Question about .22lr
 

I just got a savage .22lr mark II FV rimfire rifle and i was wondering what i would be able to take down with it, and from what distances. This is my first rifle, i've never hunted with rifles i typically rabbit hunt with shotguns so any help is appreciated.

http://www.savagearms.com/firearms/models/

thats a link to the gun and its specs, i have a scope mounted. again its the mark ii FV

pretty much small game only.

Keep it to 50 yards or so also.

Congratulations.....the .22 LR was my first gun as well.....I mostly hunted squirrels with it. Shoot their eyes out.....helluvalotta fun.

I also hunted rabbits and raccoons and foxes....but as was said....try to keep the range to 50 yards.

I won't say what all I killed with it.....but nothing bigger than 50 pounds except domesticated cows and pigs for butchering on the farm.....and yes....it will take down a cow with one well placed shot!

Hunting crows can be a blast....but be careful shooting up over the horizon....darn little bullet can go a long ways.

Have a ball with it.....I miss squirrel hunting but will try to find some time to resume it.....I now shoot a Marlin 39-A

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

I just put a scope on it and i can hit a dime sized target from 100 yards every time. I've got a huge tree stand on my property maybe close to 20 feet up in a tree and it is extremely easy to lure anything in at any time of day so i was wondering if you think i would be able to take out coyotes with this, and what shot should i take (head/ear, heart/lung, spine) also should i get hollow points.

I wanna see a video of you shooting a dime at 100 yards.. That being said. I've shot 'yotes with mine out to almost fifty yards. I aim at the base of the ear. Small game, pretty much whatever you want. I've taken squirrel, rabbit, oppossum, racoon, 'yotes, and hundreds of musk rats out of our lake. Practice a lot. Get to know your rifle. Find out what ammo shoots best out of it. And enjoy! It's a good rifle, and gives you a lot of options! Get out and have fun!
-Jake

i'll try to get that, it will take me maybe 2 shots first one a few cm off, second one at least a corner of it if not a decent % in there. essentially i can make a solid kill shot from a bench at 50 yards is all im saying.

essentially i can make a solid kill shot from a bench at 50 yards is all im saying.[/quote]

I'm willing to believe that part :s4:.
Now get out there and get some game! Good luck.
-Jake

Maybe someday grasshopper
 

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.

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....

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.

That's pretty darn good shooting. What type of rest are you using when you do this? Remember, when you're hunting there won't be a bench and bench rest, but I carry a monopod with me.

I have the BV version.They're very accurate and great for small game but not much for most varmints.

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.