30-Yard Challenge

[EPG]

Date: 8/4/25
Target: 30-Challenge 200 16X
Rifle: Taipan Veteran 2 Standard (550mm)
Pellet: AEA 18.3g @ 919-926fps (FX Chrono)
Scope: Athlon Argos Gen2 SFP 10-40 @ 35X

The Taipan Vet 2 has been so accurate (and quieter) since I dropped reg pressure from 150bar to 128bar. This 200 tops the 199 that I had on the leaderboard.

It was the only card I shot with the Taipan yesterday. I was sad - needed a boost. Somebody hit my car while parked at a store lot yesterday - and took off. Quite a bit of damage - I love this Mazda3 and she is in great shape, I keep her very clean. Some people are just jerks - will cost me at least $500 (insurance deductible) if I decide to file a claim. Probably well over $1,000 if I decide to pay out of pocket.

I also did some pellet testing with Greg's @NAProf .177 380mm FX Crown barrel. I found a tin of JSB 8.44 - so I gave them a try at 30-Masters - 1st card was a "baseline" using the AEA 8.72s I've had much success with in this barrel. The stunning thing was that the JSBs had a higher velocity than the AEAs - even though the JSBs were HEAVIER. I did a lot of chronoing - the AEAs are longer than the JSBs, might have something to do with the increased drag/friction. In any case, the 8.44s did really well - Greg take note...

195 10X (AEA 8.72 @ 915-922fps)
198 11X (JSB 8.44 @ 940-945fps)
197 10X (JSB 8.44 @ 942fps)
196 11X (JSB 8.44 @ 922-932) dialed down the power wheel a click or two

The 198 tied my 30-Masters high with the .177 Crown this year.

-Ed

 

[NAProf]

Date: 8/4/25
Target: 30-Challenge 200 16X
Rifle: Taipan Veteran 2 Standard (550mm)
Pellet: AEA 18.3g @ 919-926fps (FX Chrono)
Scope: Athlon Argos Gen2 SFP 10-40 @ 35X

The Taipan Vet 2 has been so accurate (and quieter) since I dropped reg pressure from 150bar to 128bar. This 200 tops the 199 that I had on the leaderboard.

It was the only card I shot with the Taipan yesterday. I was sad - needed a boost. Somebody hit my car while parked at a store lot yesterday - and took off. Quite a bit of damage - I love this Mazda3 and she is in great shape, I keep her very clean. Some people are just jerks - will cost me at least $500 (insurance deductible) if I decide to file a claim. Probably well over $1,000 if I decide to pay out of pocket.

I also did some pellet testing with Greg's @NAProf .177 380mm FX Crown barrel. I found a tin of JSB 8.44 - so I gave them a try at 30-Masters - 1st card was a "baseline" using the AEA 8.72s I've had much success with in this barrel. The stunning thing was that the JSBs had a higher velocity than the AEAs - even though the JSBs were HEAVIER. I did a lot of chronoing - the AEAs are longer than the JSBs, might have something to do with the increased drag/friction. In any case, the 8.44s did really well - Greg take note...

195 10X (AEA 8.72 @ 915-922fps)
198 11X (JSB 8.44 @ 940-945fps)
197 10X (JSB 8.44 @ 942fps)
196 11X (JSB 8.44 @ 922-932) dialed down the power wheel a click or two

The 198 tied my 30-Masters high with the .177 Crown this year.

-Ed

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Great shooting - it's not the arrows, it's the .... .
Cheers,
Greg

 

[EPG]

Great shooting - it's not the arrows, it's the .... .
Cheers,
Greg

Thanks Greg.

I "fixed" my .22 RTI Prophet today - the 0-ring in the foster fitting failed - once I knew the size I think I took 30 seconds to fix it - as I had taken the foster fitting apart once before.

I shot these two cards back-to-back - the wind conditions were excellent by my standards. Nothing for the leaderboard as I had shot a 198 11X 40-Masters with the Prophet on July 23rd. Actually, this is the first time I shot it since then... so back-to-back 198 11X 40-Masters... amazingly docile to shoot at 40+ ft/lbs.

Super happy with these 195+ 40-Masters cards. If you shoot our 40 challenges a lot, you know they don't some easy. I must have this Prophet tuned perfect with the MRDLs going 930fps.

If you think I always shoot 40 cards like this - earlier today I could not break 190 at 40-Masters with the Taipan and 18.3g AEAs - same rifle that I shot 200 16X at 30 yards the day before. The wind was up about 7-8mph and constantly switching directions... me and the Taipan were scratching our heads - we gave up after 2 cards, lol.

-Ed

 

[nomojo65]

Did some very ‘hazy’ shooting tonight (thanks Canada) 40yd master cards. 2- with the Thomas FT and one with old yell’er! Not making excuses for the Thomas but I do not have a lot of pellets it likes! I have the utmost confidence that this gun given the right pellets would easily score several 198-199’s! Anybody been around this game long enough will attest to that. And old yell’er shoots the same lot pretty well. EPG I submit these please.