22lr pistol group size - The Firearms Forum

pea shooter · 11-01-2010, 03:12 PM

What size groups are you guys shooting at 25 yds. and with what pistol or revolver and with what ammo

dteed4094 · 11-01-2010, 05:55 PM

I only shoot my Single Six about twice a year so I'm not good at handgun shooting but I can hit an 8x10 piece of paper at 50 yds with rare misses.

old semperfi · 11-05-2010, 06:35 PM

with my 10-22t ruger i can and do shoot dime size groups day in and day out.understand that i probably have anywhere from 800-1000.00 in my rifle.the ammo is not important,you must find what shoots best out of your gun,not out of mine.my ruger mark ll will shoot quarter size groups.it has a bull barell and some other whiz bangs in it also.i also shoot it with a scope.both groups i have mentioned are shot at a rest using sand bags.i am not a professional so i know others will shoot better than me so dont use me as a measure. old semperfi

dteed4094 · 11-05-2010, 07:23 PM

Old Semper, thats pretty dam good with a pistol from my experience. I am happy to hit paper at 50 yds off hand. Maybe with my air pistol.

JLA · 11-05-2010, 07:39 PM

I got a bersa thunder .22 that shoots minute of 6 inch shoot-n-see target at 25 yds. Not bad at all form a 3 inch mouse gun

BillM · 11-05-2010, 09:20 PM

Hung a 3-9 rifle scope on a Ruger MkII Government Target Model once.
Was trying to find the ammo it "liked". Had IIRC 14 different brands
or 22 LR ammo.
Off of sandbags at 25 yds it was pretty interesting. In MY gun---yours WILL be different----Eley Pistol Match was the winner at right around .300 for a 10 shot group. It did not like Remington Match ammo, and REALLY didn't like Aguilla sub-sonic. It did like (of all things) cheap American Eagle solids.
Group size was right at 3/8". I went out and bought every brick of that lot
number I could find.

Same gun, standing, two handed, iron sights, with my darned near 60 yr old
eyes---I might hold a 3" group at 25 on a good day.

johnlives4christ · 11-05-2010, 09:52 PM

with my ruger single six i get about 1" groups at 25 yards using federal bulk. on a good day i can clean off a row of empty shotgun shells

carver · 11-06-2010, 08:33 AM

Group sizes will differ from gun to gun at any distance. Then factor in the ammo, and the shooter. I have one .22 revolver that shoots OK, but then I have a Colt Woodsman, Match Target, that will make you fall in love with it every time you shoot it! 10 rounds in a gallon jug at 25 feet in just about 3 seconds!

thomas44 · 11-06-2010, 07:45 PM

Browning Buckmark Hunter with Federal bulk or Winchester 333 bulk....about 2". Still experimenting and getting it broke in, but I love that pistol. 22's are so much fun !

grcsat · 11-07-2010, 05:42 PM

I'm using a Rusian built Vostok 22 target pistol.
I shot five target on the paper just tryng different ammo

1-cil 25 yards
2 rem X 25 yards
3 stinger 25 yards
4 win 22t 25 yards
5----Shot at 50 yards stinger

all strings are 11 rounds per target
Please disregaurd the date stamp on the pic. Still learning how to use this crap camera
Forgot to mention, free hand slow fire just like in competion.

LewiSS · 11-07-2010, 10:57 PM

Using my Ruger Charger and a cheap BSA red-dot scope, I shoot 25 yard indoor range using CCI Mini-Mags (bench shooting - sitting and using the Charger's bi-pod) into 10-shot groups that fit under a quarter all the time. I can occasionally get that down to dime-sized groups, but often have one flier that moves it out a bit - probably me and not the ammo. I shoot the Charger with a red dot better than I shoot a Mk III with a Leupold 2X scope and trigger job I built for a friend. Not that the Mk III is bad, just that the Charger works really well for me. When I bought it I had all these plans for a custom trigger for it and lots of other work, but can't bring myself to touch the thing - anything I do will probably make it worse! Best out of the box gun I've ever bought and, without a doubt, the cheapest accuracy in a "handgun" imagineable (I think have less than $350 in the whole rig with sight and 2 extra magazines, including tax).

11-01-2010, 03:12 PM	#1
pea shooter Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 45	22lr pistol group size What size groups are you guys shooting at 25 yds. and with what pistol or revolver and with what ammo -->

11-01-2010, 05:55 PM	#2
dteed4094 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Erie Pa. Posts: 41	Re: 22lr pistol group size I only shoot my Single Six about twice a year so I'm not good at handgun shooting but I can hit an 8x10 piece of paper at 50 yds with rare misses. __________________ "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks nothing is worth war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than his own personal safety is a miserable creature, and has no chance of being free unless he is made free and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself" John Stuart Mill

11-05-2010, 06:35 PM	#3
old semperfi Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: i live in southern indiana,old country boy at heart Posts: 1,506	Re: 22lr pistol group size with my 10-22t ruger i can and do shoot dime size groups day in and day out.understand that i probably have anywhere from 800-1000.00 in my rifle.the ammo is not important,you must find what shoots best out of your gun,not out of mine.my ruger mark ll will shoot quarter size groups.it has a bull barell and some other whiz bangs in it also.i also shoot it with a scope.both groups i have mentioned are shot at a rest using sand bags.i am not a professional so i know others will shoot better than me so dont use me as a measure. old semperfi

11-05-2010, 07:23 PM	#4
dteed4094 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Erie Pa. Posts: 41	Re: 22lr pistol group size Old Semper, thats pretty dam good with a pistol from my experience. I am happy to hit paper at 50 yds off hand. Maybe with my air pistol. __________________ "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling, which thinks nothing is worth war, is worse. A man who has nothing which he cares more about than his own personal safety is a miserable creature, and has no chance of being free unless he is made free and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself" John Stuart Mill

11-05-2010, 07:39 PM	#5
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,305	Re: 22lr pistol group size I got a bersa thunder .22 that shoots minute of 6 inch shoot-n-see target at 25 yds. Not bad at all form a 3 inch mouse gun __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

11-05-2010, 09:20 PM	#6
BillM V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Amity Orygun Posts: 380	Re: 22lr pistol group size Hung a 3-9 rifle scope on a Ruger MkII Government Target Model once. Was trying to find the ammo it "liked". Had IIRC 14 different brands or 22 LR ammo. Off of sandbags at 25 yds it was pretty interesting. In MY gun---yours WILL be different----Eley Pistol Match was the winner at right around .300 for a 10 shot group. It did not like Remington Match ammo, and REALLY didn't like Aguilla sub-sonic. It did like (of all things) cheap American Eagle solids. Group size was right at 3/8". I went out and bought every brick of that lot number I could find. Same gun, standing, two handed, iron sights, with my darned near 60 yr old eyes---I might hold a 3" group at 25 on a good day.

11-05-2010, 09:52 PM	#7
johnlives4christ Former Guest Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,828	Re: 22lr pistol group size with my ruger single six i get about 1" groups at 25 yards using federal bulk. on a good day i can clean off a row of empty shotgun shells

11-06-2010, 08:33 AM	#8
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,232	Re: 22lr pistol group size Group sizes will differ from gun to gun at any distance. Then factor in the ammo, and the shooter. I have one .22 revolver that shoots OK, but then I have a Colt Woodsman, Match Target, that will make you fall in love with it every time you shoot it! 10 rounds in a gallon jug at 25 feet in just about 3 seconds! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

11-06-2010, 07:45 PM	#9
thomas44 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 577	Re: 22lr pistol group size Browning Buckmark Hunter with Federal bulk or Winchester 333 bulk....about 2". Still experimenting and getting it broke in, but I love that pistol. 22's are so much fun ! __________________ Change...it's all you'll have left in your pocket by 2013.

11-07-2010, 05:42 PM	#10
grcsat V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: far,far,North Posts: 377	Re: 22lr pistol group size I'm using a Rusian built Vostok 22 target pistol. I shot five target on the paper just tryng different ammo 1-cil 25 yards 2 rem X 25 yards 3 stinger 25 yards 4 win 22t 25 yards 5----Shot at 50 yards stinger all strings are 11 rounds per target Please disregaurd the date stamp on the pic. Still learning how to use this crap camera Forgot to mention, free hand slow fire just like in competion. Attached Images Last edited by grcsat; 11-07-2010 at 05:47 PM..

11-07-2010, 10:57 PM	#11
LewiSS Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 6	Re: 22lr pistol group size Using my Ruger Charger and a cheap BSA red-dot scope, I shoot 25 yard indoor range using CCI Mini-Mags (bench shooting - sitting and using the Charger's bi-pod) into 10-shot groups that fit under a quarter all the time. I can occasionally get that down to dime-sized groups, but often have one flier that moves it out a bit - probably me and not the ammo. I shoot the Charger with a red dot better than I shoot a Mk III with a Leupold 2X scope and trigger job I built for a friend. Not that the Mk III is bad, just that the Charger works really well for me. When I bought it I had all these plans for a custom trigger for it and lots of other work, but can't bring myself to touch the thing - anything I do will probably make it worse! Best out of the box gun I've ever bought and, without a doubt, the cheapest accuracy in a "handgun" imagineable (I think have less than $350 in the whole rig with sight and 2 extra magazines, including tax). Last edited by LewiSS; 11-07-2010 at 11:02 PM..