I used to use exclusively the old Eley subs but now use RWS subs. I find them very accurate in my Finnfire and also in my AMT 10/22. Despite the fact they are very low velocity and hence quiet (think I've chron'd them at around 960fps) they cycle beautifully in the AMT when almost no other subsonic will cycle at all. I have also not noticed any difference in bullet drop at normal rimfire ranges.
22lr half inch at 100y
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I put Lapua Midas through my Sako Quad 22” .22lr and shot a five shot group of roughly 0.6” at 100m
Unbelievable stuff
I shot my tatty old 12” sako quad with win subs inside an 1.5” at 100m
They are more capable than you think
Unbelievable stuff
I shot my tatty old 12” sako quad with win subs inside an 1.5” at 100m
They are more capable than you think
Heym SR20
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22s have always been very accurate.
I would suggest that the low pressures and minimal recoil really help. I doubt there is very much vibration or flexing of the barrel as the bullet goes down, unlike when you shoot a centrefire rifle with 60,000 psi of pressure etc. With a centrefire its a question of getting the barrel in tune with the ammo for it to work. With a 22 very much easier to get in tune.
I would suggest that the low pressures and minimal recoil really help. I doubt there is very much vibration or flexing of the barrel as the bullet goes down, unlike when you shoot a centrefire rifle with 60,000 psi of pressure etc. With a centrefire its a question of getting the barrel in tune with the ammo for it to work. With a 22 very much easier to get in tune.
Jefgingerbear
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100 yards with a cz457
hybridfiat
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The Americans had/have a Milk Bottle Cap match with .22s.
I read about it 30years ago but found this recently:
"this came from people shooting at paper bottle caps, a long
time ago if you lived in town the milkman would put a couple of bottles
of fresh milk in your milk box usually on your back porch the bottles
had a cardboard cap about an inch wide with a foil cap on top to hold
it on the neck of the milk bottle. they use the cardboard part and stamp
an O perfectly in the middle. you number 1-15 and put your initials on it.
a perfect shot would be a .000 that would just barely fit perfectly inside
the O. they have a scoring guage you put the cap down on a plug, the
gauge has a digital micrometer that measures how far off center your hole
is compared to the outside edge. the smallest amount of runout wins,"
In typical US fashion they used to use a rifle action and barrel bolted to heavy steel or concrete blocks and used micrometre sighting adjustments.
I read about it 30years ago but found this recently:
"this came from people shooting at paper bottle caps, a long
time ago if you lived in town the milkman would put a couple of bottles
of fresh milk in your milk box usually on your back porch the bottles
had a cardboard cap about an inch wide with a foil cap on top to hold
it on the neck of the milk bottle. they use the cardboard part and stamp
an O perfectly in the middle. you number 1-15 and put your initials on it.
a perfect shot would be a .000 that would just barely fit perfectly inside
the O. they have a scoring guage you put the cap down on a plug, the
gauge has a digital micrometer that measures how far off center your hole
is compared to the outside edge. the smallest amount of runout wins,"
In typical US fashion they used to use a rifle action and barrel bolted to heavy steel or concrete blocks and used micrometre sighting adjustments.
Jefgingerbear
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There are a few different Rimfire competitions in the UK. The first one is to shoot out a 2mm dot at 20 to 25 yards.
The second is a 100 yard competition. 10 shots on two different targets per round.
The second is a 100 yard competition. 10 shots on two different targets per round.
That second target group is impressive
The best group I (actually one of my students) ever achieved here at 100m is a 5 shot group of just less than half an inch
Never repeated
That group in the pic looks as though it might have trumped our best efforts
PS
Precision at 25m is not easy, but much easier to achieve than at 100m
The ‘level of difficulty against increased distance’ is not linear !
The best group I (actually one of my students) ever achieved here at 100m is a 5 shot group of just less than half an inch
Never repeated
That group in the pic looks as though it might have trumped our best efforts
PS
Precision at 25m is not easy, but much easier to achieve than at 100m
The ‘level of difficulty against increased distance’ is not linear !
Jefgingerbear
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A serious competitor with the money and inclination that is…?
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