Thread: New shooter looking for a place to shoot near Auckland

Originally Posted by KYP181744136

Went back there today with my 10/22, was told I have to have a telescope sight on b/c the pokerfaced guy with glasses thought I can't see what I'm shooting at 25m away with irons, that I might hit a lamp sort of stuff.

Yeah that would annoy me too. I get it that some people may not be able to see 25m, but most of us can. I shot a rabbit at around 250m with irons on my 10/22 once so it can be done. Yes ok I admit that shot was a total fluke, and I was aiming about 3m above and upwind but the guy who saw me do it was incredibly impressed. 30+ years later he's never seen me fire a rifle again, I'll never beat that shot.

I'm in the minority but I believe that 22LR is a short range calibre and irons or red dots are the best sights for them, particularly for rabbits etc. I've seen people put 12X mag on a 22LR and I can't understand it.

Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

Yeah that would annoy me too. I get it that some people may not be able to see 25m, but most of us can. I shot a rabbit at around 250m with irons on my 10/22 once so it can be done. Yes ok I admit that shot was a total fluke, and I was aiming about 3m above and upwind but the guy who saw me do it was incredibly impressed. 30+ years later he's never seen me fire a rifle again, I'll never beat that shot.

I'm in the minority but I believe that 22LR is a short range calibre and irons or red dots are the best sights for them, particularly for rabbits etc. I've seen people put 12X mag on a 22LR and I can't understand it.

I make headshots on rabbits at 140-150m regularly with my 22lr using subsonic ammo. Only way you will do this is with a range finder, decent magnification (I use a 4-18 scope) and good drop data.
I have no trouble shooting bunnies as close as 5 or 6 meters using the same scope wound back to 4 power. Most of the rabbits I shoot are 50-75m away and I have found 6-8 power seems to be ideal for that sort of range to keep a good FOV.
Fixed 10 power scopes, or scopes that dont go down to 4 power or lower are pretty hard to shoot rabbits with.

Originally Posted by SixtyTen

I make headshots on rabbits at 140-150m regularly with my 22lr using subsonic ammo. Only way you will do this is with a range finder, decent magnification (I use a 4-18 scope) and good drop data.
I have no trouble shooting bunnies as close as 5 or 6 meters using the same scope wound back to 4 power. Most of the rabbits I shoot are 50-75m away and I have found 6-8 power seems to be ideal for that sort of range to keep a good FOV.
Fixed 10 power scopes, or scopes that dont go down to 4 power or lower are pretty hard to shoot rabbits with.

How much drop is there at 150m using subs? I'm curious, but will not be trying it myself.

Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

How much drop is there at 150m using subs? I'm curious, but will not be trying it myself.

About 30.4" or 17.7 MOA from a 50m zero. Drops like a rock but is a very predictable path, so as long as your calculator is setup correctly and you get good range data, you can hit tiny stuff at long range. Put any wind into it and all bets are off