If my average shot is hitting a rabbit 400 meters away with a 22. , could I be an Army Sniper?
411593
Yes. Uncle Sam needs you. If you can hit a rabbit from that range, sniping would be a piece of cake.
885258
Yeah, but I wouldn't worry too much. \n\nWithout the pistol what's the worry about having ammo that also happens to fit a pistol?  It's having the pistol that's the real issue. Right?\n\nAlso .22 rim-fire is very low power, not that I want to be shot at by it! :)
885951
Rather than try to tell you about a rifle you didn't ask about, I'll tell you about the one you did ask about. I have 2 Bushmasters, the M17S (Bullpup) and the Patrolmans carbine M4A3, I've shot many of the varminters as well. You've made a good decision to get a Bushmaster, their rifles are unsurpassed and their customer service is outstanding. The varminters I've shot will give consistant -1 moa groups at 200 yards with a good scope. I've shot high end .223(Wilson combat) and low end .223 ( saiga) The bushmaster will outperform the saiga and will keep up with and often beat the wilson combat rifles.The varminter is of course an accurised weapon giving you, the shooter, the benefit of years of research done by Bushmaster.I highly recommend the Harris bipod if you plan on doing long distance target shooting. The varminter is by no means a combat rifle, it's intended purpose is highly accurate target shooting and of course, taking care of pesky varmints from a distance.Unlike the lower end .223's intended for combat accuracy, great care is given to each varminter to ensure accuracy and dependability.
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murder. sniper shot at 200 yards.
811252
Bound's hubby here:\n\nYour VSS should be a very accurate rifle. I have read a number of articles over the years about how high powered rifles could be shot with cast loads to shave the shooting costs. It was not until I started casting my own handgun bullets (especially for magnum rounds) and bullets for my BPCR loads, that I fully understood the dynamics of cast bullet shooting. \n\nWhen I shoot my 700 Varmint for 1000 yard matches, my 175 gr. Sierra MatchKing trucks along at about 2550 fps. Your cast bullet should move along no faster than about 1100 fps if the bullet is not hard cast and not wearing a gas check. If the bullet is hard cast and wearing a gas check, you might be able to push the velocity to about 1600 fps. Do not even expect the cast bullet to be on paper with the same sight settings as your jacketed loads ... just isn't going to happen! Expect your cast loads to be good for about 50 ft of accuracy (to 50 ft in distance, not 50 ft. groups!). \n\nOne thing I would do is to check your bore ... if it looks like the barrel turned to silver, and there is not noticeable rifling, you have filled the rifling with lead and need to remove it! This would be because the bullets were not hard cast, and were too soft! A very long and tedious task! If this is the case, you have saved no money with your practice rounds!\n\nFor the rare occassions when I get to practice with my Varmint/Target rifle, I load up surplus 147 grain FMJBT bullets. As you know, the bullet is the largest expense in reloads. You can get the 147s real cheap (make sure they have lead cores, not steel cores).
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It depends on what caliber you're using, and how far the target is.\nLike I told someone on another question. If you're going by what the manufacturer says, that's wrong. Manufactures ALWAYS \nEXAGGERATES what the gun actually shoots. It's called "marketing." They know if they say a gun will shoot 1000fps,  people with NO experience with airguns will buy that gun. They also use the lightest pellets to get those numbers, and when using light pellets you loose accuracy.\n\nDo you have a Chronograph that you have used to test the velocity of your gun? That is the only way to tell what your gun\nactually shoots. This is what you need if you want to test velocity:\nhttp://www.straightshooters.com/navagationpages/precisionequipmentselections.html\n\nAlso, what is the weight of the pellets you're going to use?\nThat also makes a diffrence.\nIf I were you I would use at least a .22 pellet, not a .177.\nYou're just going to piss it off.
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I do alot of coyote hunting the best two rounds in my opinion are .223 or 22-250 but what is more important than the round is the shooter the .223 is a good fast flat shooting round up to 150 yards or so and the 22-250 is good up to 250 yards i have shot more that fifty yotes over the past 10 years and i have never had to take a shot more than a 150yds you want a good to high quality gun that you can rely on and a good quality scope that lets alot of light in for low light conditions\nthe shooter must practice alot in diffrent shooting positions day lights verses low light with a spot light and without moving targets is the most important i have only shot maybe 3 yotes that were standing still\nsome of the claims that you read about like shooting a 30-30 a thousand yards seem a little far fetched to me but it is on the internet so it must be true (lol)\nI hope this helps
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Bound's hubby here:\n\nYou have asked a question that is a double edged sword:\n"What can you hunt with a .22?" (within the cartridge's abilty) versus "What can you hunt with a .22?" (what can you legally hunt with it).\n\nLegally, that depends with your state's Fish & Game regulations.\n\nWhat is the cartridge capable of bagging? Rabbit, squirrel, small varmints ... but keep your maximum range to about 50 yards. Try not to shoot birds with a .22 ... using solid bullets makes your rifle dangerous to over a mile, and using .22 shotshells will be frustrating, since the #11 shot (commonly called "dust") is effective to about 10 feet!\n\nGood luck!
109907
You can look at the ballistics statistics or go to the manufacturer. it also depends on what distance you are wanting too look at.
734354
If you shot and missed him, chances are he is 10 miles away from the place where you shot at him.Deer are very intelligent and territorial creatures.
868886
greetings aspiring gold medalist\n\nIn my pursuit of record breaking I have found it useful to shoot higher than my intended target...My best was achieved when I trained for the longer distance, developing greater stamina and speed in the shorter event.  You can achieve your goal...and you will.
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This question has been answered pretty well by everyone, the only thing I want to add is contridictory to a statement by TJ N. \n\n\nthe caliber of a bullet is expressed in a fraction of an inch.  not in millimeters a .22 caliber bullet is 22/100ths of an inch in diameter, a .50 caliber bullet is 50/100ths of an inch (or if you reduced the fraction its a full 1/2 inch in diameter).  Sometimes ammunitions are interchangable with NATO ammuntions IE. Remington .223 = NATO 5.56 mm (its 223/1000ths of an inch measured metricly its 5.56 mm. \n\nthe problem with TJ Ns "years of shooting and hunting" experience is that a ".22 caliber bullet" - commonly a squirel/vermin hunting round would be 0.86 inch in diameter.... which wouldn't leave much squirel meat after you hit it with TJ's .22 caliber gun... Which leaves me with more questions about how much of a recoil his .22 caliber gun has? I've fired the .50 caliber Barret Sniper rifle before, as well as the M2 HB .50cal MG. (they both fire the same basic .50 caliber (50/100ths or 1/2 inch round) The M2 has to be mounted on some sort of mount (vehicle or sandbagged Tripod) to fire.  The Barret, I've heard of people firing it standing up.... but the only way I could get behind that thing was in the prone, and after about 15 rounds through that thing I had a bruise on my shoulder the size of Texas. I can't imagine what TJ's .22 caliber that's 86/100ths of an inch would do to me....\n\nnow the difference between the calibers... obviously is the size (diameter) of the bullet.  what's considered High caliber and low caliber?  I suppose thats a matter of opinion.  Some people say anything above .308 is large caliber, and I tend to agree with that but that doesn't really give an indication of damage caused by a bullet for example a .30 caliber (7.62 mm) fired from a M240B MG would tend to cause greater damage to soft tissue at long ranges(greater than 50 meters) than a .45 caliber fired from a M1911 handgun. \n\nAnd yes various rifles fire various caliber rounds.
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Yes, but don't say on stand very long. You need to move around a lot and use the rain to your advantage (masks your odor and sounds). Most likely the only deer you're going to get is the one you walk up on while it's bedding down. I'd recommend you use a shotgun with one slug backed up my as many OOO buckshots as your tube will hold because it'll probably be a running shot unless you're very very sneaky. Look for them in heavy cover (dense pine branches that hang low) probably on the high ground.
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Actually being drunk would make it very hard to focus and shoot accurately so I doubt that they would be very successful.   I would assume being crazed would seriously hamper the success rate also.  As for deer being innocent, well they all say they are but can you really trust a deer?  Now if the question is really how to kill a deer with a bow and arrow then read on...\n  First you must practice for hours on end until you are good enough to put all of your arrows in a 6 inch group at whatever range you plan on shooting, normally 20 yards or less for Whitetail Deer and 30 to 40 yards for Mule Deer.  Then you must scout out an area to find a spot that will put you within that range of the deer.  You must buy a license to hunt with a bow in addition to your regular hunting license.  The money you spend goes into improving habitat for the very animals you are hunting.  After all of that, you must be able to get within range of the animal undetected.  Then you must draw the bow without being seen and release a shot that does not get deflected by any tree branches or grasses.  If your aim is true and the animal has not detected you, your arrow will find a vital spot and kill the animal.  Then, you must field dress it and transport it to the place where it will be skinned and cut up for consumption.  I hope this answered your question.
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The area would depend on the size of the warhead on the missle.  If the missle's blast radius is 500 yards then you would keep 1000 yards clear in all directions.  And so on for stronger or weaker warheads.
966695
depends on where you live and if you would have gotten in trouble for shooting so close to a house.
59063
it's possible but your playing with a loaded gun. Good luck