My Son and I took a day and went to Rayners Range here is Ohio to check our settings for the various sized and shaped targets he has for the 1000 yard steel plate match. We both haven't done this for a couple years and missed quite a few small high value targets on the first couple of stages last match. We were both off but got them tweaked in and ready to go next time even connecting on the 4 1/2" plates at 900 and 1000 yards.
There weren't too many people there that day and I had brought along my Remington 40-X which is my favorite go to rimfire gun for our local longrange matches. Presently it's in a McCrees stock since it fits me so well but I am a big fan or original wood stocks on the older guns.
Strelok said I needed 94 moa to get to 500 yards, I only have a 30moa mount on the gun and could only dial a total of 92moa with the SWFA 20X MOA-QUAD scope. It was reasonably calm that day which is really rare for Rayners and we're shooting across a couple deep valleys, tree lines and some fields to get there so wind flags are pretty much useless. If you watch in the video as we start to zoom out the flag is nearly straight pointing left at 500 yard line but I was needing to hold for left to right wind coming down thru the valley. Who said longrange is easy and all you have to do is watch the flags? Not in this game and especially at Rayners.
First shot was a bit short and off to the right. I had held 3moa left initially and 2moa high with holder, I increased the hold to 5moa left and a tad over 3 moa high and got a hit. Shot again and another hit on the 16" square.
Told Chris we needed to film this so we set the camera up and got 3 more hits then a miss just low due to a dropped round and the next miss just slightly off the right side then another hit. 4 for 6 on film with 2 previous you have to take my word for. Got Chris behind the gun and he got 2 hits in a row then the wind picked up a bit and we felt it more in our faces and instantly the rounds started dropping in nearly 4 feet low. Very consistent low but the head wind had to be causing this effect. Like Forest Gump would say "and just like that the hits stopped" So we actually got 8 hits for 10 shots before conditions went to pot. I'd say it's pretty plausable hitting a reasonably sized target at those distances for an ELR rimfire match.
The wind kept picking up and shifting speed and directions so we finally gave up. 500 yards on a target that size is possible on a really calm day with decent ammo but not many people I know can judge a 1 or 2 mph wind shift which really affects these little rounds.
We've previously hit some really small targets including the heads of sledge hammers at 235 and 300 and 6"x8" plates pretty consistently at 375 and 400 but I still think 400 is about the limit for any type of hit consistency on targets that size.
It's a pretty cool novelty hitting targets with anything way past what is considered the norm whether it be a 22 rimfire or a big centerfire. The drop for my 40-X at 500 yards was around 475 inches which sounds like a lot but the drop on my 6XC is 273 inches at 1000 yards and we're shooting a lot smaller target. Even at 1 mile which is being done all the time with a 6mm and 6.5mm at one mile is 1457 inches.
I've seen the videos all over Youtube of shooting rimfires at extreme distances but I think there has to be an expectation of reasonably accuracy to call it plausable. The video I watched shooting 900 yards with a 22 rimfire is pretty much artillary shooting and they finally did get a hit. I'm still betting they could keep bad guys pinned down when they started raining down lead all around them with the occasional hit. Pretty cool and I applaud their efforts for stretching their distances.
Whether you are used to poking one hole at 50 yards or shooting thru a small hole to hit a target behind it at 175 or 200 yards or pushing on out to 500 yards and beyond you might have a different view of what is accurate and what is luck. I'd say on a calm day at 500 yards you'd not want to poke your head up from behind a log with someone with a good 22 rimfire. I wouldn't hunt groundhogs or small animals at those distances but I'd sure think about it out to 250 yards or so and be comfortable with a high percentage of kill shots.
Anyway, we had fun trying it out and got lucky with a few minutes of calm weather to get the hits. These little things still amaze me, I feel they are way underrated in accuracy and effectiveness at distances beyond what most think.
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There weren't too many people there that day and I had brought along my Remington 40-X which is my favorite go to rimfire gun for our local longrange matches. Presently it's in a McCrees stock since it fits me so well but I am a big fan or original wood stocks on the older guns.
Strelok said I needed 94 moa to get to 500 yards, I only have a 30moa mount on the gun and could only dial a total of 92moa with the SWFA 20X MOA-QUAD scope. It was reasonably calm that day which is really rare for Rayners and we're shooting across a couple deep valleys, tree lines and some fields to get there so wind flags are pretty much useless. If you watch in the video as we start to zoom out the flag is nearly straight pointing left at 500 yard line but I was needing to hold for left to right wind coming down thru the valley. Who said longrange is easy and all you have to do is watch the flags? Not in this game and especially at Rayners.
First shot was a bit short and off to the right. I had held 3moa left initially and 2moa high with holder, I increased the hold to 5moa left and a tad over 3 moa high and got a hit. Shot again and another hit on the 16" square.
Told Chris we needed to film this so we set the camera up and got 3 more hits then a miss just low due to a dropped round and the next miss just slightly off the right side then another hit. 4 for 6 on film with 2 previous you have to take my word for. Got Chris behind the gun and he got 2 hits in a row then the wind picked up a bit and we felt it more in our faces and instantly the rounds started dropping in nearly 4 feet low. Very consistent low but the head wind had to be causing this effect. Like Forest Gump would say "and just like that the hits stopped" So we actually got 8 hits for 10 shots before conditions went to pot. I'd say it's pretty plausable hitting a reasonably sized target at those distances for an ELR rimfire match.
The wind kept picking up and shifting speed and directions so we finally gave up. 500 yards on a target that size is possible on a really calm day with decent ammo but not many people I know can judge a 1 or 2 mph wind shift which really affects these little rounds.
We've previously hit some really small targets including the heads of sledge hammers at 235 and 300 and 6"x8" plates pretty consistently at 375 and 400 but I still think 400 is about the limit for any type of hit consistency on targets that size.
It's a pretty cool novelty hitting targets with anything way past what is considered the norm whether it be a 22 rimfire or a big centerfire. The drop for my 40-X at 500 yards was around 475 inches which sounds like a lot but the drop on my 6XC is 273 inches at 1000 yards and we're shooting a lot smaller target. Even at 1 mile which is being done all the time with a 6mm and 6.5mm at one mile is 1457 inches.
I've seen the videos all over Youtube of shooting rimfires at extreme distances but I think there has to be an expectation of reasonably accuracy to call it plausable. The video I watched shooting 900 yards with a 22 rimfire is pretty much artillary shooting and they finally did get a hit. I'm still betting they could keep bad guys pinned down when they started raining down lead all around them with the occasional hit. Pretty cool and I applaud their efforts for stretching their distances.
Whether you are used to poking one hole at 50 yards or shooting thru a small hole to hit a target behind it at 175 or 200 yards or pushing on out to 500 yards and beyond you might have a different view of what is accurate and what is luck. I'd say on a calm day at 500 yards you'd not want to poke your head up from behind a log with someone with a good 22 rimfire. I wouldn't hunt groundhogs or small animals at those distances but I'd sure think about it out to 250 yards or so and be comfortable with a high percentage of kill shots.
Anyway, we had fun trying it out and got lucky with a few minutes of calm weather to get the hits. These little things still amaze me, I feel they are way underrated in accuracy and effectiveness at distances beyond what most think.
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