What Paper Target Did You Shoot Today
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Shot my Avenger 22 indoors today at 10M experimenting with different pellets and rear rest set ups. Some combinations worked better than others.
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Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. It was a stressful day and the time shooting was some very much need lead therapy. The top 1/4” circle target was my last one for the day and I had pretty much zeroed in on one pellet and head size and it seemed to be working pretty well. This rifle certainly isn’t as accurate at 10M as the Crosman Challenger which I recently sold was but it is able to shoot longer distances more accurately than the (10M specific) Challenger.
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It has been a decade since i posted my last targets. I am trying to make my way back into the sport. I had not touched my rifle in years, and needed some talc, so I sent it to Martin for a tuneup. Very appreciative of all the care he puts into his work. Mine is an old one in the series. Serial number 500 with a cut rifle barrel.
Now that the rifle is tuned…I need to work on me. Most of the time, I am limited to shooting a very short range…10 m…it is the most I can get in the environment where I live. A tiny distance I know, but the best I can do for daily practice without driving an hour to a range. I try to be as precise as possible while shooting off of a few milk crates and a Caldwell bag. The setup is a little wobbly, which forces me to relax and still my body. Here is one of many to appear as days go by, and hopefull, they will improve. Thanks for the thread Mike. It reminds me of the one started years ago by Jimmy Fussel in the shooting challenge.
Nice to be back
Mike
Now that the rifle is tuned…I need to work on me. Most of the time, I am limited to shooting a very short range…10 m…it is the most I can get in the environment where I live. A tiny distance I know, but the best I can do for daily practice without driving an hour to a range. I try to be as precise as possible while shooting off of a few milk crates and a Caldwell bag. The setup is a little wobbly, which forces me to relax and still my body. Here is one of many to appear as days go by, and hopefull, they will improve. Thanks for the thread Mike. It reminds me of the one started years ago by Jimmy Fussel in the shooting challenge.
Nice to be back
Mike
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@manabeknives , Mike, Your rifle and shooting skills are very impressive! Glad you have returned to the sport. That target should bring a new and rekindled desire to shoot more often. If its just too boring shooting Xs all day then you can just send that old rifle to me 
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Hello @manabeknives
Welcome back into the fun sport of shooting air guns and shooting paper targets. I see from the card that you attached to this thread that you gave up early from shooting all of the Bullseyes DEAD CENTER
. Wow ! Looks like you and that rifle need very little practice , most impressive. This is the very reason that I started this thread, is to get and keep folks using their airguns on a regular basis.ThomasT
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Hello everyone,
Not the ideal day to shoot, 40f, wet/misty, wind 10 to 15 mph so I decided to move my two Big Bang Pellet traps out next to the 10-Meter steel target. This way I will have three paper targets to shoot before I have to go and set up new ones. Using up some of the last of the old original design General Targets and used more of the “re-sized” bad JSB pellets. To my pleasant surprise I shot a total of six targets and got a 200 score on all but one. Some of these pellets almost fell through the 5.53 Tool and others barely would start to go in. None the less, the resizing definitely does help the accuracy.
Range: Outdoor 10-Meters
Rifle: Niksan Ozark-TW .22 caliber
Scope: Vector Optics, Tourex 6-24x50 FFP
Pellets: JSB Jumbo Heavy 18.13gr
FPS: 800
FPE: 25.77
Wind: 10 to 15 mph variable
ThomasT
Not the ideal day to shoot, 40f, wet/misty, wind 10 to 15 mph so I decided to move my two Big Bang Pellet traps out next to the 10-Meter steel target. This way I will have three paper targets to shoot before I have to go and set up new ones. Using up some of the last of the old original design General Targets and used more of the “re-sized” bad JSB pellets. To my pleasant surprise I shot a total of six targets and got a 200 score on all but one. Some of these pellets almost fell through the 5.53 Tool and others barely would start to go in. None the less, the resizing definitely does help the accuracy.
Range: Outdoor 10-Meters
Rifle: Niksan Ozark-TW .22 caliber
Scope: Vector Optics, Tourex 6-24x50 FFP
Pellets: JSB Jumbo Heavy 18.13gr
FPS: 800
FPE: 25.77
Wind: 10 to 15 mph variable
ThomasT
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Thanks ThomasTHello @manabeknives
Welcome back into the fun sport of shooting air guns and shooting paper targets. I see from the card that you attached to this thread that you gave up early from shooting all of the Bullseyes DEAD CENTER
ThomasT
i have an old chrony that only keep track of 33 shots ...so i did 30 to keep it neat looking..lol
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Guess I have a lot of practice ahead of me to be as good as you are. Nice shooting pardner.
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Hello @rsfrid
Thanks Ross but I am trailing way behind your 200 - 20Xs and everybody including Tim and Mike, I'm the one that needs some practice.
I just could not get into the spirit of things this morning, these cold "tomb gray" winter days gets my mental ability down
, I hate winter.ThomasT
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Dottie and I both hate winter, yet look where we are living! Only 6 months till summer!Hello @rsfrid
Thanks Ross but I am trailing way behind your 200 - 20Xs and everybody including Tim and Mike, I'm the one that needs some practice.
I just could not get into the spirit of things this morning, these cold "tomb gray" winter days gets my mental ability down
ThomasT
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Well, more practice on hand grip and breathing. I have an oscillating fan running next to target boxes, so that should count as windy! My goal is six little perfectly round holes on a card like this (like the bottom right bull). The center black square is 4.5mm so if I get all 5 shots inside this square, that's a one-hole group (177 cal).
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It's even longer since i was able to pick up a hammer and pound the crap out of some steel. I'm thinking of re-locating soon to a place where i can do some forging. Found some old blades i can finish, just don't have the room to throw a belt on the grinder. Hopefully soon. Thanks for asking.
Mike
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