What distance do you shoot .22LR at the range?

[AJ]

What distance do you shoot .22 LR at the range? I was shooting at 25 yards yesterday at the range. Our range has places for your target to be placed at 7, 15 and 25 yards. Most folks seem to shoot at 7 & 15 yards. They seem surprised when I put my target at 25 yards. Though I must say looking at the groups that some shoot at 7 yards and the holes in the wood all over the range make me wonder if some folks should be allowed to shoot at all.

 

[SuperMan]

What distance do you shoot .22 LR at the range? I was shooting at 25 yards yesterday at the range. Our range has places for your target to be placed at 7, 15 and 25 yards. Most folks seem to shoot at 7 & 15 yards. They seem surprised when I put my target at 25 yards. Though I must say looking at the groups that some shoot at 7 yards and the holes in the wood all over the range make me wonder if some folks should be allowed to shoot at all.

Depends on the gun but most of my .22 handgun shooting starts at 15 and works out to 100.

Unless I am sighting in or testing ammo I try not to shoot on paper... Clay birds, gallon milk jugs, shotgun shells, steel plates or the small animal silhouette targets are much preferred...

Bob

 

[elpac3]

Typically 25 yards & 50 yards

 

[BAM-BAM]

Typically..........................50ft for bulleye and 15 to 50 yds. for s----& giggles. 4" clays on the berm are fun at 50yds.

.22 Rifles ......... 50&100yds

 

[old tanker]

The local indoor range is 25 yards. I use this target at that range. The RO's no longer make any comment to me.

 

[diyj98]

25 yards minimum. It would seem a waste of my time to shoot a 22LR any closer.

 

[Bastogne71]

25 yards for pistol and 50 with a rifle. Because it's boring to always use a bench rest, I try to challenge myself by shooting offhand. But it is humbling to see your one inch bench rest group grow to 5-6" when you stand up!

 

[4barrel]

One Summer grasshoppers were thick. We installed some 32 power target scopes and had a blast at 100 yards when they would jump on the target board. My friend had a tricked out Ruger 10-22 and I shot my Remington 513 which I still have. Flies are fun to shoot also. You can see the blood splatter at 50 yards. Cans or shotgun hulls shot with pistols start at 20 feet an shoot them until they are wont move any more. I get to pick them up and sell for .40 cents a pound.

 

[BE Mike]

50 yards, one-handed, standing without a rest. Try bullseye sometime!

 

[glenwolde]

I used to shoot at 25 yards all the time, but circumstances sort of forced a move to 15 yards.

When I first started shooting 25 yards was the common distance. In fact that was the shortest distance. Over the decades target stands starting being installed closer and closer. With the spread of concealed carry the shorter distances have totally taken over.

25 yards is appropriate for target shooting, but for practical self-defense shooting that's too far. The outdoor range I shot at for years that was huge got down to just four positions at 25 yards. There were always a lot of parents with kids shooting .22 rifles that wanted to use it so I ended up moving to 15 yards, and just scaling down my targets.

I was shooting at a 6" bullseye at 25 yards, so I just made up a target that was 3.6". You can shoot at longer ranges, or smaller targets. Same difference to me.

6 (inches) ÷ 25 (yards) = .24 (inch of bullseye diameter per yard)

.24 x 15 (yards) = 3.6" diameter bullseye.

 

[L Pete]

Typically 25 yards & 50 yards

Same here....

I also shoot my J-frames at the same distances with both .38 Special and .357 mag....

People who shoot at very short ranges seem to want good results on their targets, and moving the target closer gives them the results they want. However, sometime, down the road, they should start moving the target further out, or their marksmanship will never improve and their shooting will still remain poor. It's all about improving ones skills as time passes, and not about "that's good enough"...........

 

[ckcrranch]

shooting distance with .22

It varies which .22 I'm using. With a 43C or 34-1, it's 10-15 yards or anything that is enjoyable. With a S&W 41 or 17-5, it's 25 and 50 yards.

 

[revolver_ph]

I shoot 22 handgun at 50 feet and 25 yards. I shoot 22 rifle at 100 yards.

 

[mtgianni]

My best day offhand with a S&W 22A was 8 hits out of 10 on a 12" 100 yard gong. I have tried but never equaled that. Most of my 22 lr gets shot at 25 yards but it is rare these days. 32 and 38 are much cheaper to load and shoot.

 

[Ashlander]

When I am shooting paper with a handgun I shoot mostly at 7 yards so I can see where the bullets are hitting on paper. If I am shooting at steel, then 35 to 75 yards.

 

[steelslaver]

Years ago when 22 came in boxes of 50 and the slide out piece was plastic, I bought bricks and went to the same sagebrush patch all the time. I had a bunch of those box bottoms spread out over that sagebrush patch and would stroll around and shot every one I saw, got different ranges, different sides of body as I didn't square up. Once in the while I would pick up the shot up ones and kind of redistribute some of the others. I was working on a drilling rig a week of 12 hour days then 12 hour nights and then a week off. When working nights I would get up eat and go out and burn up a bunch of ammo ever day in that patch of sage brush. When the rig was ready to move I would clean it up and start a new one at the new location. Got really got with that model 18 and I still have it.

 

[Iggy]

depends on how far out there that pasture poodle is.

 

[fyimo]

On my 22LR rifles I shoot 50 yards and on my handguns I shoot 15 yards.

 

[Da Nang Seabee]

My wife and I shoot .22 hand guns (and all other calibers) at 7 to 15 yards. We practice for home defense. There's no place in our house where
you can shoot over 25' to 30'.

 

[AJ]

Years ago when 22 came in boxes of 50 and the slide out piece was plastic, I bought bricks and went to the same sagebrush patch all the time. I had a bunch of those box bottoms spread out over that sagebrush patch and would stroll around and shot every one I saw, got different ranges, different sides of body as I didn't square up. Once in the while I would pick up the shot up ones and kind of redistribute some of the others. I was working on a drilling rig a week of 12 hour days then 12 hour nights and then a week off. When working nights I would get up eat and go out and burn up a bunch of ammo ever day in that patch of sage brush. When the rig was ready to move I would clean it up and start a new one at the new location. Got really got with that model 18 and I still have it.

I too, have a Model 18 and it is my favorite..........