.22/And now for something completely different

[doc76251]

This is one of my favorite things to do when I'm out of bigger stuff and don't realy feel like going through all the hiking up and down the range. I like to take the junk range brass from the bucket and take a wander down to the 200 yd line setting up cases as I go. It makes for some good UKD shooting as well as practice for doping the wind. Since I use my .22 for turkey hunting I put the majority of them between 25 and 75 but there is nothing quite like zapping AK case's at 200yds 3 times in a row

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I guess maybe I should put up a target to see what it actualy groups at out there

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Cheers

 

[Imortal Wombat]

a while a go i almost killed a rabbit at 100ish meters. The shot was downhill, and i didn't allow for my elivation, the bullet went throught both of its ears. By the way i was using a .22 WMR, Marlin shooting 40grn winchester super x. Oh, by the way, i have been having some problems getting the super x to expand in rabbits, at most ranges, anyone got any suggetions?

 

[subsonic]

Hi I use a 10/22 clone with a Shilen select match barrel (16.5" long with a muzzle can suppressor) and topped off with a 4.5-14x50 Leupold with a mil-dot reticle. I sight it in at 70m with Winchester subsonic and 5mils gets me out to 150m (I have a trajectory table taped to my stock) over the last summer I would have had 70+ 1 shot kills at 150m sometimes in winds requiring upto 3 mils of hold off. My furthest confirmed kill with Win subsonic is 220m.

Another option for a challenge is a LD CO2 pistol from www.mac1airguns.com it is about 10ftlb's at the muzzle with 22 pellets and I have shot 50 plus rabbits at 20-33m with it my current record with it is a magpie with one shot at 49m. It is very accurate less than 20mm at 30m (3/4"at 35yds) the shooter is the limiting factor at the moment.

MTBA
In the August 2004 Vol. 7 No.11 Small Arms Review there is a article on Mark Whites suppressed Rugers see www.soundtechsilencers.com his premier pistol is the integrally suppressed Ruger KMK-512 which drops the bark dowm from 152-154dB to 112-116dB (action noise is 109dB and a CO2 air pistol is significantly louder than a 112dB).

 

[subsonic]

sorry got hat URL wrong http://www.mac1airgun.com/ldpistol.html

 

[Imortal Wombat]

i dont know how they go LR, but my coach at the air pistol range can stick 10 shots into 1 ragged hole at 10m with his air pistol, i think that it's a Morini. I have seen him shoot it over 50m with OK groups, oh this is with iron sights to.