30-Yard Challenge

[EPG]

Hi Guys,
A really nice day here near the beach and for a change light winds. Decided to try out the NW Crown with some new pellets. I shot the AEA 21.9 gr .22 pellets (because I ordered them by mistake instead of the 18.3 gr). I had shot a lot of H&N Barracuda Match 21.4gr in my Maverick with the 500mm STX Superior barrel with a lot of good results. So, what the heck.

For the leader board -
30 Yard Challenge - 200-15x. I think that is only my third 200 in the almost 3 years of this challenge. So I guess I found a good tune for the Crown with the 500mm .22 barrel. It's the same tune I was shooting the 18.1's, but at 820fps instead of 870fps. The cool part is that it was giving me an ES of 7 and an SD of 1,9 for the 30 or so shots for this target (including sighters).

Not quite that good, but also for the Leader Board - 40 Yard Masters - 192-8x. After shooting the 30 yard card the breeze had not really picked up so I thought I would give it a go. Really only 2 bad shots (the two 8's). The pellets seem to be really consistent. I am going to do my 200 shot analysis of these to see how good the numbers really are.

I also got some 13.4gr .177 AEA pellets of the JSB "trash can" shape I am going to try. It would be nice to have another source of really good .177 pellets.

Cheers,
Greg

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Congrats on the 200 Greg - basically 24 darn good shots on that card!

Excellent 40-Masters as well. I’ve got a bunch of JTS 22.07 pellets and a bunch of JTS .25 cal 29.63g coming.

I think its hard to improve on the match between FX barrels and JSB/FX soft lead pellets…

… however, I’m hoping that the JTS do well in my LW (RTI and Daystate) and CZ (Taipan) barrels. The only other 30g option in .25 is H&N. That pellet showed some awesome results on very low wind days, but perhaps due to its slightly pointed shape, it doesn’t do well in any wind. Of course, I’m using it at 75 and 100 yards.

AEA and JTS seem similar….

-Ed

 

[RCope]

Had a short window with low wind. I actually planned my day off around that window...shot a bunch of cards and did well. But, unfortunately no better than my previous attempts. This was my best 30yd Masters Challenge, 195, equal to my previous best but less X's. So nothing for the leader board. But I still enjoyed the challenge..

 

[EPG]

Had a short window with low wind. I actually planned my day off around that window...shot a bunch of cards and did well. But, unfortunately no better than my previous attempts. This was my best 30yd Masters Challenge, 195, equal to my previous best but less X's. So nothing for the leader board. But I still enjoyed the challenge..View attachment 548841

Nice 30-Masters Rick ! Zero “8s” is always an excellent card.

Stick a dime on our target and note that it covers almost to the 7-ring…

… so you just put 20 shots INSIDE a dime at 30 yards.

That’s how this Challenge improves your shooting. When you start, you have 7s and 8s and think to yourself “must have been the wind or a bad pellet”. As you get better, you realize that 98% of the time its you.

You don’t get the kind of feedback we get when shooting 5-shot groups. When shooting groups, if your 1st two shots touch you think you are shooting well… however the 1st shot was barely a “9” wide right and the 2nd shot was actually an “8” - even wider right.

Precision target shooting like our Challenges teaches you to hit exactly where you want to hit - and to make appropriate adjustments shot to shot.

We’ve been watching your progress with that Red Wolf - you have consistently improved. Keep at it.

-Ed

 

[beerthief]

now that it is nicer outside , i need (yes need is correct word) to shoot 30 and 49 yards again .