I'm curious what others consider both acceptable and exceptional performance by an off the rack .22 rifle.
I went to the range this afternoon with intentions of shooting centerfire, but ended up going the rimfire route. I was having a blast shooting that little .22. I decided to shoot 50 shots at 50 yds to see how consistent I could be. With remmy golden bulk pack ammo, I shot a ~2" group (after tossing out the flyers) at rifleman's cadence from a bench.
I then backed it up to 100 and after adjusting elevation, did 50 at 100 at a pace a little slower than rifleman's cadence. About half the time I'd take 2 breaths instead of 1 between shots. That group was ~4".
I'm shooting a Marlin 795 with a little Simmons 3-9x40 22 mag scope. I stuck a bipod on it today for the first time too. Now I'm curious what I could have done with good ammo and really concentrating.
What would be a reasonable expectation for acceptable and then exceptional performance by this set up at 100 yards?
I went to the range this afternoon with intentions of shooting centerfire, but ended up going the rimfire route. I was having a blast shooting that little .22. I decided to shoot 50 shots at 50 yds to see how consistent I could be. With remmy golden bulk pack ammo, I shot a ~2" group (after tossing out the flyers) at rifleman's cadence from a bench.
I then backed it up to 100 and after adjusting elevation, did 50 at 100 at a pace a little slower than rifleman's cadence. About half the time I'd take 2 breaths instead of 1 between shots. That group was ~4".
I'm shooting a Marlin 795 with a little Simmons 3-9x40 22 mag scope. I stuck a bipod on it today for the first time too. Now I'm curious what I could have done with good ammo and really concentrating.
What would be a reasonable expectation for acceptable and then exceptional performance by this set up at 100 yards?