The Gun Thread

[CVD]

Originally Posted by 1QUICK4

Just by a .17HMR bolt gun if you want a cheap varmit/tack driver.

I second this for cheap-ish shooting at 100 yards. Gonna be cheaper than .223

Plus .22 long rifle already has some serious drop at 100 yards. My heavy barrel 10/22 can pound out groups under 2" all day long at 100 yards...but you're contending with about a foot of drop at that range. You're really just lobbing them at that point.

[19TsiAwd90]

Originally Posted by CVD

I second this for cheap-ish shooting at 100 yards. Gonna be cheaper than .223

Plus .22 long rifle already has some serious drop at 100 yards. My heavy barrel 10/22 can pound out groups under 2" all day long at 100 yards...but you're contending with about a foot of drop at that range. You're really just lobbing them at that point.

a 22 should only drop about 5 inches at 100 yards, but if you sight it in for 100yards there should be no issue with drop.. also if your worried about bullet drop but still want .22 cheap ammo look into the .22mag its not much cheaper than the 17hmr but its a bigger caliber and pretty flat shooting

[CVD]

I find I have to hold over about 12" at 100 yards with my 10/22 shooting standard velocity ammo. It is however zero'd for 25 yards. I found charts claiming everything from 5.5" drop, to 7" drop to almost 13" drop as here:

http://www.gunsmoke.com/guns/1022/images/22hv_table.gif

Take your pic. Personally I think 22LR is silly at 100 yards.

[blackawdtsi]

Originally Posted by CVD

I find I have to hold over about 12" at 100 yards with my 10/22 shooting standard velocity ammo. It is however zero'd for 25 yards. I found charts claiming everything from 5.5" drop, to 7" drop to almost 13" drop as here:

http://www.gunsmoke.com/guns/1022/images/22hv_table.gif

Take your pic. Personally I think 22LR is silly at 100 yards.

Right, 13" drop if you hold the barrel at 90*. Since nobody does this, you won't have 13" drop. Even that chart, indicated by "path in." shows 4.74" of drop when zeroed at 59 yards.

[CVD]

Originally Posted by blackawdtsi

Right, 13" drop if you hold the barrel at 90*. Since nobody does this, you won't have 13" drop. Even that chart, indicated by "path in." shows 4.74" of drop when zeroed at 59 yards.

That's true. And if you zero it at 100 yards then there's zero drop!

[Super Bleeder!!]

Originally Posted by CVD

That's true. And if you zero it at 100 yards then there's zero drop!

haha ZING!

[Pushit2.0]

Originally Posted by blackawdtsi

Right, 13" drop if you hold the barrel at 90*. Since nobody does this, you won't have 13" drop. Even that chart, indicated by "path in." shows 4.74" of drop when zeroed at 59 yards.

Yes but shooting the gun level yields the 13" drop at 100 the yards. But when you site in your gun at 100 yards you are aiming 13" above the target, thus no drop but anything less then 100I yards will be high.

[blackawdtsi]

... Which would be why you zero for 50 and you'll be ~4" low at 0 and ~4" high at 100.