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    600 Yard .22LR (Video)


    I didn't know where exactly to put this being that the gun is not a Savage so here it is. Two of my teammates (Army Rifle Team) wanted to really stretch out the .22LR. The shooter in the following video and I got one hit on a cardboard silhouette at 400 yards with a 10/22 Carbine squirrel gun but knew that a match rifle with match ammo could do much further. So our team captain lives on a powerline in rural PA and could get about 600 yards shooting hill to hill. So they took pass one weekend to give it a go and this is the result.

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    .22RF has the same rainbow arc as the .45-70. What many of the long range Quigley shooters will use for cheap practice.

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    Didn't know that. Not that this ammo is cheap at $0.26 a round but it is accurate and they didn't have to worry about sound barrier crossing of HV ammo. That lot is about 1065 or so.

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    That is outstanding. I'm new to firearms and I had no idea that was even possible!

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    that would be fun to try

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    I wonder how much energy they still had at 600 yards.

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    Just plugged it into the JBM trajectory calculator for the fun of it. With the assumptions that the muzzle velocity was 1065, weight was 40 gr, and BC was .128 ... you have an initial energy of just over 100 ft-lb ... at 600 it drops to about 26 ft-lb and a velocity of 542 ft/min.
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    plain insane......

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    That's cool! Next time get the spotter to go down there to the target and try to catch one of the bullets!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RevM View Post
    Just plugged it into the JBM trajectory calculator for the fun of it. With the assumptions that the muzzle velocity was 1065, weight was 40 gr, and BC was .128 ... you have an initial energy of just over 100 ft-lb ... at 600 it drops to about 26 ft-lb and a velocity of 542 ft/min.
    Thats only 9 feet per second.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stangfish View Post
    Thats only 9 feet per second.
    My bad 542 ft/s
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    My guess is, a 40g, 600 yards @ 542 ft/s would still have the potential to kill you if hit in a vital area like temple, jugular etc.

    Maybe not chest or other part of head but I would not want to find out. People don't realize how deadly .22 rounds really are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RevM View Post
    Just plugged it into the JBM trajectory calculator for the fun of it. With the assumptions that the muzzle velocity was 1065, weight was 40 gr, and BC was .128 ... you have an initial energy of just over 100 ft-lb ... at 600 it drops to about 26 ft-lb and a velocity of 542 ft/min.
    I am curious, how many feet of elevation would be required to make the 600 yard shot with the same velocity and bullet weight? I have shot at 500 yards and estimated the elevation to be around 60 feet with CCI Blazers.

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    63 feet.

    120moa.

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    my best was a milk jug at 250 open sights good job guys

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    Quote Originally Posted by missed View Post
    63 feet.

    120moa.
    I bet a 120moa scope base looks pretty funny.

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