True effective target range of .22 lr

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What is the true effective range for target shooting with a "tricked out" .22 rifle? 50, 75, 100, 150, beyond? Not the occassional lucky shot but for those who target shoot with your .22s what ranges do you shoot at?

Also what platform do you use; weapon, special trigger, optics, bipod, etc.

Thanks!
 
I'd say for most folks, 50 yards is probably a realistic max range. For those dedicated to the cartridge, that can probably be pushed out to about 200 yards or so.
 
I wouldn't consider mine 'tricked out' (Savage Mark II w/ accutrigger) but I consistantly hit at 200 - 250 yards when the wind cooperates. I am currently using a Mueller 4.5 - 14 x 40. I would say at 200 yards with eley target ammo I get minute-of-clay pigeon.
 
Intresting question.I shoot mine at 100 yards and have never considered farther.After reading some of these posts i might just have too. I have 2 10/22. Accurate little things.
 
I consider my 70's era 10/22 a 50 yard gun, however I can consistently put all my shots in a 6" target at 100 yards with it. I don't consider a 6" group effective for the rifle's intended use (small game) but it's fun to shoot that distance for a challenge. Bone stock 10/22 with an old leupold VX-II 1-4x.

Stu
 
It all depends on the rifle and ammo combanation my winchester 61 can group at 6 inches at 200 but my remy 121 wouldn't hut the broad side of a barn at 50
 
Used to shoot 100 meters fairly regularly with my Kimber 82 and with a S&W K-22 as well. NRA Smallbore Rifle Silhouette & Smallbore Hunter's Pistol Silhouette. Beyond 100m, your liable run into more issues. But on a good day, 150yds could be within reason given the right equipment & circumstances. Beyond that, I would imagine that luck becomes a larger factor.
 
I would say that 250 yards is close to being the maximum effective range..maybe 300...but at those ranges it is all about the shooter and his or hers experience level...and I know that a shooter is only as good as the rifle he uses and is also the other way around
 
Back when CMP first sold the Mossberg target rifles, one of my local highpower clubs put on a 200 yard match for them.

The old hands at the club said a 22LR at 200 yards was very similar to a 308 at 1000 yards
 
When I shot on the "match-rifle" team in the Guard, we shot smallbore NRA targets at 50 feet. But I gleaned alot of squirrels at 75 or so yds.:)
 
I can get a 5/6'' group at 100 yards with my older 22. Today I broke a few clays at ~200 yards, but it took about 6 shots to get my bearings.
 
"The old hands at the club said a 22LR at 200 yards was very similar to a 308 at 1000 yards"

the targets alot bigger at 200 thoe
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I'm not sure what a "tricked-out" .22 rifle looks like... but with my CZ452, stock except for a bit of trigger work and a decent, not great, fixed 4x scope, 50 yards is easy, 100 yards is more of a challenge, but entirely possible. I have a notion, this year, about trying some longer distances. Can't do that in the gravel pit, so I'll have to do some scouting...
 
I could consistently keep dime sized groups with an old Montgomery Ward target rifle and garage sale scope using bulk ammo at 100 yards. From a rest, of course. 22s are shot at metallic silhouette matches a lot. 100 yards is not extreme for them.
 
Most 22LR rifles that are capable of sub-MOA accuracy will be capable of hits out to 250 yds with standard velocity ammo (high-velocity ammo has issues at about 160-170 yds with trans-sonic trbulence that make hits much more difficult beyond that range). The shooters may not be capable of hitting at that range, but that is another issue entirely.
 
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