I have tried a local rimfire silhouette competition a couple of times. I was using my old Marlin 60 with Tech Sights for the iron sights portion. The distance is 55 yards.
I have begun to realize the Marlin may not be accurate enough for this type of competition. Groups at 50 yards are only small enough to hit about half the targets reliably.
The only other 22 rifle I have to use is a Henry H001. I spent some time dialing the factory sights in, as the front sight was too high and couldn’t zero for 50 yards. I tend to prefer peep sights but these factory open sights seem to shoot pretty well for me. I can shoot them out to 50 yards with more consistent groups than the Marlin. This seems to indicate the Henry is a more inherently accurate rifle and at least with limited testing shoots groups that would hit the smallest targets most of the time.
Many of the other competitors have fairly specialized bolt or single shot rifles but I wanted to try with what I have and maybe learn where to go from here.
I have begun to realize the Marlin may not be accurate enough for this type of competition. Groups at 50 yards are only small enough to hit about half the targets reliably.
The only other 22 rifle I have to use is a Henry H001. I spent some time dialing the factory sights in, as the front sight was too high and couldn’t zero for 50 yards. I tend to prefer peep sights but these factory open sights seem to shoot pretty well for me. I can shoot them out to 50 yards with more consistent groups than the Marlin. This seems to indicate the Henry is a more inherently accurate rifle and at least with limited testing shoots groups that would hit the smallest targets most of the time.
Many of the other competitors have fairly specialized bolt or single shot rifles but I wanted to try with what I have and maybe learn where to go from here.