extra long range rimfire suggestions please

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bullfrog99

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Ignoring the practicality of it, suppose i wanted to shoot a 22lr round out past it's practical limits, what rifle(field grade, no bull barreles please) would you use.
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My marlin is frighteningly accurate, but i'm sure there has to be better ones, Kimber, remington, what shoots the tinyiest groups. also, what optics would you recomend. Shepherd makes a 10x with a it's patented recticle set for the 22lr, leapold makes many appropriate mil dot scopes, what would you suggest.
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I ask because i have been able to punch 2.25 inch groups with my marlin 25n and a cheap import 6-24x50 scope with really cloudy optics at 200 yards in no wind with $8 for 550 round bulk ammo . i'm not trying to boast, but at that range, i never expected a rimfire to do that! I love the 22lr, and i want to see what a 22 can really do with better ammo, scope and rifle. I want to use a standard type gun, one you would take out in the woods to shoot at rabbits or squrells, as i feel match chambers and bull barrels are best left to target shooters.
 
I have TOZ-12, .22 single shot target rifle with 27" bull barrel, w/
16x40 scope, in perfect shape. To say it's accurate is to say nothing. The only problem is a tremendous drop in .22 trajectory past 170 yards - my scope just run out of adjustment, although it was right in the midle of adjustment range at 100 yards. How did you manage to shoot at 200 yards - any tricks to scope adjustment procedure?
 
I think a good quality bolt action is all that is needed along with a decent scope. I have shot sage rats at 225 to 250 yards with a Ruger 77/22. I hit them occasionally too. It is a lot of fun and teaches good shooting techniques. The problem of course is range. I only know it is 200+ yards when I pace it off. Thus, the bullet doesn't always go where expect because it is over or under shot, usually not because of windage. But range estimation is a big part of being a rifleman.

Although the Ruger is a very good gun, I think I might get the new Kimber if I was looking for a new bolt action .22.
 
As mentioned, a quality bolt action or single shot rifle is definately the ticket. A lever action could give you equally good accuracy and distance.
 
I'm puzzling getting a good bolt gun like a Tikka, re-barrelling it with a fast twist to launch the 60gr. Aguila and getting a Sheperd scope graduated for it. Should allow me to call a .45-70 flat shooting.
 
Oris,

Dunno re scope adjustment procedures, but using the subtension (sp? brain-fade) of the duplex-type scope can allow for some surprising "dialing it in" shots.

I've a few rifles that will do the maximum point blank range (6" target zone) to oh, 250-280 yards +/-. After that, the bullets starting to fall more quickly. At 300 or so, I'll use the top of the bottom vertical portion of the duplex - just an elevation of sighting rather than a scope adjustment.

I'm in full agreement with the "range estimation" is critical theme.
 
I shot a Ruger synthetic .22 magnum that was super accurate for the money.




















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Long range rimfire is kind of fun. I can put most of my rounds on a steel CO2 fire extinguisher body at 200 yrds out of an iron sight HK91 with a rimfire conversion in it. (steel gives nice feedback)
 
Well, if you want to shoot longer ranges with a .22 bullet... get a .223 or a .22-250, if not a .22 Magnum.

I commonly get 1-3 inch groups at 200 yards with my .223, and it's relatively flat. Ammo ain't as cheap as rimfire, but it don't cost an arm and a leg, neither!

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thanks for the replies. i think i'm going to stick with my marlin, but perhaps invest in a shepherd scope. not sure.
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To answer your question oris, the scope I have has kind of a psudo mil dot, or rather it has equally spaced lines from under the normal place the duplex meets so i know the holdover at 26 power at 200 yards is between the bottom and second to the bottom line. and the zero at 50 is at the top of the duplex(where it starts to get thick. IF that sounds wierd, i'll draw something up, and post it, just say something.
 
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