Long Range Shooting Practice With 22lr

It s also a good way to get some long range training in on a non centerfire rated range.

Long range shooting practice with 22lr. 22lr rifle bullet drop is same 10mrad 25 of distance where bigger caliber drop is same 10mrad. Sfp vs ffp for long range 22lr. Finnish ostrobothnia sniper association s pohta tactical 22lr course in 100m range. That 2 moa mark at 6x is still 2moa at 24x magnification.

The 3 9 magnification is sufficient for any close or long range shooting a 22 is capable of and the 40mm objective lens delivers an exceptional sight picture. This is valid with 25m and 100m zero ranges. Header pic and pic below. Old idea is still so interesting that we decided to play with it to see how far it could be refined.

At 720 yards my ballistics app shows the 22lr round dropping 1 078 inches nearly 90 feet from a 100 yard zero and only having 28 foot pounds of energy. As with big bore ammo is one very important component in being successful at long range rimfire shooting. Basic idea of scaling came long time ago from finnish sniper instructor p. Trajectory shapes between various calibers look same.

With the high quality equipment and ammo available today while still challenging 300yd hits on six inch round steel is realistic. Chief among this list is range considerations. Except for recoil and learning to ignore it is a good thing shooting a rimfire rifle at 300 yards is like shooting a 308 at 1000. Ammo used was the cci velocitor 40 grain that boasts of a 1 435 fps velocity.

It s not a typo and long range 22lr shooting is starting to catch on in the us especially. The core of extreme long range 22lr shooting is the rifle obviously. This is very useful if you want to use your scope at a multitude of magnification settings such as in a shooting stage where distances change drastically. It s fair to say that today s 22lr has come a long way since its introduction.

He used same principle in various courses where 22lr was used for long range training. Instead of looking at 22lr s short range as a handicap with the right drills it s amazing how well the round can simulate a centerfire experience. With a first focal plane reticle the reticle changes size based on the magnification to keep scale. Scaled long range training.

100m drops wind corrections approximate 500m distance with 308 win. The rifle in the video was a cz 452 that looks like it comes with a 22 barrel.