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There is an interesting article in the NRA Journal about shooting .22" rim fire rifles at upto 400 yards. The author has tried it at 100, 150, 175, 200, 250 and 300 yards with a fair degree of success.

I remember shooting at Bisley in the Leslie Williams Trophy shoot at 200 yards with my old BSA-Martini Mk1 International. I have also used a Bonehill Martini and an SMLE .22" conversion out to 200 yards, with surprising accuracy.

Anybody else shot .22s at distance....

100 is as far as I've shot, target...waste of time on vermin if there is a hint of wind...but I guess you know that. Might have a bit more hitting power with stinger but as for accuracy.

Bottom line...wind.

No wind...should be fun for paper cutting...are we talking scoped?

Bullet drop at 400 22lr Tenex subs?

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Mrs T shot 100 yards with my GSG 5 (Blazer and mini mags) at knock downs no problem,. I shot 200 yard vbulls with .22magnum no problem. Seen 200 yard shoots with .22LR, b~gger to find the hole though.

.17HM2 and .17HMR could be interesting?

Long range with a .22LR would be interesting on a still day. I watched a video of someone shooting coke cans at 200 yards with a .22 air rifle not so long ago, they were getting good groups as well off a bench.

I have access to a lovely range set in a valley that extends back to 600m, sometimes it is so still nothing moves at all. It would be good fun to walk a .22LR back from 200 onwards to see how it performed. Only issue is going to be finding the holes!

I take it Christel would not be prepared to stand next to the target?

Stupid is as stupid does - I have done this when zeroing my friends 10/22. Luckily I am here today to realise the error of my ways!

On a private estate, his first floor study looked out over a paddock which was roughly 150 yards long and had a wood running along side it for the last 50. I can not remember how far we were knocking rabbits over at, but it was certainly past 100 yards. We left a stick in the ground for the distance that we zeroed and that worked well for us, not so well for the rabbits.

He stopped using the 10/22 when he got a more powerful lever action sec1 .25 air rifle,

DM

JEEEEEEZE!!!!!!

I used to shoot .22 TR at 100,200,300 and 400 yds with Oxforshire Rifle Association. At 200 and 300 yds shooters would regularly shoot possibles. 400 yds was really pushing it but we did try. The targets used were the normal NRA targets for that distance. The favoured rifle was a BSA International of varying mks. For some reason that was'nt investigated fully, the Anshutz's and other germanic rifles did not perform well past 200 yds. With the Anshutz's etc, a rearsight raising block was needed but not with the BSA. With the demise of the BSA's in favour of the Anshutz's etc the distances were cut to just 300yds which is still shot as an inter-club match once a year in the summer. What is also interesting is that the shooters who only shot .22 would not compete saying it was 'not proper shooting'. It was and still is the domain of the Full-Bore shooter who shoots small-bore as well. Unfortunately no longer having a .22, I no longer take part.

Steve

Thanks for that Steve.

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Good to hear the BSA Internationals are still around, the very first rimfire rifle I ever shot was an Inter and they are still available at bargain basement prices. Sadly I am no longer a small bore shooter.