30-Yard Challenge
- Thread starter tcarlson777
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Leaderboard Submissions - Various Rifles over the past two weeks:
30-Challenge: 194 9X (3/19/25)
Weihrauch HW110 .22
FX 15.89 @ 657 (yep - tuned for 17 ft/lbs currently - almost silent)
Arken EPL-4 6x24 FFP @ 24X
40-Masters: 196 12X (3/19/25)
FX Crown Mk2 .22 (700mm Superlight Barrel with carbon sleeve)
JSB 20.83 @ 880-885fps
Sightron SII 36x (fixed power)
30-Masters: 196 12X (3/22/25)
FX Crown Mk2 .22 (700mm Superlight Barrel with carbon sleeve)
JSB 20.83 @ 889fps
Sightron SII 36x (fixed power)
30-Masters: 196 14X (3/28/25)
Daystate Huntsman Regal .22 (Huma Reg, Custom hammerspring, No barrel band)
FX 15.89 @ 780-785fps
Athlon Midas Tac FFP 6x24 @ 24x
40-Masters: 192 10X (3/29/25)
Taipan Veteran 2 .22 (550mm CZ barrel and Huma Reg @ 150bar)
JSB 20.83 @ 914-898fps (dropping as rifle cooled to outside temp)
Athlon Argos 10-40 SFP @ 40X (awesome scope for 40-Challenge)
Wind conditions are usually not great at this time of year, so I watch my wind flags out the window and shoot a couple cards when conditions are not too rough.
As you may have noticed, I'm mostly shooting my "tuned down" .22s and my .177s this time of year... as I don't have the constant cover of lawn mowers and other neighborhood noise. My two neighbors on either side are fine with my shooting, but I don't want to draw too much attention. I seen posts on AGN where other members have had neighbors that reported them.... I don't want to have that happen to me. One of the primary draws to this hobby for me is that I can do it right in my yard - without having to drive anywhere.
Hope that you guys are getting some lead downrange - Spring is almost here.
-Ed
30-Challenge: 194 9X (3/19/25)
Weihrauch HW110 .22
FX 15.89 @ 657 (yep - tuned for 17 ft/lbs currently - almost silent)
Arken EPL-4 6x24 FFP @ 24X
40-Masters: 196 12X (3/19/25)
FX Crown Mk2 .22 (700mm Superlight Barrel with carbon sleeve)
JSB 20.83 @ 880-885fps
Sightron SII 36x (fixed power)
30-Masters: 196 12X (3/22/25)
FX Crown Mk2 .22 (700mm Superlight Barrel with carbon sleeve)
JSB 20.83 @ 889fps
Sightron SII 36x (fixed power)
30-Masters: 196 14X (3/28/25)
Daystate Huntsman Regal .22 (Huma Reg, Custom hammerspring, No barrel band)
FX 15.89 @ 780-785fps
Athlon Midas Tac FFP 6x24 @ 24x
40-Masters: 192 10X (3/29/25)
Taipan Veteran 2 .22 (550mm CZ barrel and Huma Reg @ 150bar)
JSB 20.83 @ 914-898fps (dropping as rifle cooled to outside temp)
Athlon Argos 10-40 SFP @ 40X (awesome scope for 40-Challenge)
Wind conditions are usually not great at this time of year, so I watch my wind flags out the window and shoot a couple cards when conditions are not too rough.
As you may have noticed, I'm mostly shooting my "tuned down" .22s and my .177s this time of year... as I don't have the constant cover of lawn mowers and other neighborhood noise. My two neighbors on either side are fine with my shooting, but I don't want to draw too much attention. I seen posts on AGN where other members have had neighbors that reported them.... I don't want to have that happen to me. One of the primary draws to this hobby for me is that I can do it right in my yard - without having to drive anywhere.
Hope that you guys are getting some lead downrange - Spring is almost here.
-Ed
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Surprised to see the Vet in last place. Tomorrow the results might flip flop? It’s all about the wind at that range. None the less that is some fine shooting with several different guns.
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Its just wind conditions….
Shot this 40-Masters today with Vet 2.
It could be 195 - can’t tell if 9 or 10 on that close shot - so scored it as 9 resulting in 194.
Will submit for leaderboard. My two sighters before starting card were same hole.
I think I can shoot a 195+ 40-Masters with my Vet 2 and the 20.83s… just need to be patient with wind.
-Ed
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That’s more like it Ed. I’d score #5 as a 9. When in doubt, take a picture with your phone, then enlarge it and you will more easily be able to see the gap between the plug and the 10 ring.
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The use of the iPhone with scoring plug (and zooming in) really does capture if there is any white space between a black ring line and the hole. It has ruined many “almost 10’s” for me.
Fantastic 40y Masters with the Vet 2. I think I’ll need a whole punch to get a higher score.
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Thanks Tommy.
My EPG-Style of “no sighters after the card begins, so every shot counts” really cost me a fantastic score on that card…
… I noticed a slight wind shift (I thought slight) as I came down from the row above and shot 8B first. Dang. I said “no way that was wind, must have been the pellet”, made a slight adjustment on 8A just in case…. and learned it was the wind, lol. Lost 3 points on target pair 8 because I refused to take a sighter and tried to rely on my wind reading “ability”…. or I should call it disability.
I wound up holding on the left side of the bull and higher the rest of the card - up through Target pair #7 I was holding on the right edge of the bull.
I just didn’t think what seemed a mild wind shift would move 21g pellets that much… but 40 yards is a lot different than 30 yards when it comes to wind moving pellets…
Learning all the time.
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The harsh reality - One of the most difficult things for me, is to know ‘when’ to take a sighter with a wind shift. Why -because sometimes I use my prior shot to find the new hold and find out subsequently that I should have used a sighter.
The Good news: 190 Masters for 40Y is a great card. But, ….194 is off the charts nuts!
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