Long Range 22LR

[Beluebow]

I don't need another rabbit hole......I don't need another rabbit hole.....I don't need another rabbit hole........Sounds fun!!

 

[eshell]

If a person wanted to get a little more serious long range gun, what would you buy? Ruger, bergara, tika...?

I heard there may be a guy at this shoot with a custom that can shoot .5 moa at 300 yards. I'm not ready to go that far into this rabbit hole lol

I would NOT let that number scare me... 0.5 MOA at 300 yards is a consistent 1.57" group. "Can shoot" is often just an extrapolation. "Does shoot" is quite different. I'd pay money to see that happen. I don't know that there is even ammo available that is capable of that, even without wind...

 

[GoosePilot]

This just alot of fun shoot. Little fundraiser for rural fire department excuse to shoot. Kids to adults. Ranch guns to full blown bench customs all thrown together. Great learning environment with good food. I haven't seen the 22 version yet, but 50 to 200. The varmit one is less than 75 grain bullets shooting from a polaris ranger. 5 shots timed from 160 to 500 yards. Shot marker 5 shots for best group. Then long range 400-1000, 12 targets with 15 shots max. Then do a team round based on how you placed individually 1st and last place is a team, 2nd and 2nd to last etc

 

[OG10]

I really like my Vudoo.

 

[Taj]

I've heard that Voodoo is the best available at this time. Anschutz would be another good option. Both are a bit spendy but I believe Anschutz is less than Voodoo.

I have two Voodoo's in MDT chassis. Have trigger Tech triggers in both and an Arkin on one and a Night Force on the other. They both shoot unbelievable, however when the rifles get this consistent it boils down to the ammo and finding a brand/lot that will shoot with the rifle. I shoot a lot of SK and Lapua but also found that most lots of good old CCI standard velocity shoots very well out of both of them.

 

[baskhunter]

my little cz 457 varmint has a confirmed kill on a rock chuck out at 262yards. Its a ton of fun

 

[Ken61]

We shot silhouettes at 200 yds. I used a 40X with 36 Leupold. Lots of fun. Hard to believe what that little cartridge will do My rifle is now setting quietly in the safe.

 

[Joe-boy]

I've been turning my Tikka T1x into a "long range" and PRS practice rifle lately. I've shot it out to 300 meters somewhat successfully and plan to attend my first rimfire PRS competition in upcoming weeks. I shoot SK Long Range match which may not be the absolute best but is reasonably priced and I've managed to e.g. shoot a sub-MOA 10 round group to 100 meters with it. Over a string of 15 shots the ED was 43 fps.

The current spec is

• Tikka T1x barrel and action
• Factory trigger adjusted to 1 kg
• KRG Bravo with adjustable butt plate and arca rail and spigot mount
• Vector 10x44 scope but looking to replace it with e.g. Vortex Venom 5-25 or similar
• Sako Optilock mounts.

Currently I'm very happy with the setup, the only gripe being the scope that could use a bit more magnification.

I very much like the idea of a 22LR long range rifle. Each shot saves about 1 dollar of ammo cost. One can experience all the joys/horrors of long range shooting with significantly reduced cost, noise and recoil. A 150 meter range can usually be found easier than a kilometer range. I strongly advice anyone interested in long range shooting to get one now

 

[Teri Anne]

I'm surprised a stock Ruger 10/22 Lite will shoot good enough to shoot long range. Maybe you got a golden egg?

The Ruger 10/22 is an accurate little rifle. It surprised me when a friend got tired of watching me plunking .45 moa groups at 100 with my Tikka T1x and decided to try his luck at it. He was a pistol instructor and not much of a rifle person to start out. He is also a bit frugal. He bought a bottom of the line Ruger 10/22 and mounted a cheap 3/9 on it and tried to match my groups at 100. I was surprised at how accurate the rifle was out of the box and with a, very cheap 1 inch tube on it and $3 a box ammo. We started playing with ammo to see what the rifle liked. In the end, SK Long Range Match was the winner with SK Auto Match coming in close behind. While he whined about the $5 per box price (at the time) the cheap setup was able to shoot 1 moa. He has since invested in a good 4 - 12 x 44 scope and his groups have shrunk to 0.9 moa. Don't sell the 10/22 or for that matter other inexpensive 22 rifles short. I would like to see what the target version is capable of doing.

 

[R. Cram]

.22's are great when you get a hold of accurate ones, I used to shoot smallbore in the evenings and it was great fun and very challenging plus we used to have a lot of juniors shoot with us and it was fun to watch them progress and probably beat you if they practiced. One time I went for a practice before the league started and my buddy Dick wasn't there so I called him after the practice to see why he wasn't there and he told me he was tired of getting beat by little girls which was a good chance, lots of little girls were very good shots and the best shooters there were 2 ladies, also with a .22 no constant barrel cleaning, no reloading, barrels don't wear out very challenging, the 10 ring at the 50 ft target was the same

 

[Teri Anne]

I've been turning my Tikka T1x into a "long range" and PRS practice rifle lately. I've shot it out to 300 meters somewhat successfully and plan to attend my first rimfire PRS competition in upcoming weeks. I shoot SK Long Range match which may not be the absolute best but is reasonably priced and I've managed to e.g. shoot a sub-MOA 10 round group to 100 meters with it. Over a string of 15 shots the ED was 43 fps.

The current spec is

• Tikka T1x barrel and action
• Factory trigger adjusted to 1 kg
• KRG Bravo with adjustable butt plate and arca rail and spigot mount
• Vector 10x44 scope but looking to replace it with e.g. Vortex Venom 5-25 or similar
• Sako Optilock mounts.

Currently I'm very happy with the setup, the only gripe being the scope that could use a bit more magnification.

I very much like the idea of a 22LR long range rifle. Each shot saves about 1 dollar of ammo cost. One can experience all the joys/horrors of long range shooting with significantly reduced cost, noise and recoil. A 150 meter range can usually be found easier than a kilometer range. I strongly advice anyone interested in long range shooting to get one now

I also shoot a Tikka T1x, but mine, like all my rifles except the 338 win mag are all out of the box basic rifles. This one is no different. I currently have a Vortex Diamondback Tactical 4 - 24 x 50 scope in Vortex rings and a 20 moa rail on it. The rest of the rifle is stock. Came out of the box with a 2.5 pound trigger and sits in its original plastic stock with a slip on recoil pad to lengthen the pull. With SK Long Range Match ammo will shoot .4 to .5 moa all day at 100.

 

[GoosePilot]

Sounds like the tika t1x might be a logical step above my ruger setup

 

[GoosePilot]

I was shooting in a fair amount of wind that day and not exactly taking all the time I should have on each shot. It will be interesting to try again on a less windy day. Here is my target. 30 yard in bullseye, 100 yard aimed at top of outer circle (with a 200 yd group right above it), and 150 yard group in between.

I shot the 150 group off this elevated "stand" to get over the terrain lol

 

[eshell]

We shot silhouettes at 200 yds. I used a 40X with 36 Leupold. Lots of fun. Hard to believe what that little cartridge will do My rifle is now setting quietly in the safe.

Not only is the .22 LR amazingly accurate in a precision rifle with good ammo, but retained energy is also quite high at longer distances due to the sub-sonic nature of match ammo. The bullet not only avoids the trans-sonic turbulence, but also does not encounter the drastically increased drag of pushing through the super-sonic shock wave.

A .22 LR 40 grain bullet at 1,050 fps muzzle velocity develops 93 ft.lbs and still carries 55 ft.lbs. at 300 yards.