Battle of the Wolves in Rancho San Diego. What I haven’t included are group photos, since they were all ten shot groups at 100 yards, at least 6 or 7 groups each. Wind swirly breezy about 4 to 7 mph.
Contestant #1, my .25 Daystate Red Wolf that I shot at EBR 2022 and finished 3rd Pro, top American, and top Daystate rifle.
Vortex Golden Eagle 15-60x scope and JSB .25 Heavy Mk1 at 925 fps. I kept the scope at 30x on both for fairness.
Contestant #2, my .22 Daystate Red Wolf HP, which until very recently had a midnight blue stock and now sports a red PRS chassis (thanks AoA!!!). This is the gun I won for winning EBR 2019 (S) and also had the high overall score at RMAC 2021 - (229-8x).
Hawke Sidewinder 8-32x scope and JSB Monster RD at 975 fps.
So I had one on one bench, the other right there on the other. I would shoot ten at one target, then shift guns and shoot another ten at a different target. All at 100 yards. No target pics (how boring), but I did get a few ten shot MOA groups with the .25 and one ten shot MOA group with the .22.
What I did notice, the BIGGEST difference, was the .25 Heavy was significantly less affected by vertical jump due to quartering winds, plus less overall drift from side winds. Now, I know you can say the BCs are so close, 0.053 (.22) to 0.055 (.25) that it SHOULDN’T make a difference.
And that’s what I expected. But I was surprised, and especially noteworthy was the vertical jump when the wind was from 10:30 or 1:30. A different and notable difference of over 1/2 inch at 100 yards, or the difference between a 9 and an 8 on an EBR card.
So without further ado, the winner in this matchup, and the gun that will get the nod for EBR 2023 100Y BR is my .25 Daystate Red Wolf, Bullseye
Contestant #1, my .25 Daystate Red Wolf that I shot at EBR 2022 and finished 3rd Pro, top American, and top Daystate rifle.
Vortex Golden Eagle 15-60x scope and JSB .25 Heavy Mk1 at 925 fps. I kept the scope at 30x on both for fairness.
Contestant #2, my .22 Daystate Red Wolf HP, which until very recently had a midnight blue stock and now sports a red PRS chassis (thanks AoA!!!). This is the gun I won for winning EBR 2019 (S) and also had the high overall score at RMAC 2021 - (229-8x).
Hawke Sidewinder 8-32x scope and JSB Monster RD at 975 fps.
So I had one on one bench, the other right there on the other. I would shoot ten at one target, then shift guns and shoot another ten at a different target. All at 100 yards. No target pics (how boring), but I did get a few ten shot MOA groups with the .25 and one ten shot MOA group with the .22.
What I did notice, the BIGGEST difference, was the .25 Heavy was significantly less affected by vertical jump due to quartering winds, plus less overall drift from side winds. Now, I know you can say the BCs are so close, 0.053 (.22) to 0.055 (.25) that it SHOULDN’T make a difference.
And that’s what I expected. But I was surprised, and especially noteworthy was the vertical jump when the wind was from 10:30 or 1:30. A different and notable difference of over 1/2 inch at 100 yards, or the difference between a 9 and an 8 on an EBR card.
So without further ado, the winner in this matchup, and the gun that will get the nod for EBR 2023 100Y BR is my .25 Daystate Red Wolf, Bullseye
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