Beg to differ.
I'm looking at an article that describes the author's experiences of shooting inanimate targets in the UK at ranges up to 50 yards using a BSA Merlin (a 350fps .22" junior underlever), to 100 yards with an 18fpe Sheridan Blue Streak (pre the 1968 Firearms Act?), to 75 yards with a Webley Supertarget and to 100-200+ yards with a 12fpe Daystate Huntsman.
The article was published In Sporting Air Rifle magazine, November 1985.