Very nice range. What is your max distance ?

 

In this photo the farthest out target stantion is 150 yds. I can move my shooting position back to 200 yards and from a totally different place in my yard I can get out to 300 yards. Most of my shooting is prone 100 and 150.

 

Wow with open sights on my .22s i'd have a problem hitting the steel swing target on the far right at 50 yds.

 

50 yards is a lot of fun and good trigger time practice. Just came in from a little range time with one of my 10-22s. This one is a Volquartsen build using all their parts in a Bell and Carlson chassis. Scope is a Night Forces NX8 4-32x50mm mounted on NF rings over an EGW 20 moa rail. Ammo today was Lupua X-ACT. Overcast , 69 degs and 99% humidity. Most of my shooting is prone using a bipod. Whatta Hobby!

 

Nice set up and nice shooting, killer scope! NF are Awesome!

 

Nice range! I have a 50 yard set up at home. I could get out to 200+ yards, but would need to do some work including building a good backstop to go that direction safely.

 

I am fortunate here in that there is a hill behind my shooting targets that is almost vertical for a couple of hundred feet.

 

Wow if i had a set up like a whole of honey do chores wouldn't get done.🙂

 

You have a great set up for a lot of fun

 

Sweet rig and nice range. I use the same flagging tape at my range. I also use homemade windflags too. Wind is easy to overlook when shooting the 22, but it sure makes a difference in POI.

 

Very nice set up I wish I had the yard to do that.

 

Trying to read the wind and figure out what is going to happen is a science and art at the same time. The other day at the range I had my range flags out while lot testing some Eley Match. For some reason I never had a flag at the target figuring by the time that hit the bullet it was already on the paper but this day someone had tacked a piece of surveyors tape to the frame next to mine. I noticed that even when my flags at 15 and 35 yds returned to prevailing directions if the target flag was indicating a direct headwind my shot would go low. There is a 30 ft berm behind the 50 yd targets so it would be difficult for a wind to come out of the hill so it must be coming over it and indicating a headwind but it did not affect the flag a 35 yds at all. Suddenly I had an explanation or at least a partial one for ammo that had a 6 or 7 fps SD but strung vertically. It only took me 8 years on this range to figure that out.

 

............. but this day someone had tacked a piece of surveyors tape to the frame next to mine. I noticed that even when my flags at 15 and 35 yds returned to prevailing directions if the target flag was indicating a direct headwind my shot would go low. There is a 30 ft berm behind the 50 yd targets so it would be difficult for a wind to come out of the hill so it must be coming over it and indicating a headwind but it did not affect the flag a 35 yds at all.......................

Be careful interpreting flags/tape placed on or near target frames. Wind boils around obstacles and target frames are the worst. Even if it's 3 or 9 oclock exactly, it's going to have a detrimental effect on the flag.

You can get a clue how much by shooting high power when mirage is active. Your spotting scope will show you right up to the targets. The mirage close to the targets and berms will often be in boil when it's linear from you to the targets.

 

Where my home is located is known as Mark's hollow. There are 200' vertical hills on three sides. The wind changes direction in nothing flat if you are not paying attention. Nice thing is when it is still, it is really still, but that is a rarity.

 

I like 50yds with 22 rifles. To me that is the far edge of practical hunting range. I tune all mine in for 40yds. I don’t remember why, something I saw in book or gun magazine. It has served me well for many years of squirreling.

 

Sight-in Your .22 Rifle At 75 Yards! this has served me well for almost 60 yrs.~~JMJ~~

 

Awesome range and a beautiful rifle. Thank you for sharing.

 

I'd love to have enough property to do that.

 

I shot these yesterday, in a light rain, mostly 50 yards. 5 rounds each target. Savage is more accurate, and is from 1934. Winchester 75 Sporting from about 1950. You can do it with open sights.

 

Wind at the rifle has a greater effect than wind at the target. Have windflags spaced out between the bench and the target. Six is not too many. Watch, there will be a "condition" that occurs a majority of time, and the windflags are all in the same direction. That is when you shoot, having adjusted your scope to that condition. Lots of info in the rimfire section at BenchrestCentral.

 

Like this. I took a pic because after 20 matches thus far this is the first time I’ve ever seen flags all pointing in the same direction.

 

Flags are fine, but if you want to master the wind you have to learn how to read mirage.

 

I have tried and agree this would be ideal but in areas with twitchy winds and large grass areas by the time you change parallax at various ranges everything has changed and it is only really visible on clear days.

 

If I had a range like that in my back yard, my wife would have to serve my Breakfast , Lunch and Dinner out there.

 

Looks awesome!!!

How do you like the KYL target?

 

I think its great. Easy to move when I mow. I have pinched my fingers a couple of times. Very rugged and taken hundreds of hits with no distortion.

 

I am only 74 and shoot mostly prone with bipod. Maybe when I get older and a bit more feeble, I may have to resort to a concrete bench and all that hardware to shoot. Just kidding. We all have disciplines that we enjoy. That's the name of the game.

 

I grew up shooting a 30-30 and then trained on a 30-06. I find that the real pleasure of shooting comes from the skill of putting a .22 round on a target. All the other is for show.

 

Welcome aboard. I started out with the M14 in boot camp in the 60s and the M1 at ITR and back to the M14 in Vietnam. Hard not to respect them after all these years. Still shoot .308,30-06, .450 , 6.5, .223, and a bunch of others. Agreed, spotting the location you want to place a bullet with 22 is just as entertaining.

 

Nice kit! and beautiful country!

 

Of course, wind closer to the muzzle has a greater effect than more downrange wind. But: wind flags at or even beyond your target are often useful in giving early warning of wind shifts. Oftentimes, when wind direction is towards the shooter, by the time a wind shift shows up on your closer flags, it's too late!