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What Paper Target Did You Shoot Today
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I confess — I am picky. I don't have 25 or 50 yards handy to shoot. I don't have coyotes to shoot at. I'm stuck indoors for the winter. So how can I push myself to do better? I just try to keep getting Xs and teeny groups. Guess I could shoot fliesHello @rsfrid
Yes I can see the difference, BUT, they are so close. I also know if you shot 10 cards with both pellets that the Baracuda would be the best, BUT, you are just a "picky ole dude"
Ross you have mastered that Pistol, that is some excellent shooting
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@ThomasT I see you mentioned that you re-sized your AA’s to 5.53. I’ve never had any success shooting re-sized pellets. May I suggest that you shoot 10 straight from the tin and 10 from your sizing die and see if you can discern any accuracy differences? You may or may not learn something but I suppose it boils down to what your pipe prefers?
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Hello @igolfat8
Normally I do not resize any pellet that does shoot OK from the Tin. However this last box ( 5 Tins of 500 pieces ) of JSB Jumbo Heavy 18.13gr are absolutely floor sweepings. I posted photos of them some time ago and they are really bad. So I have been re-sizing all of the JSB and they are shooting "just OK", but I still have two more tins. Anyway I did shoot 5 of the AA's right out of the Tin and then shot 5 that I re-sized and it was too close to tell which was better. I know 5 shots is not a fair test. While it was raining I re-sized four mags of the AA and that is why I shot this target. I will re-shoot this target with the AA's right out of the Tin to give them a fair test. Thanks for the good advice, I wasn't fully thinking on this one
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Hello everyone,
Cold and windy but no rain so I tried to shoot a couple of paper targets this morning. I tried some AA 18gr pellets right out of the Tin as suggested by @igolfat8 and it looks like they did shoot better than when I re-sized some. I will shoot these again in better conditions.
Range: Outdoor 10-Meters
Rifle: Niksan Ozark-TW .22 caliber
Scope: Vector Optics, Tourex 6-24x50 FFP
Pellets: AA 18gr
FPS:
FPE:
Wind: 10 to 20 mph
ThomasT
Cold and windy but no rain so I tried to shoot a couple of paper targets this morning. I tried some AA 18gr pellets right out of the Tin as suggested by @igolfat8 and it looks like they did shoot better than when I re-sized some. I will shoot these again in better conditions.
Range: Outdoor 10-Meters
Rifle: Niksan Ozark-TW .22 caliber
Scope: Vector Optics, Tourex 6-24x50 FFP
Pellets: AA 18gr
FPS:
FPE:
Wind: 10 to 20 mph
ThomasT
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Nice one Thomas ... you may have to call Izzy soon!!! LOL Your verticals look very consistent, which is a good thing. Only the wind to factor in now. Good shooting Thomas.
BTW, put your bent skirts in a separate tin. Then shoot those later and good barrels will usually surprise you.
BTW, put your bent skirts in a separate tin. Then shoot those later and good barrels will usually surprise you.
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Tim is a fantastic competition shooter and knows what he's talking about! Great card in the wind Thomas!
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Hello everyone,
Sun came out and the wind let up a bit so I had to shoot several more paper targets. Wind was from the right almost 90 degrees to my range.
Range: Outdoor 10-Meters
Rifle: Niksan Ozark-TW .22 caliber
Scope: Vector Optics, Tourex 6-24x50 FFP
Pellets: JSB Jumbo Heavy 18.13gr Re-sized to 5.53
FPS: 834
FPE: 28
Wind: 10 to 15 mph
ThomasT
Sun came out and the wind let up a bit so I had to shoot several more paper targets. Wind was from the right almost 90 degrees to my range.
Range: Outdoor 10-Meters
Rifle: Niksan Ozark-TW .22 caliber
Scope: Vector Optics, Tourex 6-24x50 FFP
Pellets: JSB Jumbo Heavy 18.13gr Re-sized to 5.53
FPS: 834
FPE: 28
Wind: 10 to 15 mph
ThomasT
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Hello everyone,
OK just one more target but changing rifles. That #9 bullseye, I felt the pellet resist going into the breach and my fault that I didn’t shoot it off target
Range: Outdoor 10-Meters
Rifle: Brocock Sniper XR .22 caliber
Scope: Athlon Argos BTR Gen2 10-40x56
Pellets: JSB Jumbo Heavy 18.13gr Resized 5.53
FPS: 834
FPE: 28
Wind: 10 to 15 mph
ThomasT
OK just one more target but changing rifles. That #9 bullseye, I felt the pellet resist going into the breach and my fault that I didn’t shoot it off target
Range: Outdoor 10-Meters
Rifle: Brocock Sniper XR .22 caliber
Scope: Athlon Argos BTR Gen2 10-40x56
Pellets: JSB Jumbo Heavy 18.13gr Resized 5.53
FPS: 834
FPE: 28
Wind: 10 to 15 mph
ThomasT
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Thomas, I am glad the weather broke so you could shoot both of these very nice cards above!Hello everyone,
OK just one more target but changing rifles. That #9 bullseye, I felt the pellet resist going into the breach and my fault that I didn’t shoot it off target
Range: Outdoor 10-Meters
Rifle: Brocock Sniper XR .22 caliber
Scope: Athlon Argos BTR Gen2 10-40x56
Pellets: JSB Jumbo Heavy 18.13gr Resized 5.53
FPS: 834
FPE: 28
Wind: 10 to 15 mph
ThomasT
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Hello @igolfat8
Well I guess I will have to build a bunkhouse on my property so you and Ross @rsfrid can come spend the winter months down here. Man-o man, letting a little white stuff stop you from spending the day out side. I braved the cold here this morning (43f) and walked all the way out to my 10-Meter range to put up a target and ran back into my house to shoot
ThomasT
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Sun's out here and in the 30s 
So I shot for a while in the basement — remembered to turn off the fan (the constant wind out of 10 to 2 oclock). I can still trust the HW44 to not disappoint—
So I shot for a while in the basement — remembered to turn off the fan (the constant wind out of 10 to 2 oclock). I can still trust the HW44 to not disappoint—
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Ross, you and your HW44 are one with the Air-Force, Jedi like in accuracy! A most excellent card sir!Sun's out here and in the 30s
So I shot for a while in the basement — remembered to turn off the fan (the constant wind out of 10 to 2 oclock). I can still trust the HW44 to not disappoint—
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