wally
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I've heard of people shooting 22lr at long range -- 300 yards+ as training for much longer ranges with centerfire.
I'm wondering what ammo they use, we pretty much only shoot cheap bulk pack .22lr ammo but being the curious type I tried some long range shooting with an accurate Ruger 10/22 and 12X mildot scope.
Basically it was too easy to hit a 3" plate at 100 yards off sandbags and it seemed to be total luck at 200 yards on a 10" plate, presumably because the bullets went subsonic on their way somewhere past 100 yards.
Do these long range .22lr shooters just use subsonic ammo and live with even more drop? That would be my assumption and what I'll try next as I think I've a few boxes fo CCI subsonic I picked up a gun show a few years ago laying around (somewhere) that I've never shot.
I'm wondering what ammo they use, we pretty much only shoot cheap bulk pack .22lr ammo but being the curious type I tried some long range shooting with an accurate Ruger 10/22 and 12X mildot scope.
Basically it was too easy to hit a 3" plate at 100 yards off sandbags and it seemed to be total luck at 200 yards on a 10" plate, presumably because the bullets went subsonic on their way somewhere past 100 yards.
Do these long range .22lr shooters just use subsonic ammo and live with even more drop? That would be my assumption and what I'll try next as I think I've a few boxes fo CCI subsonic I picked up a gun show a few years ago laying around (somewhere) that I've never shot.