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

[robwelsh 354]

I was just about to say about going un noticed ,count out 30-35 yrds from where you know quarry will be , plonk your arse and go on noticed , or just learn to tip toe like a balarina

[ghillies 209]

nice couple of posts there.. yup, what are you cumfy with. (like knowing what yu can do).

 

the sniper type shot..well, part 1 is how good can get or what do you want from this skill of shooting? it certainly seems to become a a life long, or as long long as you can thing doesnt it.

part 2 is....ok, your asked to clear some rodents, theres easy spots (that claned out very quickly) then theres not so many easy spots...like you cant get there to 20 yards, the next logical staep is so how close can you get? if your not savy with the distance then yup dont go winging away like... but... if you can? then it's a case of the preverbial 'oppertunaties' isue.

 

'oppertunaties'...how many shots present themselves verses how many are 'practicle'. i.e. ratting, they will and certainly do get used to you very fast, so the more oppertubnaties that present, and the ones you can utalise increase the odds and succes rates in the shortest time posable...so they dont get you sussed before you suss them basically.

rabits, pigions, squirrels, whatever they are the will get used to you. and if there is no way to get close, then your eather into a case of dig a shollow hole cover it a turf roof and wait till next wednesday...fffff or... a distance shot. (dont forget theres other guns about, rimmies, FAC airguns etc) so whats applicable does have a physical limit, but that limits usualy undercut by the persons skill leval, or i should really say by the time the individual can put into practice basicaly, if you work 7 days a week, that soesnt leave much time for much else.

 

and back to 'opertunaties' and how many are a shot on, every one you miss is three or four that will be very dificult to get later on, based on that alone it's definatly do not go taking silly shots you know your not cabable off......thats the fun saved for the plenking and range work.

miss a rat two or three times, later you'll be targetting just it for weeks...one of the straglers to a cleared pen.(consider it can take two weeks every night to 3 months of of 5 plus nights a week to clear our out hundred of the bleeders.(thousands even..seriously.).

 

food wise you'll be targeting individuals for supper at some time down the line, as you learn your shoot..5 years on, you'll be thinking 'i'll save that one for later' etc etc.

 

that or day tripping on the get what you can mode.(get all the range work in you can for those).

Edited March 14, 2012 by ghillies