What distance do you shoot .22LR at the range?
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I do most of my .22 handgun shooting at 10-15 yards. If I can ever find the time to work cataract replacement surgery into my impossible work schedule, I might actually start stretching that distance out to where it "used to be".
BigDog48
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I've learned over the years that when I'm teaching a new pistol shooter, I start them at 3 yards. It helps them build confidence and it helps me tell what they need corrected (if they miss the paper at 10 or 15 yards I can't coach them on what they're doing wrong). As they get the feel for it, I move them to 7 and 10 yards with the 22, and once they settle in, we start over with a 9mm at 3 yards.
When I'm shooting for my own pleasure, I sight in at 10 - 15 yards, then go to 25. I have to use paper at my range so I use the "splatter" stick-ons at 25 so I can see where I'm hitting. I do this all for the fun of teaching others and getting better myself...not competition. I'm 68; shooting is my favorite fun time.
When I'm shooting for my own pleasure, I sight in at 10 - 15 yards, then go to 25. I have to use paper at my range so I use the "splatter" stick-ons at 25 so I can see where I'm hitting. I do this all for the fun of teaching others and getting better myself...not competition. I'm 68; shooting is my favorite fun time.
I wouldn't shoot my still, you won't have any refreshments for later??? I was a tar-heal once, a long, long time ago, glad you guys still have stills! these dang Yankees want to restrict or tax anything that looks like fun???
Pistols: 25 and 50 yards.
Rifles: 50 and 100 yards.
Having said that, I have shot one of my pistols at 100 to prove I could hit a pop can at that distance.
Rifles: 50 and 100 yards.
Having said that, I have shot one of my pistols at 100 to prove I could hit a pop can at that distance.
78bagger
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I shoot .22 handgun at 25 and 50 yards. Picked up a sweet 617 6" a while back and it's a blast. So to speak. Mostly shoot in the open these days. Saw too many holes in the overhead at the city range.
My Savage Target rifle will zero out to 325 yds with the standard peep sights. Occasionally I do some 300 yd shooting when the wind isn't blowing too much. Not a bad proxy for 1000 yd shooting with a 308.
Handgun - 25 yds on paper or 50 ft on the steel plates.
Handgun - 25 yds on paper or 50 ft on the steel plates.
I shoot at a local indoor range and they have a 25 ft and 50 foot range. I Shoot my K22 at both distances. I too am dismayed at the dreadfully bad shooting that is going on around me. What these people really need is some professional training. None of them were firing a 22. and some were very large caliber guns at 25 feet. The last time there, the person next to me was either teaching his wife to shoot or something, but oh my G...! I have taught shooting in the Coast Guard and we would have sent these people back to the range for more training, again and again until they could at least get them inside the 5 ring. These people were shooting at large targets. I use a 50 yard rifle target. Anyway, when it t finally quits raining here I will go to the Army outdoor range and shoot at 15 yards.
PS: when I go there on Tuesdays which is free for military, the shooting is much improved.
PS: when I go there on Tuesdays which is free for military, the shooting is much improved.
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Wee Hooker
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I'll shoot various .22's any range to suit the course of the day. That said, for me there is NOTHING like knocking over a Silhouette Ram with a .22 handgun at 100 yds.
One of the cool side effects is watching the ram start to tumble before you hear it ring. It's addicting!
One of the cool side effects is watching the ram start to tumble before you hear it ring. It's addicting!
It's not the guys shooting 7 yard shot groups you can't cover with a poncho that bother me as much as the guys shooting into the walls, floor and ceiling. It's probably not deliberate, but it still is rough on my nerves to be around shooters like that. On an indoor range it would be nice if they reliably hit the backstop.
jhnttrpp
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I'll have to drive out sometime for a lesson.
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AJ
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Never said we should strip them of their right to shoot. Just wish they would learn to shoot and be able to hit the target and not the wood. Not everyone can shoot to the same degree, that is why the military has several rankings for qualification. The range officers at the local range will try to help everyone that wants help to shoot better. However there are some who are asked to leave because of their conduct.
jhnttrpp
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At the range I go to, there is a line several inches above the where the target is clipped on to the cardboard backer. If you hit anywhere above that line it is 5 bucks per hole. I think they may make more money on that than range fees.
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AJ
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Sneads Ferry, NC......haven't been through there in years. Grown any?
one eye joe
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LOL, BROTHER AJ. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOUR PROBLEM IS THAT YOU WERE TRAINED TO SHOOT IN THE MARINE CORPS, WHERE HITTING A TARGET @ 25 YARDS IS NO BIG DEAL. (SOMEONE MAY HAVE "TAUGHT YOU THE BASICS", EARLIER IN LIFE---BUT I'M CERTAIN THAT THE USMC STAMPED THEIR OWN IMPRINT ON YOU)......
THE "ARMY-L" TARGET IS SHOT AT 25 YDS.---AND IT ACTUALLY IS NO BIG DEAL. ITS A BULLSEYE STYLE TARGET, THAT IS USED TO QUALIFY PEOPLE FOR A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT, IN MANY JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. IT IS GENERALLY SHOT ON OUTDOOR RANGES. SHOOTING HANDGUNS AT 100 YDS, IS A SPORT ENJOYED BY MANY, AS IS SILHOUETTE SHOOTING, AT LONG RANGE.....
NRA SANCTIONED BULLSEYE COMPETITION, WHETHER IT BE RIMFIRE OR CENTERFIRE, IS SHOT AT 50', USING "NRA OFFICIAL" SLOW FIRE, AND RAPID FIRE TARGETS. FOR THE MOST PART, THAT TYPE OF SHOOTING IS CONDUCTED ON INDOOR RANGES......
OTHER THAN AT ORGANIZED "STEEL PLATE SHOOTS", OR "BOWLING PIN SHOOTS", SHOOTING AT OBJECTS OTHER THAN PAPER (TIN CANS, BOTTLES, WATER JUGS, ETC) IS USUALLY FORBIDDEN AT CLUBS OR PUBLIC RANGES IN MY AREA. THE REASON IS TO CUT DOWN ON DEBRIS, STREWN ABOUT THE RANGE. CONSTANTLY POLICING UP THE RANGE WITH RAKES AND GARBAGE CANS GETS OLD. NATURALLY, PEOPLE WHO HAVE ROOM TO SHOOT ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY, ARE FREE TO LITTER THEIR OWN LAND, AT WILL.....
AS AN NRA CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR FOR 50 YEARS, IMHO--THE "PROBLEM" THAT MANIFESTS ITSELF IN THE TERRIBLE LOOKING TARGETS THAT YOU SEE, CAN BE ATTRIBUTED--IN LARGE PART--TO THE FACT THAT A SIZABLE PERCENT OF NEW SHOOTERS (ESPECIALLY YOUNG MALES) FEEL THAT THEY "ALREADY KNOW HOW TO SHOOT", WHEN THEY BUY THEIR FIRST GUN. THEY HAVE WATCHED ACTORS SHOOTING ON TV, SINCE CHILDHOOD, INCLUDING THE LATEST FAD, POPULARIZED BY THE "GANG BANGERS", OF HOLDING THE SIDE OF THE WEAPON PARALLEL TO THE GROUND. ALL OF THOSE BAD HABITS MUST BE UNDONE, WHEN THEY FINALLY FIGURE OUT THAT THEY SHOULD GET SOME TRAINING FROM A CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR. SOME PEOPLE REMAIN CONTENT WITH THAT ABYSMAL LEVEL OF MARKSMANSHIP, FOR YEARS---NEVER MOTIVATED TO TRY TO IMPROVE. THEY NEVER SCORE THEIR TARGETS, OR KEEP A WRITTEN RECORD OF THEIR RANGE SESSIONS. IMAGINE A GOLFER, OR A BOWLER, TAKING SUCH AN APPROACH TO THEIR SPORT......
I WOULD MUCH RATHER TEACH FEMALES OF ANY AGE TO SHOOT. THEY HAVE A RESPECT FOR THE FIREARM, AND NO PRECONCEIVED NOTION, THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO SHOOT. THEY LISTEN, AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, AND GENERALLY--IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME--ARE TRANSFORMED INTO RESPECTABLE SHOOTERS, THAT EXHIBIT SAFE GUN HANDLING HABITS (MOST IMPORTANT ! ! !) AND RANGE ETIQUETTE.......
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I used to shoot my 4" 617 no dash regularly at 100yards. Double action. There was a ranging stake at that distance at English Range at Ft. Benning which was a convenient target. Good practice for the various 3 gun/tactical and IDPA matches.
Didn't hit it all that often, but could easily judge misses in the sandy soil. One of the ROs (Enos) enjoyed watching my nuttiness so much he made sure the stake stayed there permanently.
If it was really dry you could walk in hits on the 300m man sized silhouette by watching the puffs of dust kicked up by the bullets. Generally the sighting point was well into the tree tops downrange to get enough elevation to make hits on that distant target!
That old 617 has also launched untold thousands of rounds at closer distances as well.
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