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The Basics, Starting Out
.22 recommendation to practice long range
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1583531" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>There are many factory grade rimfires that can serve nicely as a long range trainer. The very high-end target rifles that you mention are very neccessary for formal competition where anything more then .25"(or even less), 10 shot groups at 50 yards will not cut it. Sometimes you can get luck and get this kind of performance from a less costly factory rifle. I have a Savage BVSS that is exceptionally accurate, and does very well in 50 yard competition. If you can put together a rifle/ammo combination that can keep its shots in .5MOA at 100 or 200 yards with low velocity spreads, you will have an excellent LR trainer, hunter, or PRS rifle. The major issue with long range rimfire work is dealing with wind drift. Learning wind IS in fact the primary training benefit of the rimfire trainer given you have established the basic shooting skills and developed an accurate and consistent ballistic solver for your rifle/load. I have witnessed several <$500 factory rimfires that can consistently hit an egg at 200 yards IF the wind is either accurately understood, or non-existent. In a 5-10MPH gusty wind....good luck!!! My approach is to test my rifle/load 10-20 shots for velocity spreads under the typical span of temperatures that I will use the rifle. I will also test accuracy/precision at 50, 100, and 200 yards. Once I have a good load, If possible, I like to buy a sufficient supply of the 'same" lot ammo. VelocityES can vary from lot to lot. If I can keep my groups under .5MOA and ES under 20FPS, SD <10FPS, I can hit egg sized targets to 200, and the typical 8-10" rimfire PRS steel out to 350 yards,... given I have a good wind read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1583531, member: 10291"] There are many factory grade rimfires that can serve nicely as a long range trainer. The very high-end target rifles that you mention are very neccessary for formal competition where anything more then .25”(or even less), 10 shot groups at 50 yards will not cut it. Sometimes you can get luck and get this kind of performance from a less costly factory rifle. I have a Savage BVSS that is exceptionally accurate, and does very well in 50 yard competition. If you can put together a rifle/ammo combination that can keep its shots in .5MOA at 100 or 200 yards with low velocity spreads, you will have an excellent LR trainer, hunter, or PRS rifle. The major issue with long range rimfire work is dealing with wind drift. Learning wind IS in fact the primary training benefit of the rimfire trainer given you have established the basic shooting skills and developed an accurate and consistent ballistic solver for your rifle/load. I have witnessed several <$500 factory rimfires that can consistently hit an egg at 200 yards IF the wind is either accurately understood, or non-existent. In a 5-10MPH gusty wind....good luck!!! My approach is to test my rifle/load 10-20 shots for velocity spreads under the typical span of temperatures that I will use the rifle. I will also test accuracy/precision at 50, 100, and 200 yards. Once I have a good load, If possible, I like to buy a sufficient supply of the ‘same” lot ammo. VelocityES can vary from lot to lot. If I can keep my groups under .5MOA and ES under 20FPS, SD <10FPS, I can hit egg sized targets to 200, and the typical 8-10” rimfire PRS steel out to 350 yards,... given I have a good wind read. [/QUOTE]
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