197! A 10 is a 10… would you rather have the 195 16x or the 197 10x on the 30-Masters Leaderboard?
197! A 10 is a 10… would you rather have the 195 16x or the 197 10x on the 30-Masters Leaderboard?
197! A 10 is a 10. And thanks for keeping up and tabulating all this. My memory is faulty...Cheers!
The Masters cards use the same target. However, there are only twenty targets - they all count - you don't get to eliminate your lowest target pairs.I was going back yesterday trying to find it and can’t… so thought I would just ask…
What is the difference in the masters card?
Ed, you missed my 199 17X from post #2,871Leaderboard Update: February 11, 2025 (1st Leaderboard of 2025)
Shooters, welcome to our first leaderboard update of 2025!
The cold weather season is still keeping many of our top marksmen from getting lead downrange and submitting cards, but we have a few really good submissions to start off this year...
Noteables:
TommyB has a 200 in the 30-Challenge with his trusty old FX Royale 400 shooting the 20.83g JSB MRD Lights
Ricky the Airgunnero has a 200 in the 30-Masters with his incredible GCMAG Magnum Gen2 - shooting pellets made in the Philippines.
TommyB shot a 199 30-Masters with his RAW HM1000X - blasting big 25.39g at 920fps.
EPG and NAProf are on the boards with their FX Crown Mk2s
JimmyD is on the board with his .22 P-35 - and he even shot a slug card with his Caiman X
Rick Cope is really getting dialed in with his HP RedWolf - a 197 30-Masters with MRDs at a blistering 976fps
WoodWelder posted an excellent 194 30-Challenge with his Brocock Sniper. Brococks have been consistently a top scoring rifle in these Challenges.
High 40 yard scores to date have been EPG and Ricky with 195 - not too many folks shooting 40 yards yet due to winter winds. TommyB did manage an excellent 193 10X score at 40 yards with a .177 RAW - great score with those little .177 pellets at that distance.
I put Greg's "mulligan" card and Rick's 16X card on the leaderboards for now... as a reminder to them of what they can try to beat later this year...
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Now bundle up, air up and get some lead downrange.... plenty of room on these leaderboards for some great 2025 scores !!
-EPG
Hi Ricky,Ed, you missed my 199 17X from post #2,871![]()
Hi Ed,Hi Ricky,
Only your highest score for a rifle/caliber is posted to the leaderboard.
For your GCMAG in .22 - I posted the 200 15X for 30-Masters…. I thought the 199 17X was also a 30-Masters submission…?
Let me know… I could put the 199 17X under the 30-Challenge- even though you only shot 20 targets it still qualifies.
-Ed
Ya gotta wanna... get some lead downrange...despite the weather and footing conditions...
Leaderboard submission:
Target: 30-Challenge: 200 14X
Rifle: Benjamin Akela .177 (2.42" length cut down factory hammer spring)
Ammo: FX 10.3g at 880fps (last chronoed on 10/9/24 - probably slower today due to lower temp)
Huma Mod 30 - just one section
Arken EPL-4 6x24 FFP at 24x
Starting fill pressure 2,300psi on rifle gauge indoors)
Weather: 3mph mild breeze - freezing rain @ 38F throughout card
I was itching to shoot. I shot one sighter on this card - see white dot to the right of target pair #2 - then shot 24 straight at the card.
I shot row #1 with a single shot loader from my Remimex Daystar - it was taking too long and pellets were getting wet as I single loaded, so I ran inside and loaded a couple mags. Used mags to shoot the remaining rows. Final targets were target pair #11.
I did NOT expect to shoot 200 with the Akela in the rain. The last time I shot the rifle was 10/9/24 - I shot a 193 12X 30-Masters with it. I finally had a 24x scope on it and it performed great on this date. Prior to that I had a 14x scope on it - which is not enough magnification for the 30-Yard cards..
Damn, this thing is a laser. I forgot how nice I have it set up - the trigger is just awesome.
The rifle is completely stock except the following:
- Removed the baffles and spring from the shroud - left air stripper on end of barrel.
- Added DonnyFL moderator adapter to end of shroud to allow use of Huma Mod30.
Of course, the internals and trigger are polished up to EPG standards
This is unregulated - and I did not change my vertical hold throughout these 25 shots (1 sighter).
Hope she doesn't rust - can't wait to shoot her on the 30-Masters on a dryer day, lol !
I was done shooting today because it was wet and slippery - didn't want to break myself or the rifle falling on the deck.
-EPG
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A tale of two targets. I shot this 191 with my P35-22 yesterday and was a little disappointed. The weather report said the wind was only 5 or 6 mph but pellets seemed to be moving a lot and I wasn't guessing well. I also was wondering about cleaning the barrel. Then I shot the P35-177 and shot the 175. Pellets were flying all over the place. The last square, 11, is a good example. I was holding in the upper left corner barely on the target and got an X with the next to last shot and a 8 with the same hold on the last shot. Wind was inconsistent and I was not catching the changes.
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I agree Tommy. It was the last day with decent weather this week. Early in the day has less wind but it's too cold. I've been avoiding right before sunset trying to get another squirrel or two. That season ends the end of this month. So better times are coming. But while I don't like the results much I have a lot of 177 pellets and get a lot of shots on a fill so practicing with it still seems to make sense.
Too windy in S. Florida for precision shooting. I did put an order in for a .177 Black Wolf, I'll keep you guys posted. The RAW Benchrest rifle will have to wait for awhile...I posted in the traditional rifle thread, this Feinwekbau 150 is amazing. Shot two cards in windy weather. The second was 188 6X. One of the shots was taken by my wife...she wanted to shoot the "new" rifle. Never say no to the wife! Anyways, I think it's good enough to post here. On a windless day, it should be much better. Cheers! Rick
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