What would be the furthest affective range of a .22?

[Paul the hunter 0]

how far would a .22 go and hit its mark and kill

[hugo1 31]

depends on what gun ive got a brocock hunter22 and i can kill at 60yds all depends on how confident you are that you can put a pellet in the right spot

[zini 1,939]

Depends on many factors buddy really.

 

A simple answer but not advised is at a range that still as at least 4 foot pounds of muzzle energy at the target end.

 

This in theory could be over 100 yards.

 

In the real world its not advised past 35 yards in the magazines as shooter skill, weather, hold over, angle to target, respect for our quarry and rifle all must be taken into consideration.

 

Si.

 

[Paul the hunter 0]

ok thanks

[analyticalman 4]

Using a Hawke scope with a MAP6 reticule and zeroing at 30 yards, the reticule has gradations going up to 45 yards at magnification x6. Using it on a target I find that this works (height is fine) but even a slight wind will blow you an inch off. So on a dead calm day on a stationary target I would shoot at 45. Otherwise - yes, 35 ish would be all I would want to try.

[ghillies 209]

Depends on many factors buddy really.

 

A simple answer but not advised is at a range that still as at least 4 foot pounds of muzzle energy at the target end.

 

This in theory could be over 100 yards.

 

In the real world its not advised past 35 yards in the magazines as shooter skill, weather, hold over, angle to target, respect for our quarry and rifle all must be taken into consideration.

 

Si.

thats hit he nail on the head..at 60 yards thers a lotts room and a lot of variables than can and will go wrong.. if your needing to ask then posably your a couple years off atempting those shots.

 

with exsperiene amounting to 14-16 hurs aday and night with or with lights n NV 7 days a week for a couple years the question isnt how far you can hit..thats 140 plus yards...how far it will kill yup 60- yards is posable, but even with that kid of exsperience i dont know many that count more than 70 yards viable or relible..60's about right.... IF you can hit half inch bricks out there near on every time.

 

the angle the pellets dropping at is a fair old downwards tragectory that makes where you need to hit vary a little...taint where you think it is any more. (especialy at legal limits).

 

on feather..theyre softer but in .22 the feathers are like armour, crows nd the likes are the worst for it i thnk. heads all the way on rabbits.

 

can you hit at 60?

 

50?

 

40...lol??

[zini 1,939]

I think the lad was asking and how i read it was what is the max range a pellet could travel and still kill its quarry, hence my 100 yard answer from chairgun.

 

I don't know anyone who can consistently hit a inch diameter Target past 70 yards on a calm and still day.

 

60 I do in the right conditions but more NO.

 

On even a slightly breezy day that range is dropped to 35 or 40 yards max.

 

Simple answer is set up a target at a good range, shoot 5 shots at it on a calm day and if you hit 5 out of 5 you move it back another 5 yards until you miss. Then you know your max range calm. Do the same breezy and windy too but at a lot closer range.

 

Not sure if the last statement was for me to answer or the lad ghillies.

 

If me, from the standing un supported position my max range is about 15 to 20 metres max on a calm day.

 

Si.

Edited March 9, 2012 by zini

[ghillies 209]

i think as a biginer its go and see on a range, or with a bit of serious plinking (but not on coke cans here, you could hit that throwing bricks at it but be no closer to hunting skill levals with an airgun, find the pellet hit the center of the O etc etc)

 

it's a bit of both zini, good advice and he himself has to accept what his skill leval is, as we all do. i know a few very good hunters that never shoot past 30 yards.

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Depends how high up you can get the rifle, drop it and be sure you can hit the ground in a crowded place!

[ftm 3,357]

ive been shooting 30 0dd years now and every now and then i do take a "crazy" shot 100 yds plus but only in a safe zone and it pleases me to say ive pulled a fair few brilliant shots off but if as you say your a newbie play it safe mate 30 yds is good enougfh -billy

[ghillies 209]

to any one starting or in the early stages (up to two years odd) theres one basic thought..whats behind the target, DONT SHOOT ANY ONE! thats the formost thought to implant..no accidents. you pulled the trigger its our fault..end of.

 

 

i think my best silly shot was 240 yards in a wind, hit a 1 inch plastic pipe that was horizontal on the second shot lol...couldnt hit it again after like.

 

zini..82 yards i start needing 1 inch to 2 inch bricks.. from a stool though, and after a couple days out with the tent. that was two year ago, been ill since, just emerging again and waiting very patiently.

 

gun shooting at a 2 feet per sec varience shot to shot or less, and weighed JSb heavies...with a old mag through a very old theoben rapid 17. 11.2 fp's.(wicked BC new barrel).

 

2 year before that i was clucking 65-68 yard rabbits on lamp by accident.. just knew where they were but again i was camped out there a few days, and taking half day's serious plenking time out to the 82 yards, the longest stretch i could find there...(tisnt how far you can hit..its far is an affective kill, i use the word 'affective' quite literally here).

 

i'd say 55 yard is a good series furthest shot,(to be thinking about as you learn,the rest will sort its self if you get there), as the BC and gun set up is an extreme one off..by the time you add up all the negative variables like 5fps or more shot to shot.. a lot of factry set guns are 10 fps shot to shot etc etc.. now not having the gun tuned to a pellet, a lot of pellet brands just wont group out there..theres loads.

 

final straw is....f\\\\\\££eckin need glasses now.......!! got to go and reset my auto for the distances i can still see lol.(yes bought a range finder but doesnt help the natural flow any having to stop click it..then aim up..fff.

 

in my hay day out to 50 yards i could from shoulder to impact in well under a second. last year i tried my old gun out (no longer own it) and i was a touch off the sight on what i was aiming and about 3 times as slow from gun slung on my shoulder to aim point..i'm getting old mate lol. well rusty and very very frustraired at being ill all the time lol.(and no yu cant play that around folks...not that safely any way)

 

it takes days on end, and knowing yourself to the extreme before anything like this happens, for example can you tell when you'll literally drop to the floor with the pain of it? now time that round the shoot and back to cover to sleep it off.(oh yes and get food and fluids inbetween..lol).

 

i hate being shite with my gun..with a passion. but worse than that i hate the over competive shooters that cant shoot but they are good at nodging you up..they aint the best at all..spoilt brats in adult bodies.(lests see who's the best, but...if you beet me there'll be trouble? feck um! let them play with themselves the w..an.kers they are).

the compatisions with yourself.. but untill your at one with yourself anything you do will be way under par to your true patential. there isnt words for it, it 'is' or it 'isnt'.

 

it's a 'touch'......if your on go for it, if your not hot on...then dont.(how many people actualy know what they can do because they dont have the best equipment..and yes it matters).

the issue of how far it will kill is way down the line of exsperience, alnog with maths and engining.. chairgun says 84 yards on my setting.. i know it has claimed one 84 yard squirrel, i even test shot a branch, i was hot on on, the squirrel lost, but i wil say i cant see another time i would risk that shot on live quory, a slight diference in pellet weight, even a funny temperature spot can and does often meen a miss, or worse an critter with lead in its asss.

 

FT ranges are about the reasonable limit. so 55 yards, but thats only when you know because you've done your home work.

 

i shoot from standing..anything else is a bonus. even when i was fit and in my prime i could not take a proper prone posision shot (lying down) because it was too uncumfy, today i have do the wiggle to get off my knee..(i didnt know what a yard was..straite up here, i also knew what i could do, and couldnt understand why every shit n his dog was so intent on what i could NOT do..so did it anyway....twats).

springers leant on solid objects were always a joke..its a diferent poi on the sight, as was sitting standing kneeling.. you can't just zero prone then expect every thing to be on when your not prone..or not leaning on the hard surface, so its a case of zero stood, then learn to shoot to that zero..as long as the stood zero is 'true' on the gun. so you even have to put the man hours in just to zero a gun, then learn to shoot to that zero. time in, effert and understanding. tuning yourself to what you do, and NOT what some magsine thinks is best for you..and your cheque book.

 

a pcp on the other hand is getting the auto pilot of a recoiling spinger out the system, there isnt a recoil..so you subconsously jerk on the shot as you would a springer.(feed the springer straight..)

 

for the beginers who get the odd hour in a week or less..sit n hold the gun for half a hour a day..sounds silly but it puts you in contact with just handling the gun.. for live practice 10-20 shots a day.. morning and nights best, theres mental faizes like boredom to go through..at the end you get a pure reflex that involves literally see it, cross hair on and ping..hit it. takes about 3/4's of second for a slow shot.(it feels like forever...). but, thats at the hight of a stupid amount of hours a day, and night day in day out untill you could cry with the boredom! and them some more.

 

the older you get the worse your eyes reflexs and body gets.. it slows. with age comes 'wisdom' or at least you exsperience of doing it a million odd times before so your more fluent.

 

it's all time in, coupled with home work and commen sense. you can fool who you like...you'll still miss it. so its 'be true to yourself and progress' or p!ss in the wind with all they other fools.

 

eeee i dont like getting old lololol........was more fun years ago..ish. it never goes away.

[Tron 173]

Good replies there zini and thanks for the great videos you post showing some amazing shots,Nice to see someone shoot who knows what their talking about.

[The Duncan 802]

My take is the pound coin test. If you can put 5 shots out of 5 in a target the size of a pound coin at a range you want to hunt at, then you are ready to hunt humanely at that range.

However, your rangefinding skills need to be good too, especially with a legal limit .22.

 

Cheers

 

Duncan

[Malt 379]

Long range sniper style hunting shots are 'cool' and all that, but good enough field craft to get your target into sensible ranges is essential when hunting..

[The Duncan 802]

Long range sniper style hunting shots are 'cool' and all that, but good enough field craft to get your target into sensible ranges is essential when hunting..

I'd rather take a dead cert shot at 25 yards than an iffy one at 55 yards