30 to 60 yards for a "good" rifle is a piece of cake once you learnthe gun. Everyone shoots at least ONE great group but usually nobody sees it!
Heck I have shot my RWS 36.22 @ 100 yards and pretty much held "a minute of soda can" Otherwords ya hit it a LOT!
No you won't get cloverleafs but a good German .22 will stay under 2" @ 50 yards.
Truthfully, oone shoots great groups every time...
I like to shoot 30 yards because you can see the holes easy, and you can hold pretty tight at 30 yds pretty regularlly,
I use both .177 and .22 cal, but lately I am leaning towards .22
I have killed many target squirrels with a .177, and killed em right now! .177 penetrates deep and is real flat shooting so accurate shots are easier to estimate for.
Lately most "GOOD" pellets shoot great at long range and they come in all 3 calibers.
I love shooting on the 50 yd range against powder fired guns!
BPDave