Others “HAM Community Target Challenge” 20, 40, 80y

[Billm]

Nice qualifying. I’ll have to hope for no wind. I managed to get 40 shots in after the storm today. I hope to try all three.

 

[FL22]

More qualifying.

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Beginner class.

I don’t think I will be using the S510 on the Challenge the rifle is not shooting very good.

I’m not sure what’s going on. I’ve cleaned the barrel and am sure everything else is good and tight, but it was terrible just terrible .

I’ve got to get a crono soon .

 

[Danman]

More qualifying.

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Beginner class.

I don’t think I will be using the S510 on the Challenge the rifle is not shooting very good.

I’m not sure what’s going on. I’ve cleaned the barrel and am sure everything else is good and tight, but it was terrible just terrible .

I’ve got to get a crono soon .

Whaaa that's not good! And yes u need a chrono 4 sure. Mine has slipped a mite but it's still my most accurate gun by a long shot. Toss a kleenex on the breech and see if air is escaping past breech/barrel o-ring when u shoot. I buggered mine last cleaning session...saw a chunk come off, but it's not leaking so I'm leaving it alone! Got a pair of spares for when the dreaded day comes...

 

[Billm]

Qualifying/practice lol.

 

[PapaT]

I had to do testing, so I'd know who was best out of the Avenger. Now I need to remember to actually print the targets.

 

[FL22]

Whaaa that's not good! And yes u need a chrono 4 sure. Mine has slipped a mite but it's still my most accurate gun by a long shot. Toss a kleenex on the breech and see of air is escaping past breech/barrel o-ring when u shoot. I buggered mine last cleaning session...saw a chunk come off, but it's not leaking so I'm leaving it alone! Got a pair of spares for when the dreaded day comes...

Great info with the tissue test . Hopefully the Kraken keeps going for a long while.

 

[FL22]

Rise old thread, rise!!

It’s time for a 30/15 yard challenge

Same as always, let’s talk about it here and then I’ll do a separate thread for the Challenge.

So I’m thinking a bench .177 30y for PCP and 15-20y ?? for Springers.


Everyone’s thoughts are welcome, but participants will be taken more seriously .

Is this target OK?
What is a good distance for the separate Springer Challenge? Or should it be the same distance?

 

[Florida_Man]

Rise old thread, rise!!

It’s time for a 30/15 yard challenge

Same as always, let’s talk about it here and then I’ll do a separate thread for the Challenge.

So I’m thinking a bench .177 30y for PCP and 15-20y ?? for Springers.


Everyone’s thoughts are welcome, but participants will be taken more seriously .

Is this target OK?
What is a good distance for the separate Springer Challenge? Or should it be the same distance?

Not tonight for me.

 

[FL22]

Not tonight for me.

Nope, no night time target shooting for you.

Even if we get all the details worked out it’s not looking good for me either this weekend, looks like rain every day.

We’ll have to set the deadline for the third week of October that should give everyone a chance.

 

[FL22]

@Billm do you have a .177?

If not let’s work out a fair penalty for larger calibers.

 

[Billm]

@Billm do you have a .177?

If not let’s work out a fair penalty for larger calibers.

I do, I have a Diana 48 and a Beeman underlever pcp

 

[Billm]

Rise old thread, rise!!

It’s time for a 30/15 yard challenge

Same as always, let’s talk about it here and then I’ll do a separate thread for the Challenge.

So I’m thinking a bench .177 30y for PCP and 15-20y ?? for Springers.


Everyone’s thoughts are welcome, but participants will be taken more seriously .

Is this target OK?
What is a good distance for the separate Springer Challenge? Or should it be the same distance?

It looks good to me. I’ll try both at whatever distance that you decide.

 

[Billm]

Nope, no night time target shooting for you.

Even if we get all the details worked out it’s not looking good for me either this weekend, looks like rain every day.

We’ll have to set the deadline for the third week of October that should give everyone a chance.

I wish we had rain coming.

 

[Billm]

We had 1/2 an inch yesterday, only rain in weeks.

 

[pan60]

we got dumped on last night not sure how much but a bunch

 

[Danman]

Rise old thread, rise!!

It’s time for a 30/15 yard challenge

Same as always, let’s talk about it here and then I’ll do a separate thread for the Challenge.

So I’m thinking a bench .177 30y for PCP and 15-20y ?? for Springers.


Everyone’s thoughts are welcome, but participants will be taken more seriously .

Is this target OK?
What is a good distance for the separate Springer Challenge? Or should it be the same distance?

Count me in. I dont own a .177 pcp so my TX and I are up! I would say 20Y for springers vs 30Y for pcps is fair
We are finnalllyyy getting rain here too this week....been super dry since July. I've been watering 15foot tall trees just to keep em alive

 

[Billm]

The only time that I get no wind is early in the morning or at night, I was going to attempt the new challenge this morning, but I shoot west to east and so the sun is directly behind the target in the morning. Today it was also 99% humidity lol. Kind of crazy. But, I still love being able to shoot in my backyard at will. I’m filling the Beeman.177 now. That 30yd target looks tiny lol. I
It’s been so long since I’ve shot the Beeman, I couldn’t remember the fill limit lol.

 

[Billm]

Count me in. I dont own a .177 pcp so my TX and I are up! I would say 20Y for springers vs 30Y for pcps is fair
We are finnalllyyy getting rain here too this week....been super dry since July. I've been watering 15foot tall trees just to keep em alive

Yep, my water bill is killing me.

 

[Billm]

So now I’m falling down another rabbit hole with this challenge. The trigger on the Beeman was really stiff and then started failing to return to the forward position. The darn trigger is digging into the wooden trigger guard. I loosened the stock screw slightly and released the trigger. I could only find two tins of open .177 pellets, some H&N Hobby Excite lol and some H&N Bardacuda Match 10.65gr. I decided to go with the Barracuda’s. They actually look terrible to the naked eye. I’m getting some pretty tight groups of around 8” at 30yds. The velocity spread is good too, only about 50fps (880-930). I think the tune is going to be the challenge lol. The reg is not adjustable and the only adjustment is the hammer spring. I guess I’ll start with a barrel cleaning. The fun begins.

 

[FL22]

So now I’m falling down another rabbit hole with this challenge. The trigger on the Beeman was really stiff and then started failing to return to the forward position. The darn trigger is digging into the wooden trigger guard. I loosened the stock screw slightly and released the trigger. I could only find two tins of open .177 pellets, some H&N Hobby Excite lol and some H&N Bardacuda Match 10.65gr. I decided to go with the Barracuda’s. They actually look terrible to the naked eye. I’m getting some pretty tight groups of around 8” at 30yds. The velocity spread is good too, only about 50fps (880-930). I think the tune is going to be the challenge lol. The reg is not adjustable and the only adjustment is the hammer spring. I guess I’ll start with a barrel cleaning. The fun begins.

Thanks Bill!! You have inspired the name of the Challenge .

Falling down the rabbit hole .177 Challenge