in2anity wrote:For those of us who CBF reading the article; for hunting purposes if you want to always just point-and-shoot, a ~66m zero is optimal, don't take shots past ~82m and always stick to the one brand of supersonic ammunition. This way you will have a maximum variation of +/-1.5" inside 82m.
bladeracer wrote:in2anity wrote:For those of us who CBF reading the article; for hunting purposes if you want to always just point-and-shoot, a ~66m zero is optimal, don't take shots past ~82m and always stick to the one brand of supersonic ammunition. This way you will have a maximum variation of +/-1.5" inside 82m.
Three-inches spread is too much for .22LR in my opinion. You have to add the ability of the rifle to that remember. At 82m you might be lucky to hold 2" groups under field conditions, which gives you a spread potential of anywhere within a five-inch circle.
I would go with a 50m zero which gives you a MPBR of around 60m with only one-inch spread. If youre going to shoot a rabbit past 60m I suggest you hold over whatever is required to get a brain strike, or get closer.
in2anity wrote:bladeracer wrote:At 82m you'll likely have something to rest on or be able to slip into a kneel or sit; if so my 22 will easily put them into an inch (even under field conditions). The variance is never more than 1.5" + 1" = max spread of -2.5", and that's at 82m. At 50m it'll be max 2" high", at 75m it'll be a max 2" low, keep that in mind and you hit every time.
bladeracer wrote:Do you mean by "keeping that in mind" that you are actually making allowance for the trajectory instead of holding dead on?
JWS_777 wrote:Brett you're a champion mate and will PM you. Very generous and actually picked up a couple of boxes that day I visited the store for my scope fitting.
Brno great info and appreciate the reply and info shared.
2nd post but a great forum to be involved with.
Cheers Jimmy
JWS_777 wrote:Brett - Was served by Phil and he couldn't have been more helpful. Great shop!
Wombat - Thanks mate. It seems to have had limited use/ rifling perfect. I went for a Leupold Vx2 3-9 x 40. Is SK more of a competition round opposed to hunting?
Rancher - Great to hear this. Re competitions is it just case of joining a club then heading to events? I'm not quite ready just yet but may look to do this in the future.
Gamerancher wrote:JWS, as far as rimfire silhouette goes, they used to shoot it out at Silverdale but last I heard the targets had been pulled out. ( They had a set of resettable targets that worked brilliantly.)
Gamerancher wrote:As for sighting, using high velocity ammo, a zero at the 77m turkey target results in a foot hold on the 40m chicken, a low belly line hold on the 60m pig and a backline hold on the 100m ram target.
in2anity wrote:This is your opinion not the only "way" to do it; most of the guys who I shoot with (myself include) use subs for accuracy and dial in their scopes between each bank for a dead-on hold. Some guys use air rifles, again dialled in. Not that OP was even asking "how to do metallic silhouette", but it really depends on what suits you best and what you feel comfortable doing, there is not "correct" way of doing. Anyway, you only figure that out once you actually get there.
bladeracer wrote:I don't see where he suggested this was the only way to do it...
Gamerancher wrote:As for my comment on Silverdale, please re-read it, "last I heard" That was based on a conversation with the then silhouette captain from Silverdale. He did say that they were panning on rebuilding them as a pneumatic system, they were electric and worked fine last time I shot there. I hadn't heard whether they were up and running or not.
Gamerancher wrote:I'll be shooting lever-gun silhouette this Saturday from 9am at Bowral pistol club range at the back of Belanglo state forest if you want to meet me and we'll discuss the "how to's" of silhouette shooting if you like.