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Post by buckeye68 on Dec 31, 2023 23:23:10 GMT -5
My local gun club has an indoor 22 rim fire match twice a month just for fun. The whole idea is for people to get out of the house and have a good time, plus it help with trigger pull during the long winter months. It’s in the basement and we shoot at a NRA small bore A-36 target at 50’. They have 6 Caldwell plastic shooting bench that fold out with a seat that’s attached to it. Needless to say they are very very wobbly. Any movement will take you off your aiming point. Everyone is shooting off the same bench so its as far as it can been. I took my Anschutz 2013 that has a 24 Weaver scope along with some Center-X that I bought from a guy out of TX. The last time this gun was shot is about this time last year. I cleaned the barrel and fired 5 practice rounds just to see how it groups. I was really happy because one never knows what you’re going to get without lot testing. I had to make a few scope adjustments and I was ready for the match. The target has 2 unlimited sighter and you have 10 minutes to shoot 10 recordable bulls. Each target is worth 100 points and 10x’s. This is the 4th match of the year and so far the best score has been a 399 with 38x’s I was in the 3rd relay. By the 3rd target I had 30x’s. This is all about having fun and the guys were really giving me a hard time to throw me off my game, but it didn’t work and I ended up cleaning the last target. That put me in first place and the 1st person to get a 400 with 40x’s. Super happy. Here’s a picture of the target.  Target with a ballpoint pin, just to give you an idea of the size of the X’s.   pc screenshot   |
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Post by buckeye68 on Dec 31, 2023 23:33:00 GMT -5
After I shot all of my score targets, I had a few minutes left and one practice target that was still clean. I want to try hooking a bungee cord to the tigger grand and around on front past on my rest. I fired off 6 shots in the same hole. I think it worked.  |
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Post by mitch on Dec 31, 2023 23:55:36 GMT -5
Holy **** well done man way to end 2023. Here’s to many more clean targets in 2024
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Post by jimbob on Jan 1, 2024 8:36:29 GMT -5
Very nice Mark Congratulations
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Post by mike on Jan 1, 2024 10:22:24 GMT -5
great shooting, Mark!
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Post by dennis on Jan 1, 2024 16:40:42 GMT -5
shooter👍
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Post by smokelessk on Jan 2, 2024 11:05:15 GMT -5
Looks like a fun time! I don't mean to burst your bubble, but those targets are not scored correctly. The dot in the center is the 10 ring, the ring outside that being the 9 ring. To get an actual "X" the bullet hole must be perfectly centered in the 9 ring. There is no "X" ring on the NRA indoor smallbore target or the air rifle target. These days, at the higher level, of precision rifle everything is scored in tenths of a point. A "X" would be a value of 10.9 yes, I'm splitting hairs a bit, but that's what precision shooting comes down to. Collegiate level, Olympic level, scoring is down to the tenth of a point.
To score a "10" the outside edge of the bullet must not cut the 8 ring, yes the outside edge. That's how you verify it is a 10 and not a 9. There are at least two shots I would call 9's with it being questionable it could be a 10. They would have to be plugged. Those are certainly not X's.
Some of the other shots are 10's but definitely not X's. To get super exact about it one would have to get a plug out and a magnifying glass for those close ones. It sounds like it was a just for fun kind of shoot, so what does it really matter... But if you want to be exact about it, those scores are not correct.
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Post by mitch on Jan 2, 2024 19:00:42 GMT -5
Really informative stuff, thanks SmokelesSK
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Post by buckeye68 on Jan 3, 2024 5:55:34 GMT -5
Looks like a fun time! I don't mean to burst your bubble, but those targets are not scored correctly. The dot in the center is the 10 ring, the ring outside that being the 9 ring. To get an actual "X" the bullet hole must be perfectly centered in the 9 ring. There is no "X" ring on the NRA indoor smallbore target or the air rifle target. These days, at the higher level, of precision rifle everything is scored in tenths of a point. A "X" would be a value of 10.9 yes, I'm splitting hairs a bit, but that's what precision shooting comes down to. Collegiate level, Olympic level, scoring is down to the tenth of a point. To score a "10" the outside edge of the bullet must not cut the 8 ring, yes the outside edge. That's how you verify it is a 10 and not a 9. There are at least two shots I would call 9's with it being questionable it could be a 10. They would have to be plugged. Those are certainly not X's. Some of the other shots are 10's but definitely not X's. To get super exact about it one would have to get a plug out and a magnifying glass for those close ones. It sounds like it was a just for fun kind of shoot, so what does it really matter... But if you want to be exact about it, those scores are not correct. It’s club rules not the NRA rules but they do plug them. If I was guessing there using an ARA plug because that’s the only sanction 22 match they have during the summer time. It’s just for fun anyways but thanks for clearing up how it should be scored. You should come and join us since you live in Ohio. |
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Post by smokelessk on Jan 3, 2024 9:07:49 GMT -5
Looks like a fun time! I don't mean to burst your bubble, but those targets are not scored correctly. The dot in the center is the 10 ring, the ring outside that being the 9 ring. To get an actual "X" the bullet hole must be perfectly centered in the 9 ring. There is no "X" ring on the NRA indoor smallbore target or the air rifle target. These days, at the higher level, of precision rifle everything is scored in tenths of a point. A "X" would be a value of 10.9 yes, I'm splitting hairs a bit, but that's what precision shooting comes down to. Collegiate level, Olympic level, scoring is down to the tenth of a point. To score a "10" the outside edge of the bullet must not cut the 8 ring, yes the outside edge. That's how you verify it is a 10 and not a 9. There are at least two shots I would call 9's with it being questionable it could be a 10. They would have to be plugged. Those are certainly not X's. Some of the other shots are 10's but definitely not X's. To get super exact about it one would have to get a plug out and a magnifying glass for those close ones. It sounds like it was a just for fun kind of shoot, so what does it really matter... But if you want to be exact about it, those scores are not correct. It’s club rules not the NRA rules but they do plug them. If I was guessing there using an ARA plug because that’s the only sanction 22 match they have during the summer time. It’s just for fun anyways but thanks for clearing up how it should be scored. You should come and join us since you live in Ohio. That would be a lot of fun Mark. My smallbore rifle has been tucked in the back of the safe for quite a few years now. I still hold onto it, in hopes someday I'll punch paper with it yet again. I really miss those days, it was a great time and a great group of people. Seeing your A36 targets actually got me digging into my stack of old targets, the ones I kept anyway. I couldn't remember exactly if we competed on the A36 or just practiced on it. I know there are targets actually harder than the A36. Specifically the USA Shooting targets. One those the 10 ring is a larger dot, but all the other rings are smaller. Making it more challenging to get a 10. These days, I believe, everything has gone to electronic targets. Those were being introduced about the time I was phasing out of my competition years. I never shot on the electronic targets. Normally we would shoot a half course for the matches we attended. 60 shots with 20 in each position, prone, standing, and kneeling. There were a few matches that were full course and 40 shots in each position. It is a wonderful sport to participate in. |
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Post by buckeye68 on Jan 3, 2024 20:08:43 GMT -5
Drag it out off he safe and come and shoot with us. They are still shooting paper and still scoring them by hand. It may bring back lots of memories.
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Post by shindig on Jan 18, 2024 7:41:11 GMT -5
Awesome shooting
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