Benchrest BillM’s Sept. 2026 X-Shot: competitor perspectives

[Bill_D]

I wrote Eley an email asking them to consider making an additional section of the App to utilize 100 yard BR as most of the major USA competitions. I think this would be a viable business option for them as new targets would need to be printed. Although I am not really into benchrest - it seems to be more popular than field target.
If you're interested - maybe send a similar request.

 

[BenjeneerJohn]

Solo I found that taking the picture while hanging on a black or dark colored wall worked well. We have a large ballistic block wall that works perfectly for this. A tree might work well for you.

You cannot tip or tilt your phone or it will give you poor scoring results.

That new chrono screen looks fantastic!

John

 

[Bill_D]

Solo I found that taking the picture while hanging on a black or dark colored wall worked well. We have a large ballistic block wall that works perfectly for this. A tree might work well for you.

You cannot tip or tilt your phone or it will give you poor scoring results.

That new chrono screen looks fantastic!

John

I just painted a piece of heavy cardboard black to lay them on

 

[BenjeneerJohn]

I pulled a random barrel out of the .22 cal production bin. I gave it a quick clean and started shooting it. I ran out of JTS 18g pellets, so I switched to JSB 18g.

Gen 3 Marauder
Hawke Sidewinder
50 yards indoors
JSB 18.1g @ 925 with a SD of 4

 

[Chief_Pellet_Officer]

First off thanks to Bill M for getting this going! This is exactly what I need to do to figure out my Bench rest game.
Raw 1000x
AEA 29.5 grain at 984 fps
Inside
Sd 2

 

[BenjeneerJohn]

I grabbed my FX King to run a card with.
FX King 600mm Superior Heavy Liner .22
Vortex Venom
JSB 25.4g Pellets @ 950
50 yards indoors

 

[FL22]

I’ve noticed that if there is glare on the target from the lighting, the app will have a lower degree of certainty or not score the target correctly.

See @BenjeneerJohn ‘s #3 target above, even though the score was correct it still flagged it as a possible error.

 

[Solo1]

I’ve noticed that if there is glare on the target from the lighting, the app will have a lower degree of certainty or not score the target correctly.

See @BenjeneerJohn ‘s #3 target above, even though the score was correct it still flagged it as a possible error.

Yea thats why i put up an umbrella