Yesterday I shot for hrs, and it was glorious.
99% of the shooting was on paper @ 100 yards. The goal was to compare my three best options for long range: .22 MRD from a Veteran Long, .20/15.89 from the Ghost, and .20/18.9 from the Ghost.
I played with speeds from 870-960 with the .22 MRDs from the Vet.
The .20/15.89s were at 910-915.
The .20/18.9s NSA slugs were from 870-880.
The idea here was to see which combination is my best option for Xtreme Field Target. That means no sighters, no wind flags, first shot ALWAYS counts. As such, I used no wind flags and scored all shots taken.
I used EBR targets and scoring, plugged to .30. I shot all six targets on each paper, one card with each projectile. I then averaged the 5 shot groups from each projectile for all shots taken.
The .22/25.4 MRDs averaged 40.2, so figure 200ish for an entire "card."
The .20/15.89 averaged 41, so about 205 for an EBR card.
The .20/18.9 averaged 44, so in the 220 area.
And yes, those aren't great EBR scores, but I also scored every shot I took. With unlimited sighters that would probably be up another 15-20 points for each. In the airgun competitions I focus on, sighters aren't allowed, and that's how I wanted to do the assessment.
It was windy, but not unmanageable, during the time I was shooting NOAA recorded winds from 8-24mph at the weather station a few miles from my house.
Going from the pellets to the slugs felt like cheating.
Of the 18, 5 shot groups (90 shots) only one of them scored outside the 7 ring when using the slugs.
These two were the high point from the slugs, there were lots of 45, and 46s as well. Only the one group that had the 6 scored less than 40 ,(a 39 in this case) the rest of the 5 shot groups were 40+.
Looks like I'll be shooting .20/18.9grain NSA slugs from the Ghost at some Xtreme Field Target matches this winter.
99% of the shooting was on paper @ 100 yards. The goal was to compare my three best options for long range: .22 MRD from a Veteran Long, .20/15.89 from the Ghost, and .20/18.9 from the Ghost.
I played with speeds from 870-960 with the .22 MRDs from the Vet.
The .20/15.89s were at 910-915.
The .20/18.9s NSA slugs were from 870-880.
The idea here was to see which combination is my best option for Xtreme Field Target. That means no sighters, no wind flags, first shot ALWAYS counts. As such, I used no wind flags and scored all shots taken.
I used EBR targets and scoring, plugged to .30. I shot all six targets on each paper, one card with each projectile. I then averaged the 5 shot groups from each projectile for all shots taken.
The .22/25.4 MRDs averaged 40.2, so figure 200ish for an entire "card."
The .20/15.89 averaged 41, so about 205 for an EBR card.
The .20/18.9 averaged 44, so in the 220 area.
And yes, those aren't great EBR scores, but I also scored every shot I took. With unlimited sighters that would probably be up another 15-20 points for each. In the airgun competitions I focus on, sighters aren't allowed, and that's how I wanted to do the assessment.
It was windy, but not unmanageable, during the time I was shooting NOAA recorded winds from 8-24mph at the weather station a few miles from my house.
Going from the pellets to the slugs felt like cheating.
Of the 18, 5 shot groups (90 shots) only one of them scored outside the 7 ring when using the slugs.
These two were the high point from the slugs, there were lots of 45, and 46s as well. Only the one group that had the 6 scored less than 40 ,(a 39 in this case) the rest of the 5 shot groups were 40+.
Looks like I'll be shooting .20/18.9grain NSA slugs from the Ghost at some Xtreme Field Target matches this winter.
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