Long Gong?

[BD]

They have started holding Long Gong, (.22 RF at 300 yards), matches at my local range. Looks like fun. I'm wondering what it takes to get into it and be competitive?

[Winger Ed.]

What I call those 'young kid eyes' would be a good start.:bigsmyl2:

[country gent]

A good zero. around 44 - 48 mins above your 50 yd zero.

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

What I call those 'young kid eyes' would be a good start.:bigsmyl2:

Long gone.

[cwtebay]

I enjoy shooting at extended range with my RF rifles. All it takes is you wanting to do it! What's incredible is how short of a time it takes to get an average shooter of interest to hitting an 8" at 250. I'm quite certain that wouldn't change much at 300.

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[15meter]

Description of target course of fire?

[atfsux]

I thought this was an ethnic joke thread for a second.

[fenderman57]

Or a porn star

[Recycled bullet]

How much more Kentucky Elevation is needed at 300 yards vs. 200 yards?https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240111/32e1c23fe125c32259870ab172d36703.jpg

[Recycled bullet]

With CCI subsonics.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240111/b5d28db4a1abf6691c25d67cea11f19b.jpg

[country gent]

Youll have time to take a sip of coffee with the time of flight

[G W Wade]

For my 22 rifle I raise 27 inches from 50 yd zero to 200 GW

[dverna]

Elevation is not the challenge. Wind is the challenge.

[sigep1764]

DIP has rails with built in elevation that you can choose from. I'd also start with something like a bedded Savage action or a CZ.

[Outer Rondacker]

I have a worked CZ 455 with a DIP products rail. Works well. The newer 457s are out. Make sure you run a FFP scope.

My ruger 10/22 has 10 times the stuff done to it and the bolt is still better. But works well.

What is needed you ask? A 22 you can put a scope on. Some decent 22bullets. A scope you can see the target with. Balls to go have some fun a make some friend. Please let us know how it goes. Good luck!

[schutzen-jager]

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?452249-On-paper-100yd-with-22lr

see post # 2 - shooting rimfires at long range has been going on for decades -

[MrWolf]

I shot my Ruger 10/22 at the 300 yd range probably about 15 years ago. I had looked up the hold and I think it was around 11'. Put a piece of duct tape on a large piece of cardboard and managed a three shot group of around a foot or so. Pure luck and no wind. It was fun. The berm above just happened to have a feature I could zero on.

[dverna]

I shot my Ruger 10/22 at the 300 yd range probably about 15 years ago. I had looked up the hold and I think it was around 11'. Put a piece of duct tape on a large piece of cardboard and managed a three shot group of around a foot or so. Pure luck and no wind. It was fun. The berm above just happened to have a feature I could zero on.

I respect an honest man.

[26Charlie]

I would want a really good observer on the spotting scope.

[Charlie Horse]

For my 22 rifle I raise 27 inches from 50 yd zero to 200 GW

My Rossi carbine shooting 38's uses the same setting.
322007

[Hannibal]

Elevation is not the challenge. Wind is the challenge.

Yes! I used to shoot out to 300 yds occasionally but only on dead calm evenings. I didn't have my rifle set up exclusively for this purpose so figuring out the hold over was always a challenge. I shot Federal blue box 40 grain from a Savage BTV at a 6" steel plate.

Once I remembered the hold over it wasn't particularly difficult. But variable wind would be a completely different experience.

My hold over was probably more like 30".

[cwtebay]

Exactly who amoung us hasn't shot a 22 across a pond to hit the far bank? That's been a thing since I wore short pants. At distances far in excess of 300 yards.

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[atfsux]

Exactly who amoung us hasn't shot a 22 across a pond to hit the far bank? That's been a thing since I wore short pants. At distances far in excess of 300 yards.

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Used to shoot across a tiny canyon at steel a water tank just to hear it "bong".

[upnorthwis]

I've won some big matches with an Anschutz model 1917. Has a 20 minute base and Burris Signature rings setup for another 20. With the Vortex 6-24 target scope with 60 minutes of elevation adjustment, there are only 4 minutes left on the top end at 300. Eley Match seems to work well too.

[ulav8r]

One took a shot at a duck on the lake. I was on a hill about 100 feet above the lake and about 2-3 hundred yards from the shoreline. Was much further to the duck, don't remember elevation guess. The bullet first hit the water at about 500 yards out, then skipped about 9-10 times. Last splash was at least 200 yards from the far shore. At the time there were no boats in sight and there were no houses within a hundred yards of the far shoreline. That was about 60 years ago and I have not anything like that since.

[MarkP]

After shooting a Prairie dog town for a while the closer dogs will go down in their holes. The only dogs out will be 500 to 600 yds out. Instead of burning up the bbl's on my larger 6 mm's and 257's I would get out my 22 Hornet loaded with 33 gr bullets (horrible BC) and send them in like mortar rounds. Using reference points as aiming points such as; Yucca plants, cow pies, rock, what ever. Then correct for wind, you would be surprised how close you can get. Alot of time they would run over and sniff where to bullet struck. Keeping the same reference you could usually get them in the next few shots after they sniffed where the previous bullet landed.

[BD]

Interesting responses. I don't currently have a .22 suitable for a scope. I'm going to look around for what's available. I've seen used Anschutz rifles come up occasionally.

[beltfed]

I won the 300 yard Stage at Lodi-paper match- last August with my BSA Martini MKII/ Unertl 2"-20X Programmer
and SKLRM ammo. Second overall on X count under a friend shooting his High End Anschutz
beltfed/arnie