Distance to set a . 22 at?

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

It is bolt action saw a little thing that looked like an antler or something engraved alright! I'll have a better look tomorrow!

tac foley

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant wrote: »

It is bolt action saw a little thing that looked like an antler or something Ingraved alright! I'll have a better look tomorrow!

That's exactly what it is! That is the proof stamp of the Ulm Proof House since at least 1955.

tac

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

tac foley wrote:

That's exactly what it is! That is the proof stamp of the Ulm Proof House since at least 1955.

Thanks so what exactly tell me except that it was made after 1955?

Czhornet

60 yds for my .22 lr and 100 yds for my .22 magnum, any distance nearer or further I can adjust as necessary, 2nd nature to me now!

tac foley

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant wrote: »

Thanks so what exactly tell me except that it was made after 1955?

IF you read the rest of my post you'll see that I asked you to look for two numbers or letters - the first is the last two digits of the date of proof, and the last is a code for the date of proof. Depending on that date it will be one or the other, but not both. The first will be obvious, like 86 or 92, the second will not be obvious, and that is why it is called a code - deciphering it requires knowledge of the various code letters used by German Proof Houses since 1952 to now. To save you all scrabbling for your tattered copy of the codes, here is the decode -

0 [zero]..........A
1...................B
2...................C
3...................D
4...................E
5...................F
6...................G
7...................H
8...................I/J [SIG Cologne uses J - the letter I is depicted in German Fraktur type face as a capital J]
9...................K

So if your rifle had the stamp HE, it was proofed in the year 1974.

tac

tac foley

By the way, this site, run by paddy_SP over here in SW England, might be of interest to many here...

http://foxonic.com/

tac

tac foley

Paddy just sent me details of his gear to share with you -

Hi Tac,
I use a Kimber Montana in .204 Ruger - before that I used my Sauer .22-250 (which I still have), but I much prefer the .204 - it has so little recoil that I can use an add-on with no risk of a black eye, for a start! We dropped our 340th fox of the year last night - still 15 short of last year's total, but we've got until the end of the month to catch up! My shooting partner uses a .22-250, by the way.

I also have .22 and .25 in FAC air (the former for bunnies, the latter for rats), as well as a CZ HMR (mostly bunnies, squirrels and corvids) and a Sauer .308 (red deer).

If there's anything else you'd like to know, just shout!
Cheers,
Paddy

Hope it's useful to some of you.

tac

Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

Thanks for the information really appreciate it! Hopefully I'll send away for my license this week but don't hold any hope of getting it this side of Christmas! Will let ye know when I get it! Any more advice welcome aswell Thanks!

J.R.

I use Winchester Super X© sub-sonic bullet and the Eley Xtra© sub-sonic bullets with a Parker - Hale moderator.

I zero at 75 yards.

The rabbits I now hunt are very wary and you would be lucky to get within 60 yards of them....sometimes (rarely) you may get a shot at 40 yards.........most shots taken at 70 - 80 yards.

As the land I shoot varies between areas where rabbits are twitchy, nervous and wary to other areas where rabbits are not bothered unless you get too close my shooting distances, when hunting, can vary between 40 – 85 yards. To cover such a range with the .22 LR bullets I prefer to zero my rifle now at 75 yards.

I’ve found that both the Winchester Super X© sub-sonic bullet and the Eley Xtra© sub-sonic bullet , zeroed at 75 yards will similarly have a near zero at 12 yards, will be 1.7” high at 50 yards, bang on at 75 yards and 4.2” low at 100 yards. That sighting will put the bullet low by over 4" at 100 yards, but I resist the temptation to take those shots, because the energy of the little bullet falls off pretty quickly.

This usefully ‘flat’ trajectory allows humane shots on squirrels and rabbits at the ranges at which they are usually hunted. The near zero can be useful for testing the rifle later for accuracy and zero. If it’s accurate at 12 yards zero then it is bang on again at 75 yards. From 20 yards to 80 yards the bullet will roughly be no higher or lower than 1½”, as it travels along its path, which should hit a vital organ.

With my rifle zeroed in at 75 yards, using Winchester Super X© sub-sonic bullets, I’ve worked out that with the "duplex" scope reticule on the Simmons Whitetail Classic 6-20X50 , using the thick/thin junction of the top crosshair as the aiming point, it’s ‘on’ at 50 yards with the scope set at 10x. Using the thick/thin junction of the bottom crosshair as the aiming point it’s also ‘on’ again at 100 yards with the scope set at 16x.

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Crow Pigeon and Pheasant

@ JR - Thanks again for more useful information! Thanks any more advice is welcome aswell!