What would you shoot?

[Pawnee Bill]

You best bet is a nice rifle in 222 Remington. The advantages are many and if done right, it will shoot little bitty groups all day long. Check the Bench Rest record books.

 

[grovey]

Offhand

On my bucket list this yr. I plan to practice my offhand with a .22lr at 100yds.

 

[Richard Coody]

Well long range shooting is all the rage these days. Short range benchrest has been around for a long time. It is plenty challenging. If you don't believe it ask those who have attended a supershoot.

You can learn a great.deal about bench tecniques, reloading and wind reading w8th this discipline. You will surely see the difference on the target.

Get you a starter gun like this one from shooters corner and begin your education.

B150. 6PPC Hvy Varmint, Borden TPE R/L action; Hart 26" bbl, 1-14"T, 262.nk, 635 rnds; Borden f-glass
glue-in stock, Black; Jewell 2 oz trig; Includ: Kelbly type scope bases; 45 Lapua/loaded rnds & load data;
Gunsmith: Borden Rifles & Goodling Rifles; VG/Exc cond. A super accurate HV rifle. $1799.

 

[CharlieNC]

Your personal interest is the primary consideration. I started shooting in 2012 when I retired. At 100yd the only thing that has maintained my interest is 22lr, with center-fire only 300yd and greater. So far the 22 has been the greatest challenge, which is what peaks my interest.

 

[7887mm08]

I just hate to waste supplies at 100 yards. Berger bullets and lapua brass is expensive to burn for short distance targets.

In no way am I trying to be offensive but why are you using those components when from the start you knew where you would be shooting? Again I mean no disrespect.

 

[steve123]

Air rifle?

Even 22rf's provide little challenge at 100Y.

Yep, get a PCP air rifle.

The foremost challenge is shooting these in the wind.

For example a 22rf 40gr bullet has a G1 BC in the .15 area. A 18gr 22 cal JSB brand pellet has a .033 BC. Annnd is going around 900fps. That equates to 4 times the wind drift! This is a 30 ftlb airgun vs a 120 ftlb rimfire.

Match grade pellets are $15-ish for 500 of them.

Seen plenty of groups below 1" at 100Y when the wind is down for a good shooting rifle.

The most fun is shooting on small spinners designed for airgun use at different distances.

If you want to freak out the range guys...
I have this 6ftlb 17 cal pcp air rifle that is very accurate. BTW, 6ftlbs is twice the power of a RR BB gun. I was hitting a 3" spinner at 100Y over and over with mine during one occasion with 8.4 grainers going 550 fps at the muzzle!

 

[jimmymac]

It’s insulting to say that shooting at 100 yards provides little challenge. Frankly, you guys who feel that way simply don’t know what you are talking about.

 

[Tim Singleton]

It’s insulting to say that shooting at 100 yards provides little challenge. Frankly, you guys who feel that way simply don’t know what you are talking about.

If you have to explain they wouldn’t understand!

 

[hpshooter]

.222 bolt gun and a .222 Contender. Plenty of fun going for small 5 shot groups and inexpensive to load for.

 

[ckrifles]

Print you a target with 10 1/4 inch circles on it. Put 1 shot in each circle. Sounds easy try it.

 

[Mulligan]

My 2 Cents

I started shooting F-class and LR Benchrest a few years ago. I am a nobody in those sports. Both sports are a hoot, and I have a bunch to learn in both. In an attempt to learn all I can, I attended a local short range (100 & 200 yard) benchrest match. I figured most of what we have learned about accuracy came from that crowd. Besides, they certainly could help be with bench technique and such.

I got my arse handed to me!

For me, shooting in the .1’s at 100 Yards is every bit as challenging as shooting a 1.25” group at 600 yards.

Just for the record, I have a dozen agg awards for 600 yard BR, several strong wins at 600 and 1000 yards F-class. I have yet to win anything at SR BR. I did however shoot a .169 group in a match, that is my smallest group to date in a match.

Give it a go! I assure you it is more of a challenge that you might think.
CW

 

[steve123]

It’s insulting to say that shooting at 100 yards provides little challenge. Frankly, you guys who feel that way simply don’t know what you are talking about.

Some of you guys are thinking in terms of "only benchrest rifles" and shooting the smallest groups possible. Sure that's challenging.

Here's the OP's first post - Smallest I got to reload is a 20VT. I can develop a load for that and shoot, but Im scared even that will be stupid accurate and no fun at 100 yards. Kinda thinking a .22lr would be the best 100 yard challenge...

Now how many shooting sports are there with a rifle??? Lot's of em, right?!, not just benchrest.

Even though I owned two 6mmPPC benchrest rifles I found it very tedious and expensive trying for those .1's and .0's. I got some .1's but never a .0. I saw early on that this sport wasn't going to be fun to me. I never meant that shooting 0's wasn't challenging. What can I say, shooting groups on paper doesn't turn my crank and I'm sure that there are many other shooters that feel that way.

Making first round hits on small spinners at different distances out to 100Y is a lot of fun to me and half that challenge is figuring out the wind. My point was that doing so is a lot harder with a PCP air rifle than with a 22rf.

That's all, lol.

BTW, I'm a 7 time state champion in Field Target air rifle and a previous state champion on steel with a long range centerfire rifle.
Both these sports require first round hits as priority.

 

[686 Shooter]

What do you want to shoot? You must have a rifle or caliber you want to shoot. Get it and get shooting. There are lots of games and targets you can use to make 100 yard shooting fun.

 

[Sniper338]

In no way am I trying to be offensive but why are you using those components when from the start you knew where you would be shooting? Again I mean no disrespect.

We moved... hoping to get moved again soon..

 

[Mark W]

.222 bolt gun and a .222 Contender. Plenty of fun going for small 5 shot groups and inexpensive to load for.

222 was exactly what I thought of when I started reading this thread. I picked up an old school bench rifle chambered in 222 last year. I love making little bitty groups with it at 100 yards. It’s really inexpensive and fun to shoot with hardly any recoil.

 

[7887mm08]

We moved... hoping to get moved again soon..

That will work! Good luck

 

[butchlambert]

If you have a friend, go to the range with him and each of you crossfire on each others target. Now go back to your target and chase the bullet hole on your target. Give yourself 45 seconds to finish your 5 shot group. After 5 targets you will see if you are worth a schiff.

 

[Downhill]

22LR over wind flags. Excellent feed back on your wind call. Sometimes it will piss you off though.

 

[MADXRINGER]

A 45acp handgun w/5" or 6" BBL. or a rifle in a pistol cal..

 

[mauser284]

Anything you desire. If you want to practice on the cheap and are not chasing the tiniest group sizes possible 22lr makes sense. If you want to go for all out precision at 100 and focus on reloading and shooting fundamentals than I would look at what the BR guys do with both .22,6mm and 30cal and chose a cartridge that suites me and the gear I have. If you want to perfect your ability to shoot off hand I would look at Silhouette and PRS type idea's and methodologies. Being limited to 100m is not a limit at all it just means you have no excuses for not being able to read the wind or for getting ranging wrong, mirage or parallax wrong etc....