OP - Here is the link to Mike’s “slugs in the rings” at 100Y Challenge thread. It’s a long and older thread, but if you are patient and read through it, you will see many 5-shot scoring groups at 100y with air guns and my .22 LR Anschutz cards also.
The challenge is deceptively difficult for an air rifle ( and even for a .22 RF) because of how small the ring sizes are for 100y and managing wind drift. At the time, the intent was to see how both .22 RF and air rifles shooting slugs would compare at 100Y.
I think Mike recorded several “2500” perfect scores with 40g slugs, which still boggles my mind. Think of it this way; a shooter needs to shoot MOA or sub MOA for 25 shots to get a ‘2500’! My best with an airgun was 1875, and I never came closer than that with pellets. As a matter of interest, there are some pretty good air guns now shooting 38-40g slugs which might do very well, if we could see some cards.
Edit: I was curious so I took out my Caliper and measured the diameter of the N50 ring which is 1.25.” So, technically you can be approximately 1.15” from hole to hole inside the ring for it to count as 100 score, as long as no hole touches the outer ring lines.
Here is the link below:
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The challenge is deceptively difficult for an air rifle ( and even for a .22 RF) because of how small the ring sizes are for 100y and managing wind drift. At the time, the intent was to see how both .22 RF and air rifles shooting slugs would compare at 100Y.
I think Mike recorded several “2500” perfect scores with 40g slugs, which still boggles my mind. Think of it this way; a shooter needs to shoot MOA or sub MOA for 25 shots to get a ‘2500’! My best with an airgun was 1875, and I never came closer than that with pellets. As a matter of interest, there are some pretty good air guns now shooting 38-40g slugs which might do very well, if we could see some cards.
Edit: I was curious so I took out my Caliper and measured the diameter of the N50 ring which is 1.25.” So, technically you can be approximately 1.15” from hole to hole inside the ring for it to count as 100 score, as long as no hole touches the outer ring lines.
Here is the link below:
N50 at 100 “In The Rings” Slug Challenge
Now that the weather is starting to break…I thought maybe some people would like to play something different as far as bench shooting goes. The target used will be the N50 shot at 100y using slugs on air or 22LR if you like. Below is a printable portion of the N50 on standard 8 1/2 x 11...
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