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Strever

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new thread for those of us that like to shoot the WRABF 25 meter targets. & the 25 yd indoor winter targets

http://www.usairriflebenchrest.com/target-scoring/
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http://www.wrabf.com/Scoring%20Guide.htm
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http://www.erabsf.org/ScoringGuide.htm
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http://wrabf.com/rules/WRABF%20&%20ERABSF%20RULEBOOK%202013-%202021.pdf
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http://www.champchoice.com/store/Main.aspx?p=ItemDetailOptions&item=13317M

25 meters & 25 yards
10 Ring 2mm .07874 inches
9 Ring 8mm .31495 inches
8 Ring 14mm .55118 inches
7 Ring 22mm .86614 inches
6 Ring 30 mm 1.18110 inches
5 Ring 39mm 1.53542 inches

per CampFussell
 
i will start with the first post
my son Russel shoots a regulated .177 USFT
i put a slow twist barrel on it i had laying around
he airgauge sorted some 13.4g monsters to shoot the match Sat
monster tins are pretty much consistent in what head sizes they have
but this tin had more of the smaller head sizes then average
he had 29 of the smaller head size but planned on shooting the normal head sizes monsters come at
after shooting 3 targets so so he decided to try something different and got the small heads out and shot them for the 1st target of relay 2
he shot a 250 19X and was very disappointed he didn't have more of them
this tells me this barrel is tight and likes smaller pellets which the monsters don't hardly come in very often
now thinking of trying to resize some but resizing doesn't work very well in Benchrest shooting
we will be experimenting :)

Dick
 
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Thanks for starting this thread Dick. I got lucky in that the barrel on my RAW TM1000 likes the larger head sizes. The monsters I've been shooting have been around 65 - 90% 4.54 and the rest 4.53, so they are a good fit. 

Just got back in from shooting a card. 246 9x. 2-5mph shifting wind. Didn't get the flags out as it was getting dark and just had enough time to shoot a card. Just felt for it on my face and any vegitation moving. Man, learning the wind is the deal. Very different than indoors!! Lots of practice to do. 
 
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Dick!...hehe, i feel your struggle! Ive been testing differant lots all week. I got to experience a air guage at Todd Banks place when i was up for regionals. I want to try to build one myself in my free time...lol. Ive find my barrel prefers a 4.51 but if the pellets are crap it doesnt really matter...
Been testing barrel damper placement too, with interesting results. I have a run of monsters that i could barely break 245's, so i been using the less desirable pellets for my damper testing. I shot this card placing the rubber damper against the bottle.
ill be testing/shooting more tomorrow...
oh this was shot in some decent 7-8 ring hold off wind.
 
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Thanks for starting the new thread Dick. I'll have to wait for this sticky hot skanky southern summer to end before I can get motivated to even take my rifles out of the house.

Chas & Dick, most of my 13.4 pellet heads measure 4.54 and I had some decent results with sizing them with a 4.53 pellet sizer, just didn't do enough targets and groups to see if it was luck or it really was helping. Only down side would be when I had a flyer it was really bad with the sized pellets.

10 shot groups at 50 yds with sized pellets, can't explain those flyers?

 
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"Strever"i find those wild flyers are usually a dinged/marked head
did you inspect them before shooting ?
a 9 is a flyer for benchrest :)

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I've had several flyers like that had nice heads and nice skirts. I'm thinking they are off balance. I've seen a few through the scope and they look like the tails is vibrating and they spiral way out of the POA. Like POA and POI is one row down and one row over at 25m.

IDK how to detect those. Rolling doesn't do it and I don't have anything I can spin them fast enough to pick up an out of balance situation. 
 
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"Strever"Perc
occasionally there are flyers with perfect pellets and some of us have decided it is a chunk of lead being knocked out of the leaded/seasoned barrel
very often the next shot is an X :)

Dick
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Boy I wish that was the case I've been seeing lately lol. Last time I shoot 50y I had one bull with (4) holes in it, the one I meant to put there and (3) in a row flyers that peg'ed it. On the other hand the 4th shot was a 10, so I guess...
 
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Perc
the ONLY way to really test barrels or pellets & you is to shoot indoors at any distance approx 25 yds or more
then you KNOW an unseen wind isn't influencing the shot if the heater isn't blowing :)
flyers do happen indoors also :)
and they are either bad pellet or lead in the barrel
it just seems hard to find a place indoors to test doesn't it ?

Dick

 
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