How far has a .22 rim fire lr rifle been shot and actualy hit the target?

Question

How far has a .22 rim fire lr rifle been shot and actualy hit the target?

Answer 1

While a .22LR can carry for up to 1.5 miles, the longest distances I've heard of people being able to hit what they're aiming at is 200-300 yards. Much beyond that and bullet drop and wind start getting to be serious issues.

Answer 2

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of trying this rifle out:

http://www.savagearms.com/markiibtvs.htm

As .22's go, this is is well above average. I shot at 200 yard targets, which are 12" black, about 5.72 minutes of arc. To put that in perspective, the sun and moon appear to be 30 minutes of arc when high in the sky, so 5.72 is pretty small.

No problem hitting the 8 ring using a BSA Contender 4-16x40 scope. Plenty of 9's and 10's too. I'm sure I could do the same with a CZ-452, but no way I could do it with say a Mossberg Plinkster.

Beyond 200 yards is more a matter of luck than skill.

Answer 3

Aimed fire is actually pretty good at 100 yds........on a calm day, easily all  in the black

I think 150 yds would be pushing it, but have not tried it

More like cannon fire since you must hold or adjust sights very high & lob the rounds in.

Have done  it  occaisonally  for fun,

Answer 4

Used to shoot steel fence posts out to about 200 yards. Not like I hit it every time but it was fun tryin.

Answer 5

While a .22 can potentially go, like others have said, up to a mile+, you would have nothing even resembling accuracy past 300 yards. The guy above me has the right idea with the sub sonic concept, but the distance is a bit off (speed of sound is very elevation and climate dependant so what he said could be true in some areas) but usually a .22 will cross back over the super/subsonic threshold at about 150 yards. Whenever any object crosses that barrier its flight becomes very unstable and erratic.

And to the guy who said you could "engage a target" at a mile, a standard .22LR would drop close to 3,000 feet at a mile, which means you would have to aim the gun up at about a 30 degree angle. Wind resistance and terminal velocity would slow the bullet down to a blistering 250 ft/s and a whopping 7 ft/lbs of energy. Not only that but it would take 20 seconds to get there...

Answer 6

I practice regularly with my Model 60 Marlin topped with a Bushnell 4-12x40, from 50 to 200 yards.

It is extremely accurate out to 100 yards, and fair from 125-150, but drops greatly out to the 200 mark.   I doubt there ius much power out to the 200 mark, but it is enough to move my rotating steel plate target.

  I would imagine anything past 200 yards would require a greater amount of practice and persistance.

  But ultimately would not be worth it!

(it is asnine to believe a .22 would be predictable past 250-350 yards.  Therefore "engaging a target at 1.5 miles" is FLAT OUT IGNORANT.

Answer 7

Years ago I read of a case where some guy was shooting at floating bottles in water on a beach.  One of his .22s skimmed across the water killing a lady a couple of miles away.  It gets worse.  He actually knew the dead lady.  It was unintentional but he was still charged with homicide.  I guess this is why the disclaimer on the old .22 ammo boxes read:  Range 1 Mi. Be Careful.

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Answer 8

That depends completely on the shooter and the rifle used.  Personally, I've done up to 300 hundred yards with Anschutz competition target rifle, but there was no wind and I had had lots of practice.  

Even though the boxes say 1 to 1&1/2 miles, it is unrealistic to think that distance would be achievable.  Even your most expert marksmen usually stay within a 1,000 yards with their high powered rifles.

Answer 9

You should be able to hit a target out to 300 metres 9 out of 10 with a decent scope. But no further, then trying to kill something cleanly... 100 metres. But this calibre rifle is capable of shooting out to 2 km.  Hit a target at 1km then your a f****en good shot!!

Answer 10

The .22 L.R. goes sub-sonic at about 60-70 Yd.s, which

degrades it's accuracy.

Good rim-fire silhouette shooters regularly hit better than 50%

on 100Yd.s 'Ram" targets, (Max dim. ~9") at that distance,

shooting offhand.

As a practical matter, 100 Yd.s is about the limit for the cartridge

for target work, and 75 Yds. for hunting.

The groups just open up too far beyond that.

If there's no wind, you might try targets farther out,

but there's ALLWAYS wind.  

Answer 11

Well maximum range for a .22lr bullet is around 1.5 miles, so if the conditions are right and you're sights are set up correctly, a 1.5(or more) mile target could be engaged.