Sunray
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"...a case of Eley black..." That may or may not shoot well out of a specific M52.
As mentioned, your buddy needs to decide what distance he wants to shoot at and rimfire or centre fire first. Ain't the same thing. However, the techniques are exactly the same for NRA 50 or 100 yard small bore matches as they are for 1,000 yard Palma Match shooting. Breathing, sight picture and trigger control are all the same with an M52 or a heavy barreled, centre fire, target rifle.
He will not be shooting precision bullseye matches with a .22 LR. Zeroed at 50, .22 rimfire ammo starts dropping a yard plus at 200 yards. And that 36" drop is with hypervelocity hunting ammo. Steel plates/ metallic silhouette aren't exactly precise. Benchrest is a game all to itself.
Like CraigC says, it's not going to be a grand to get into High Power shooting
As mentioned, your buddy needs to decide what distance he wants to shoot at and rimfire or centre fire first. Ain't the same thing. However, the techniques are exactly the same for NRA 50 or 100 yard small bore matches as they are for 1,000 yard Palma Match shooting. Breathing, sight picture and trigger control are all the same with an M52 or a heavy barreled, centre fire, target rifle.
He will not be shooting precision bullseye matches with a .22 LR. Zeroed at 50, .22 rimfire ammo starts dropping a yard plus at 200 yards. And that 36" drop is with hypervelocity hunting ammo. Steel plates/ metallic silhouette aren't exactly precise. Benchrest is a game all to itself.
Like CraigC says, it's not going to be a grand to get into High Power shooting