.22 travel distance ?.

[samboy]

Hi gang.

             A pal has asked me how far a .22 subsonic bullet will travel. I have googled it but it seems there are varied answers.

             So can anyone shed some light on this ?.

                                                                        Thanks all.

             

             

[magman]

Best answer to this question is as far as a safe backstop , end of

[snow white]

Like Magman as stated if you don’t know how far it travels you should not be shooting 

[Salmo]

For gods sake he only asked a question it was probably hypothetical . 

[Windswept]

Indeed, it doesn't hurt to know it could travel a mile. Personally I think it's just as important to know a .22 hollow point is likely to pass right through something like a rabbit which is why a backstop is essential.

Edited November 11, 2022 by Windswept

[mossy835]

15 minutes ago, Salmo said:

For gods sake he only asked a question it was probably hypothetical . 

 

yes some do get carried away dont they

[Spr1985]

From my limited knowledge of rifles (so please feel free to ignore) I believe you will find way to many variables to get a definitive answer to the question. Even one degree of elevation will give a difference in distance travelled, Although if a definitive answer does exist I’d be interested to know the answer myself. 

[la bala]

I have read somewhere a .22 subsonic is down to 54 ft lbs at 200 yards.

[243deer]

2000 yards assuming stinger type round, sea level, no hurricane up its backside

[NoBodyImportant]

At 48in high shooting flat, a standard cci 1080fps will impact the ground at 190 yards

[Walker570]

Many moons ago I was standing in as Coroners Officer whilst he had surgery and had to go to a meeting where I met the Officer from the other side of the city. He had just dealt with a case, where a young lady sitting in a park was hit in the neck and killed with a 22 bullet fired a considerable distance. This was Barr Beacon and the bullet had been fired up at a crow in a tree and travelled over the Beacon before hitting the lady. .....the distance is irrelevant  as  magman hit the nail on the head.

Edited November 11, 2022 by Walker570

[bornfree]

We tried this on a dry freshly drilled field several years ago and subsonics went about 800 yards with the rifle held about 30° 

[terence]

read on one box of 22 it said 1mile

[Scully]

11 hours ago, NoBodyImportant said:

At 48in high shooting flat, a standard cci 1080fps will impact the ground at 190 yards

That’s handy to know. 👍

[ditchman]

1 hour ago, Scully said:

That’s handy to know. 👍

the graph dosnt look right....at the firing point it appears that the shot is taken from an inclined barrel...........??..........what do you rekon >

[oowee]

4 minutes ago, ditchman said:

the graph dosnt look right....at the firing point it appears that the shot is taken from an inclined barrel...........??..........what do you rekon >

Your right it's shooting upto a 40 yard zero (or so). 

I had some fun in Africa skimming hmr rounds off a lake. Amazing how far they skip. 

[old'un]

12 hours ago, Walker570 said:

Many moons ago I was standing in as Coroners Officer whilst he had surgery and had to go to a meeting where I met the Officer from the other side of the city. He had just dealt with a case, where a young lady sitting in a park was hit in the neck and killed with a 22 bullet fired a considerable distance. This was Barr Beacon and the bullet had been fired up at a crow in a tree and travelled over the Beacon before hitting the lady. .....the distance is irrelevant  as  magman hit the nail on the head.

Although we live in different times with a much bigger population I can remember an old keeper who used to shoot hundreds of branchers every year with a .22 rimfire, something that would be frowned on now, during the early part of the 1900s Rook rifles were in common use and thousand were produced in cal from .22 up to .400 @ 1500 ft/s (rook, rabbit rifle) shudder to think how far that would travel and the damage it would do if it hit someone.

[old'un]

56 minutes ago, ditchman said:

the graph dosnt look right....at the firing point it appears that the shot is taken from an inclined barrel...........??..........what do you rekon >

Think there might be some info missing there as it looks as if the rifle zero is 20 yards and 50 yards and then falls away from that point, effectively hitting the ground at 160 yards from mid zero, I think.

Edited November 12, 2022 by old'un

[Ultrastu]

Chairgun has a 40 grn .22 lr sub sonic 1050 fps with a bc of 0.138 

Travelling 1713 yards  shot at 30 degrees 

Landing with 6.5 fpe of energy  for a flight time of 18 seconds. 

And reaching an altitude of 1364ft  before coming back down 

Obviously  this is theoretical. And presumes ideal conditions .

Real world factors will influence all these results but its a great starting point .as the range could be further or shorter  .

1713 yard is 0.97 of a mile .

[Ultrastu]

So if you said yeah they will travel a mile you would be about right .

It's interesting  as I've tested the range of different size shotgun pellets .and have found that they tend to have a max range and it's hard to get them to go much beyond  that range without a serious following wind directly behind them .

200 yds for  no7.5 

225 no6 

250 no5 

The calibre  and stated speed (out side of subs ) doesn't seem to matter .

 

[team tractor]

Where I used to shoot branchers I had a bloke tell me the airrifle was useless. He insisted they use a hmr and as 22lr then sit back 100 yards from the woods . 

The guys an idiot . I refuse to shoot anything but ground game with any rifle . 
 

ive always understood 1-2 mile for rimfire and up to 5 for a c/f. Scary stuff really when you think about it. 
I’d love to know how far a recochet will go . 

[Good shot?]

2 hours ago, ditchman said:

the graph dosnt look right....at the firing point it appears that the shot is taken from an inclined barrel...........??..........what do you rekon >

That is catering for the scope height over the barrel I suspect.

[Houseplant]

21 minutes ago, Good shot? said:

That is catering for the scope height over the barrel I suspect.

Correct. It explains why a bullet impacts low at very close range relative to the range at which we are zeroed. It's counterintuitive.

[TOPGUN749]

I saw a video on utube shooting .22 at a steel plate target at 1,000 yards,the bullets that hit it were falling from such an angle the front of bullets was flattened at about 40 degrees. General thought is 1 mile is about how far they can go.

[Rewulf]

2 hours ago, team tractor said:

ive always understood 1-2 mile for rimfire and up to 5 for a c/f. Scary stuff really when you think about it. 

I would be most surprised if a subsonic .22lr made it 1 mile , never mind 2.

The centrefire going 5 is a bit of a stretch too, 3 is more probable depending on calibre.
50 BMG has an effective range of about 2000 metres (not accurate) and a max range of about 6800 metres (about 4 miles) fired straight up , about 2000 metres before it runs out of steam.
Its interesting to see how they conduct distance records for rounds like the Cheytac , they shoot from the tops of mountains to be able to keep sight on to the target as the drop is so extreme.