.22 EDGun R3 Long versus .25 EDGun R5 Super Magnum, shooting slugs at 87 yards. Old school versus New school. 
I’ve been trying to decide which of my two Eddies were best for the small bore slug competition at RMAC. While I’m not certain of the targets and distances this year, in 2019 they were from 100 to about 225 yards. Late last year I “found the magic” with the R3 shooting NSA 20.2 HP DB slugs at 965 FPS, and posted some 110 yard groups that were well under an inch.
I also have the .25 Eddy SM, and have been working to get it to shoot slugs accurately for at least six months off and on. It likes the NSA 26.8 HP DB slugs at, coincidentally, 965 FPS.
So early this morning I set up a quadrant type swinger at 87 yards where I usually shoot in Descanso, CA. The center swinger is about an inch I think. Here is where and what I was shooting at. The target center left is at 50 yards used for sight in, the swinger is top middle in front of the large bush.
So the idea was to shoot two times with each gun ten shots each, and the winner would be the one that hit the middle orange swinger the most times. Here are the contestants.
I won’t bore you with the blow by blow. The R3 went 8 and 7 for 15. The R5 went 6 and 5 for 11. The wind was right to left about 2 to 3 mph with minor gusts to 5 mph. Despite the BC advantage of the .25 (0.085 to 0.074), I didn’t notice one drifting more than the other. But that’s just my observation, not scientific. Here’s a photo of the target after the second round. I painted it after the first 20 shots. Quarters are for size reference. A quarter is 0.955 inch diameter.
So it looks like the clear winner is the .22 R3. I’m not sure if it’s because the R3 is easier to shoot with a better trigger, but that makes sense. R3 had Athlon Midas TAC 6-24x, R5 had Athlon Ares BTR 4.5-27x. Looks like I’ll be bringing the R3 to Utah and selling the .25 R5 SM.
I’ve been trying to decide which of my two Eddies were best for the small bore slug competition at RMAC. While I’m not certain of the targets and distances this year, in 2019 they were from 100 to about 225 yards. Late last year I “found the magic” with the R3 shooting NSA 20.2 HP DB slugs at 965 FPS, and posted some 110 yard groups that were well under an inch.
I also have the .25 Eddy SM, and have been working to get it to shoot slugs accurately for at least six months off and on. It likes the NSA 26.8 HP DB slugs at, coincidentally, 965 FPS.
So early this morning I set up a quadrant type swinger at 87 yards where I usually shoot in Descanso, CA. The center swinger is about an inch I think. Here is where and what I was shooting at. The target center left is at 50 yards used for sight in, the swinger is top middle in front of the large bush.
So the idea was to shoot two times with each gun ten shots each, and the winner would be the one that hit the middle orange swinger the most times. Here are the contestants.
I won’t bore you with the blow by blow. The R3 went 8 and 7 for 15. The R5 went 6 and 5 for 11. The wind was right to left about 2 to 3 mph with minor gusts to 5 mph. Despite the BC advantage of the .25 (0.085 to 0.074), I didn’t notice one drifting more than the other. But that’s just my observation, not scientific. Here’s a photo of the target after the second round. I painted it after the first 20 shots. Quarters are for size reference. A quarter is 0.955 inch diameter.
So it looks like the clear winner is the .22 R3. I’m not sure if it’s because the R3 is easier to shoot with a better trigger, but that makes sense. R3 had Athlon Midas TAC 6-24x, R5 had Athlon Ares BTR 4.5-27x. Looks like I’ll be bringing the R3 to Utah and selling the .25 R5 SM.
of the Eddys!!
)your beating what I’m doing dammot! I’m running out of time and options? Maybe I can hope for a malfunction? So you can just sit there and eat pizza
Nice shooting man!
