Zut 25yd Iron Sights Challenge ;-)

[Zut]

So last week I tried shooting the 30yd Challenge with my scoped HW35E. I did pretty good on my second attempt. I shot a 175 3X. Not to shabby I thought for a new springer shooter.

I didn't submit the target for scoring because I had a misfire in between targets 1 and2. (duh, keep your dang finger off the trigger until your ready to shoot and adjust the pull, it's to bloody light).

Today I was shooting my HW77 with Iron Sights and was doing pretty good at 25yds. I made up my own challenge target and gave it a try. 12 targets, 1" outer ring, 1/2" inner ring and 1/4" diamond bull. 1 point for outer, 2 for inner ring and 3 for diamond. You throw out the worst two targets and have a maximum of 30 points. Not my best shooting of the day, but this is hard to see at 25 yards with my poor eyes!


I thought I'd call it the Zut Iron Sights Challenge.

Rules made up as we go:
25 yards
Front Rest Only
Iron sights, open, peep, diopter, etc. No scopes
.22 or .177 Score with .22 caliber pellet or plug

I have attached two .pdf of the targets, one dark and one light so if you're interested fire away. Thanks to Fixedflinger for the new targets!!

Print on 8.5 x 11 paper.

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[UncleB]

Where did you get that target? Is there a link to it so we can print some off

 

[Zut]

I attached a .pdf of the target on the original post.
Cheers
Zut

 

[pdxFrank]

i'd have to attach a scope to see that target.
at just 25Y, seems almost like cheating.

 

[Zut]

i'd have to attach a scope to see that target.
at just 25Y, seems almost like cheating.
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It's a challenge for sure with Irons

 

[pdxFrank]

It's a challenge for sure with Irons

i guess if your eyes are bad. i'm 60 and that seems more like lawn-dart distance.

 

[OldSpook]

i guess if your eyes are bad. i'm 60 and that seems more like lawn-dart distance.

Well @pdxFrank let's see that group with your lawn darts...

I bet you can't keep them all on the paper.

 

[Zut]

i guess if your eyes are bad. i'm 60 and that seems more like lawn-dart distance.

Well there's a 30 yard challenge thread where guys are shooting perfect scores with scopes and front and rear rests. I thought 25 with iron sights and front rest would be fun to do. I find it a challenge.

 

[Fixedflinger]

I don't mean to step on your toes but I've been having trouble with the file printing at full size and it's taking a lot of ink on the background. So I went ahead and made a pattern that seems to print out at the exact sizes and it's a little easier on my printer.

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[Zut]

I don't mean to step on your toes but I've been having trouble with the file printing at full size and it's taking a lot of ink on the background. So I went ahead and made a pattern that seems to print out at the exact sizes and it's a little easier on my printer.

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Much better then mine!! Thanks for fixing it!
I attached it to the original post.

Cheers
Z

 

[UncleB]

Here’s my second attempt. The first attempt didn’t go so well, I could not see those unmodified targets. I’m 65 years old I’m not complaining, my eyes are still good enough to shoot Ironsights. For this attempt I blacked out the targets on a sacrificial target sheet, then pinned it directly over the top of my target sheet. this gave me a 1 inch black dot to aim at. I did plug my 177 caliber holes with a 22 slug to score the close ones. This is how they do it on the 30 yard challenge we should put that in the rules whether that’s allowed or not

 

[Fixedflinger]

Here’s my second attempt. The first attempt didn’t go so well, I could not see those unmodified targets. I’m 65 years old I’m not complaining, my eyes are still good enough to shoot Ironsights. For this attempt I blacked out the targets on a sacrificial target sheet, then pinned it directly over the top of my target sheet. this gave me a 1 inch black dot to aim at. I did plug my 177 caliber holes with a 22 slug to score the close ones. This is how they do it on the 30 yard challenge we should put that in the rules whether that’s allowed or not

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Your doing a lot better than me! I have a stack of shot targets and I still haven't broken 20.

 

[Zut]

Here’s my second attempt. The first attempt didn’t go so well, I could not see those unmodified targets. I’m 65 years old I’m not complaining, my eyes are still good enough to shoot Ironsights. For this attempt I blacked out the targets on a sacrificial target sheet, then pinned it directly over the top of my target sheet. this gave me a 1 inch black dot to aim at. I did plug my 177 caliber holes with a 22 slug to score the close ones. This is how they do it on the 30 yard challenge we should put that in the rules whether that’s allowed or not

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Awesome shooting UncleB, I was just shooting a few myself. I was thinking of some lighting myself, but I just squinted thru it. LOL

Two targets with a 14 points each. I think the .22 pellet is appropriate to use for scores. I also think we should use the diamond as a tie breaker so if you hit 3 diamonds your score would be something like 20 3D. What do you guys think?

Z

 

[Fixedflinger]

I think the .22 pellet is appropriate to use for scores. I also think we should use the diamond as a tie breaker so if you hit 3 diamonds your score would be something like 20 3D. What do you guys think?

Z

Makes perfect sense to me so I agree on both parts. As far as "iron" dose that include peep and diopter sights?

 

[Zut]

Here's my feeble attempt today. I like the target it's right at my limit of resolution. Kinda like Dawes Limit for shooting. I was messing around with my sights on the first 7 shots, then I kinda got dialed in on the last 5.

Z

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[Hateful McNasty]

So last week I tried shooting the 30yd Challenge with my scoped HW35E. I did pretty good on my second attempt. I shot a 175 3X. Not to shabby I thought for a new springer shooter.

I didn't submit the target for scoring because I had a misfire in between targets 1 and2. (duh, keep your dang finger off the trigger until your ready to shoot and adjust the pull, it's to bloody light).

Today I was shooting my HW77 with Iron Sights and was doing pretty good at 25yds. I made up my own challenge target and gave it a try. 12 targets, 1" outer ring, 1/2" inner ring and 1/4" diamond bull. 1 point for outer, 2 for inner ring and 3 for diamond. You throw out the worst two targets and have a maximum of 30 points. Not my best shooting of the day, but this is hard to see at 25 yards with my poor eyes!


I am calling it the Zut Iron Sights Challenge. Front Rest Only

I have attached a .pdf of the target if you're interested. Thanks to Fixedflinger for the new target!!

Print on 8.5 x 11 paper.

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Not bad at all.. that's tough. Tell ya, id try to color ring 8 in black and a yrue 6 o'clock hold and you my be tighter...

Like tommies chalange target from here i modified it so i can see it best naked eye for example. Then one shot with the gamo .22 as is

 

[Zut]

Makes perfect sense to me so I agree on both parts. As far as "iron" dose that include peep and diopter sights?

Absolutely, any type of open sights I think.

 

[Zut]

Not bad at all.. that's tough. Tell ya, id try to color ring 8 in black and a yrue 6 o'clock hold and you my be tighter...

Like tommies chalange target from here i modified it so i can see it best naked eye for example. Then one shot with the gamo .22 as is

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That looks like an interesting challenge too. Very nice shooting Mo!

 

[Hateful McNasty]

This one works good and easy to lay a bead on to 25/30y. Also easy to find online to get and print if interested .

I just find ones i like and then edit them as i need to like in a paint program/ app

 

[Zut]

This one works good and easy to lay a bead on to 25/30y. Also easy to find online to get and print if interested .

I just find ones i like and then edit them as i need to like in a paint program/ app

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I like that one too. I think we need to keep the dimensions of 1" outer ring, 1/2" inner ring then 1/4" diamond. Although I am not sure the diamond is the way to go. If you could put a white ring at 1/2" that might be a really good target.