain round will drop just over 10.5" and the 36 grain round will drop almost 10.3" at 100.

 
I find this pretty amazing. I started to learn to shoot with my Dad's Cooey 60 - with iron sights. No clue what range it was sighted for - never, ever was at a range. Just shooting gophers - I actually managed to hit some that might have been 125 yards out - and scared the crap out of many more. Just shoot, a lot, and learn from your misses. Hold more high, more or less into the wind, it all comes together. 10 and 12 year olds figured that out - long before tables and internet. Just shoot - and learn from your misses. Was a great feeling to get "turned loose" with a whole box of 50 cartridges, on a nice Saturday - only expectation was to be back by supper time - maybe those days are gone???
 
All my .22' are zeroed at 50m and my .17's are at 75m , it
doesn't matter out to what range you are shooting it just the starting reference .
 
Here's a link to some further info, giving diff drop rates for diff Zeroes. h ttps://savannaharsenal.com/2014/08/01/what-distance-to-zero-your-22lr-rifle-2/

Some 'bits' I pulled out of the article :
" 20 Yd zero w/scope = 62 Yds zero & -4.5” @ 100yds "

" Traditional Factory “Iron Sights” ~.6″ Sight Height Above Bore:
If the farthest distance that you will be shooting is 50 yards or LESS then you will be best served with a 12 yard or 15 yard zero.
If you will be shooting you rifle past 50 yards and out to 100 yards then you will be best served with a 10 yard zero. ( = 10 & 50 yd Zero) ( 100 yd = - 6” ) "

Of course, these figures will change slightly depending on the ammo used. I've found that HV and Hyper will spread a lot more than SV or Sub.
Buck
 
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Potashminer said:
I find this pretty amazing. I started to learn to shoot with my Dad's Cooey 60 - with iron sights. No clue what range it was sighted for - never, ever was at a range. Just shooting gophers - I actually managed to hit some that might have been 125 yards out - and scared the crap out of many more. Just shoot, a lot, and learn from your misses. Hold more high, more or less into the wind, it all comes together. 10 and 12 year olds figured that out - long before tables and internet. Just shoot - and learn from your misses. Was a great feeling to get "turned loose" with a whole box of 50 cartridges, on a nice Saturday - only expectation was to be back by supper time - maybe those days are gone???
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Those days are not gone! It is up to you and I to provide a platform for our kids and grand kids to be able to enjoy what we had experienced not so long ago. It is unfortunate that our society forbids this sport by telling my grandson guns are no good, guns are bad, etc, etc. In fact at my grandson's school, teachers are constantly asking the kids are there guns at their homes? Or do they know of anyone who have guns? If yes please report it to the principle ASAP! My grandson knows better.
 
Buck1950 said:
Here's a link to some further info, giving diff drop rates for diff Zeroes. h ttps://savannaharsenal.com/2014/08/01/what-distance-to-zero-your-22lr-rifle-2/

Some 'bits' I pulled out of the article :
" 20 Yd zero w/scope = 62 Yds zero & -4.5” @ 100yds "

" Traditional Factory “Iron Sights” ~.6″ Sight Height Above Bore:
If the farthest distance that you will be shooting is 50 yards or LESS then you will be best served with a 12 yard or 15 yard zero.
If you will be shooting you rifle past 50 yards and out to 100 yards then you will be best served with a 10 yard zero. ( = 10 & 50 yd Zero) ( 100 yd = - 6” ) "

Of course, these figures will change slightly depending on the ammo used. I've found that HV and Hyper will spread a lot more than SV or Sub.
Buck
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Thank you!
 
grauhanen said:
A rifle zeroed at 25 yards shooting CCI Mini Mags will drop the amounts shown at 100 yards. The 40 grain round will drop just over 10.5" and the 36 grain round will drop almost 10.3" at 100.

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Thank you very much for the above chart! It is info such as these that are able to get kids interested in math and physics! There is a great deal of educational value to this sport. If you are able to make a subject interesting then the kids will want to learn on their own.
 
I remember in junior high leaving my shotgun in the principals office on a Friday afternoon to go hunting with a friend for the weekend, and packing it on the bus to go to his house . Those days are for sure gone .��
 
IMHO, if you got some tech sight peep sights on that 10/22 you'll be alot more accurate with it compared to the stock irons.

Also, sighting it 1/2" high at twenty five yards will reduce the holdover needed _nicely. Well, that's what I do.
 
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