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Opinions please 22lr distance
badchris
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I'm thinking of running a fun match for 22lr rifles at the club I belong to. I want to use NRA tq4 targets at 100 yards (3 strings, one standing, 1 kneeling, and 1 prone). A couple members are complaining about the distance. Am I asking too much?
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I read an article by Kyle Lamb and he uses something like this to evaluate field accuracy. I can't see why you could not use a 22lr in place of a centerfire.
10 shots 100 yards prone
10 shots 75 yards sitting
10 shots 50 yards kneeling
10 shots 25 yards standing
over the shooter at longest distance and test of the Shooter at the shortest distance you could allow standing at any distance.
Our club does what we call the Rim Fire Classic.
10 rounds, scoped rifle off bags 50yards
10 rounds, scoped rifle off hand 50yards
10 rounds, iron sight rifle, off bags 50yards
10 rounds, iron sight rifle, off hand 50yards
10 rounds, iron sight pistol, 25yards
10 rounds, open pistol, 25yards
600 possible
We have this match every spring and fall, sort of start and end the season with this event.
W.D.
Dad had all us kids shoot all 4 positions. I have always favored offhand because that is how I hunt. In the Army standing foxhole was my favorite
To qualify for a match at 50 meters with the current A50 small bore
target 4-5 10x had to be meet in all positions with open or peep sights. No optics-[:D][;)]
Another question. If I reduce the distance, are the TQ4 targets still OK to use or should I get reduced targets appropriate for the distance I decide on?
I've never shot a smallbore match, let alone try to organize one. I've put on some bowling pin & defensive pistol shoots but this is all new to me. I want the event to be challenging and fun, regardless of the resulting scores!
10 rnds Offhand slow 200 yards
10 rnds Sitting rapid 200 yards w/1 magazine change
10 rnds Kneeling slow 300 yards
10 rnds Prone rapid 300 yards w/1 magazine change
10 rnds Prone slow 500 yards
In deference to shooter over 40 you could concede to the use of scopes, but if there's even a slight breeze it will really separate the pointers from the aimers.[:)]
JMHO
Ray
Tell them to quit their bitchen [^]
50 yards prone and sitting, 25 yards standing.
As they say, it is a reasonable challenge, but nobody has yet cleaned the 60 shot CoF.
Read at http://odcmp.com/Competitions/Rimfire.htm
Back when I was a kid I competed in 4 position small-bore, there was one match that we would shoot that would have a fun stage, it was prone at 200 yards, our Redfield Olympic sights did not have the adjustment needed so we would measure the drop and find a place to hold on the target. it was a ton of fun and made 100 yard shooting easy by comparison.
Don't make it a killer so that 85% of your people don't want to do it again... but I always try to make the winners work a bit for the win, and those on the cusp strive to better their scores next time...[8D]
The rimfire classic looks great. I'd suggest to start off maybe just one handgun and one rifle, each offhand then rested, for four courss of fire (400-40x High possible score). Then you can later expand it if it grows in popularity to be like their course. (That keeps the guys with 4 dedicated guns from blowing everyone away and the average joe with 2 plinkers can join in the fun with a chance at winning.)
Good luck, and let us know what you come up with.
Back then, you could get 12 dozen eggs for about $10.
We spread sand about an inch deep across the lanes at the various distances, hung a clothesline between two posts at each one, and taped the eggs to the clothesline.
It cost 0.25 per shot, and $5 to register (we had to rent the range, so everybody paid at the desk), and we split it 80/20 with the range for cleanup.
Nobody could afford a scope for a .22, so it was iron sights only.
Those eggs must have shrunk from the heat of all those bullets going by, because 144 eggs lasted over 6 hours.
Just my opinion but 200 yards with a 22lr is more about doping wind than marksmanship.
Could that be why snipers aren't considered "marksmen"?
We all know that wind will be a big factor with a 22 at 200 yards on an outdoor range and it's the biggest variable.