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Originally Posted by critterkiller88
(Post 3685412)
i have a mark II as well. very accurate gun. i have killed squirrels at 75 yards a few times. depending on shot placement you can kill whatever you wish. some people hog hunt with them, ive heard of people deer hunting with them as well
Just because you can kill a hog with a .22 it is not recommended. It takes a perfect head shot to kill them. Usually you will just wound them and have them run off. As far as deer I don't know of any state where it is legal to hunt deer with a rimfire. It would work good on small game rabbits, squirrels, coyotes, etc.... |
Originally Posted by Nomercy448
(Post 3690481)
While I'm sure the young sprout isn't yet capable of shooting a dime at 100yrds, the savage bolt gun IS capable of incredible accuracy. My fiancee has a Mark II BSEV, the high-style cousin to the FV, and we do indeed shoot dimes at 100yrds (Just don't tell uncle sam!). Of course, this is free recoil shooting over a front rest and heel bag with a 24x scope, and we're avid benchrest shooters. Granted, we usually just shoot "things" at the end of a day at the range (green army men, coins, bottle caps, etc), so we're in the groove and have plenty of sighter shots out of the way.
For his first rifle, not likely, but that rifle is capable of it, so maybe someday. this is the first rifle i purchased myself, i own several shotguns and typically rabbit hunt, however im 25 and i've been shooting for most of it with rifles. 100 yards from a bench with a scope i nail dimes, ill get a video on here sometime. |
Originally Posted by huntard
(Post 3686843)
I just put a scope on it and i can hit a dime sized target from 100 yards every time.
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I have the BV version.They're very accurate and great for small game but not much for most varmints.
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I'm not going to get into a pissing contest here, but I have owned dozens of rifles.
You can sight a .22 LR to hit a target at 100 yards, but it is going to be off big time - even at 50 yards. The normal range of a .22 LR is about 40 yards max. I don't know if it has to do with the parallax on the scope of if it just has to do with the round not being potent enough for any amount of range, but there was always issues with my Marlin .22 rifles. I had both a semi Marlin and a couple of bolt action Marlins with micro groove barrels. My opinion is if you wanted to shoot more then 50 yards, you needed to buy a .22 Magnum and not a plain .22 Long Rifle. I have several .22 Magnums and I could probably shoot out to 150 yards with no issues. But the shells are 10 times more expensive. Instead of getting a brick of 500, you only get a box of 50. |
If were talking just plain jane 22's it would probably be tough to make consistent hits on a dime at 100. Now with my cust 10-22, it could be done and repeated with match ammo.
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