Thread: shooting steel targets with .22LR - any experts out there?
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Old June 30, 2013, 08:17 AM   #16
Double Naught Spy
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25' is too close to be safe.
Yeah, I believe the common wisdom is 25 yards, not feet.

You can actually be MUCH closer with targets angled AWAY from you such that the ricochets and splatter go off to the left, right, or down (assuming you don't have other folks off to the left and right).
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