Answer
Wiki User
06/24/2012
How Far a .22 Bullet Will Travel
My exterior ballistic calculations peg it at 800 yards more or less at an optimum elevation of 30 degrees. I suspect the reason why you see 1.5 miles on a box of 22LR is because SAAMI doubled the safety range just because you never know. At 500 yards there is very little energy left in the bullet but can still put an eye out. Further more as the bullet passes the 500 yard mark velocity will shed at a much faster rate. Those hyper velocity ammunition you see for sale shed velocity much faster than a standard .22LR (i.e.40grain) because there is not very much momentum in a light bullet. The best advice is to not shoot at something unless you know where your bullet will land.
22lr 32 gr., .15 B.C.
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Range (yards)
Muzzle
50
100
200
300
400
500
Velocity (fps)
1640
1433
1258
1031
910
825
754
Energy (ft.-lb.)
191
146
112
76
59
48
40
Trajectory (100 yd. zero)
-1.5
1.4
0.0
-20.6
-72.8
-164.3
-302.6
Come Up in MOA
-1.5
-2.6
0.0
9.8
23.2
39.2
57.8
22lr standard Velocity 40 gr., .15 B.C.
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Range (yards)
Muzzle
50
100
200
300
400
500
Velocity (fps)
1070
992
933
842
770
706
650
Energy (ft.-lb.)
102
87
77
63
53
44
38
Trajectory (100 yd. zero)
-1.5
3.7
0.0
-38.2
-124.8
-269.2
-481.7
Come Up in MOA
-1.5
-7.0
0.0
18.2
39.7
64.3
92.0