Hello. If I remember corrected, a high-velocity .22 LR fired at a 30-degree angle from a rifle will travel approx. a mile or so. The figure 1.14 miles or 2000 yards comes to mind. I think that they may be overestimating for safety but I just checked the flap on a box of "subsonic" .22 LR and it listed maximum range at 1 1/2 miles. I suspect that the the lower figure is correct or just say "about a mile" depending upon actual muzzle velocity,wind, altitude and angle at which the round is actually fired.

Best.

 

Keegan,

When I lived in corn country instead of wood country, I had about five miles of field behind me.

When the field was resting, my friend and I would shoot .22 rifles and watch them land with a puff of dirt - about 1.5 miles away.

I know it was 1.5 miles or so because it was two miles to the little stand of woods I had permission to hunt, and it made it about 3/4 of the way there.

Josh <><

 

When I was a kid back in the 50's, the opening flap of every box of .22 Long Rifle ammo I ever opened up said "Range One Mile - Be Careful." A hollow point probably wouldn't go as far as a solid as it tends to give up its velocity at a greater rate.

Jer

 

Damn, that is a long way. I thought it was something like that, but always had doubts. My limited hunting area requires extreme care anyway, and I'm always careful not to take a shot if there is the possibility of a miss with an unknown behind the target. Nevertheless, this info will just make me think four times instead of just three before I consider squeezing the trigger.

Thanks

 

Jay Pee I'm a little younger than you--when I was a teenager the warning printed on the boxes had extended out to 'Caution: range 1-1/2 miles!'

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Flash forward to eight-ten years ago or so I bought my first box of Aguila 'Sans Poudre' ('no powder', primer powered only) .22 long rifle ammo.

The warning on that box--I still laugh--was not about maximum range, but about using extreme caution when firing these rounds from a rifle-length barrel. Due to the greatly reduced velocity, they might not exit the muzzle!

Probably good advice but I've since fired uoff several bricks of the 'Sans Poudre' without ever having that problem.

 

Hi Brian,

I've passed up good deals on bricks of that stuff because of that warning.

What's the longest barrel from which you've fired it successfully?

Josh <><

 

Hey Brian,

There ain't no such thing as being a little younger than me.....I'm so old anyone else has to be one heckuva lot younger than me!!

Jerry

 

Hi Brian,

I've passed up good deals on bricks of that stuff because of that warning.

What's the longest barrel from which you've fired it successfully?

Josh <><

About 24" or so I think. It was handy to have a steel target to use for (instant) audible and visual feedback each time.

 

On my shelves I have a book written by Jan Libourel back in the late 1960's when he was living and writing in France.

He told a short story about how a Frenchman shooting a .22 LR rifle accidentally killed a full grown cow over 1000 meters away with just one bullet. It sounds incredible that a little 40 gr lead bullet could be fatal at that distance, but then things happen as the saying goes.


Roadster

 

There was a fellow who used to write about .22s in Guns & Ammo. I can't, for the life of me, remember his name but he was great. As I recall, his tests showed that anything over 18.5" produced drag and slowed the bullet. I guess it is an academic questions as none of us (certainly ME) could detect a difference that would matter. Sure wish I could remember or be reminded of that fellow's name. I really did like to read his articles on the .22 caliber. Anyone out there of help?
Regards,
Pip