whats a good distance to put up my target? anyone know how far the mp 15-22 is good for

I'll bite.

Suggest starting with a distance of approximately one-quarter of a furlong.

As your skills improve, move out to half of a furlong.

;-)

Read my post on your same question for the 9mm. The .22 is also dangerous to 1 1/2 miles if shot upwards.

Where to put your .22 target for starters depends on whether you can shoot, and if the gun is sighted in. Try 10yds and see if it is zeroed, then move out.

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If you're a really bad shot, 5-10 feet would be a good start. You can only improve from there.

Hello, bigly6, and welcome to the forum.

If you didn't already know it, one furlong = 660'.
So 1/4 furlong = 165', which converts to 55 yards.

I would suggest you try what OKFCO5 said above and start with 10 yards. The farthest out target hits depend a lot on the shooter himself.
I like to punch paper from 100 to 150 yards out! Great fun!

Jammer

The farthest you can hit is as far as the bullets will go. There was a famous revolver shooter who shot at 600yds. with accuracy.

I sighted in at 40 yards, but then brought it back to 25 to reset for little gophers. That is with iron sights. However, my scope, I will do 50 yards.

I have this gun only for 100m ( 110yards) shooting, paper targets. From bench my AR-15 shoots 0,6 MOA and my mp15-22 shoots 2,5 MOA....thats the difference, but shooting the MP15-22 is far more cheaper. And with iron sights in different positions accuracy is almost the same.
So with mp-15-22 i can shoot 8 times at the price of my usual 223rem ammo. That makes sense for training.

I can consistently hit the steel plate at 200 yards at the range I shoot at with my 15-22. Granted it only takes the lightest breeze to throw the accuracy off. I typically only shoot out to 100 yards with the rifle in a light breeze, anything more than a light breeze I shoot out to 50 yards.

If you are new at this, start out at 25, get accurate at that distance, then move out to 50 yards. If you are using a scope you can probably start at 50 yards and be fine.

If this is the first time that you shoot the gun, start close. If you miss the target 1" at 10 yds then you will miss it 10" at 100 yds which may be off the target and you will have no clue where it hit.

Get to shoot center at 10 yds, then move to 25 yds and you should be on the target. You will see some difference in elevation because of the trajectory of the bullet.

Get it centered at 25 yds, then move the target to 50 yds.

At this point you need to determine what distance you will regularly shoot at and sight the gun for that distance. If your normal targets are things like drink cans, then this may be the best distance.

If you are into longer distances, sight it in for the distance that you shoot the most.

With .22's, I normally sight in at 50 yds and then see how much the elevation changes for 25, 75, and 100 yds. I then use hold over or under to adjust the POI for the other distances.

In most cases a 50 yd sight in is minute of beer can from 0 to over 100 yds if the wind is not blowing.

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