30-Yard Challenge

After spending most of the afternoon sitting in my chair watching car races, I went outside stretch my legs and discovered that wind conditions were absolutely non-existent. Since it was already 5:30 p.m. I figured I might be able to shoot a card or two before dark or the wind kicked up again. Put out two flags, a 30 yd card and selected a proven tin of pellets I had stashed. The tails on the wind flags never quivered for the seven or eight minutes I spent shooting the card. Finally managed to get that elusive 20th X this year for the 30 yd Master Class to replace my existing score.
Marvin

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Awesome card Marvin - congratulations on the 20X Masters !
 
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9/23/25

Taipan Vet 2 .22 caliber 700mm Long
Ammo: AEA 25.39g and 21.9g
Scope. DNT Optics 7 X 35 X 56mm
Randolph Front rest
Rear Protektor Bag

Shot 40Y Challenge Cards today. Wind was 3-5 mph. Head winds, tail winds, cross winds. One flag. I mostly shot on head and tail winds.

195-8X
194-10X

189-11X
188-7X
187-9X
183-11X

I tried the 25.39g and it did not do as well as the 21.9g as evidenced by the scores.

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If allowable, I’d like to use a target I created over the last two days. I verified the PDF with ImageJ, and it works well with my catch boxes. I have both a small and a large box filled with rubber mulch. A half sheet of the target fits the small box, while a full sheet provides two targets for the large trap. And it saves me paper.

I will still use the original target, but for rifles like my S200—where I know I can shoot decent scores—I prefer the smaller version. I have noticed consistent scores so far with implementing the smaller version.

My mouse ain't the greatest, but you can see the diameters are consistent.

I have tried a lot of software's (expensive to free), OpenOffice Draw has been my favorite for making targets.
When printing PDF's always remember to select "Actual size" in the print prompt screen. And I encountered an issue with work related stuff, some printers automatically set a margin that alters the document. That takes more to figure out. I usually do a test print with my settings and verify before I do a batch.

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New high score for this rifle, 198 11x. This morning I got out for some practice, and I took off the Eaglevision harmonic tuner and mod 30 moderator. I put on a 3D printer moderator I bought from @qball , who i bought the rifle from. This morning I saw some good results. My kid woke up early so i didn’t have time for a scored card.
Fast forward through me thinking ALL DAY how the rifle will do with the moderator change. Around noon time it started thunderstorming. And continued… I was very downtrodden that i wouldn’t be able to shoot, that’s how good I felt. My son goes down to sleep, still raining. I watch a 20 min farming YouTube video and go back outside. Only a slight drizzle! I go for it!
And here it is.

Air Arm S200 177
Sightron 36x
FX 10.3 gr straght from tin
735 fps
Off bags.
And for my pen folk, i have a new scoring pen. Kaweco Classic Sport Medium, filled with my favorite ink, Noodlers Baystate Blue.

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Leaderboard submission:

Date: 9/23/25
Target: 30-Masters
Score: 198 13X
Rifle: Reximex Daystar .177 (unregulated - 2.68" hammer spring - same action as Akela/Cayden/Kratos)
Pellet: AEA 8.72g (885-900fps - starting fill pressure = 1950 psi)
Scope: Athlon Argos Gen 2 10-40 at 40X
Conditions: mild wind conditions - very dim light

I had not shot the Daystar since March. It's tuned to shoot 10.3g at 835-850fps. It has an extreme spread of about 16fps across 60+ shots.

I tried the AEA 8.72g in it yesterday. It shot a couple of 192 Masters cards - lots of Xs but a few fliers. It was shooting the AEAs at about 900fps. I expected it to do better because the Daystar is really accurate and these AEA 8.72g are really good pellets in most everything.

On a hunch I cleaned the barrel. It was filthy. I went out and quickly shot this card - in about 5 minutes as the light was fading fast. No more flyers!! (8s). It easily could have been a 200 Masters. I pulled one of the 9s. The other 9 I forgot to hold off to the right - I was in such a rush that I aimed at the wrong place, lol.

Lesson learned: I'm not someone who constantly cleans barrels (I use a Patchworm pull through) - but if a rifle is throwing flyers, try cleaning the barrel. FX barrels have pressed in rifling that is very smooth - they don't seem to need cleaning often. Cut rifling barrels like LW or this Reximex barrel seem to need occasional cleaning to perform at their best.

She's a pretty rifle.

-Ed
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Leaderboard submission:

Date: 9/23/25
Target: 30-Masters
Score: 198 13X
Rifle: Reximex Daystar .177 (unregulated - 2.68" hammer spring - same action as Akela/Cayden/Kratos)
Pellet: AEA 8.72g (885-900fps - starting fill pressure = 1950 psi)
Scope: Athlon Argos Gen 2 10-40 at 40X
Conditions: mild wind conditions - very dim light

I had not shot the Daystar since March. It's tuned to shoot 10.3g at 835-850fps. It has an extreme spread of about 16fps across 60+ shots.

I tried the AEA 8.72g in it yesterday. It shot a couple of 192 Masters cards - lots of Xs but a few fliers. It was shooting the AEAs at about 900fps. I expected it to do better because the Daystar is really accurate and these AEA 8.72g are really good pellets in most everything.

On a hunch I cleaned the barrel. It was filthy. I went out and quickly shot this card - in about 5 minutes as the light was fading fast. No more flyers!! (8s). It easily could have been a 200 Masters. I pulled one of the 9s. The other 9 I forgot to hold off to the right - I was in such a rush that I aimed at the wrong place, lol.

Lesson learned: I'm not someone who constantly cleans barrels (I use a Patchworm pull through) - but if a rifle is throwing flyers, try cleaning the barrel. FX barrels have pressed in rifling that is very smooth - they don't seem to need cleaning often. Cut rifling barrels like LW or this Reximex barrel seem to need occasional cleaning to perform at their best.

She's a pretty rifle.

-Ed
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Good to know about the cut rifling barrels and cleaning frequency. Is that a 2- stage trigger? What is capacity of the air cylinder? Nice card!
 
9/24/25

RAW HM1000X .22 HP
Athlon Heras 15-60X 56mm 2FP
AEA 25.38g & JTS 22.07g
1 Flag
Wind: 1-3mph

Shot six 40y cards:

40 Yard Masters
185-7X
188-9X
189-9X

40Y Challenge
188-6X
194-10X
196-11X **Tied 4/28 196-11X**

Ok, there is a learning here for me. I shot both the Taipan Vet 2 and the RAW .22 today; and I am noticing some random fliers with the AEA 25.39g. ES Values are good, scores are ok, not great.

However, both days when I stepped down to the 21.9g and 22.07g; I had better scores at 40Y.

I’m not sold on the 25.39g AEA pellets, but I need to try some different velocities also. I’m guessing at 30Y my scores will be much better, but the jury is out right now.

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Anyone forget a bull? I didn’t realize until I put the rifle away and all my accessories. If i was shooting during the day it wouldn’t be such a process. So if I drop #8 and #9 it’s another 197. It can’t be a 200, so is alright to finish in the morning. What crazy is I shot a bunch after on another target. Lesson learned, I will scan back over from here on out.
I try and be a goldfish through a whole card, so I’m blaming that. 😂

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I finished last nights target, 198 11X, as you can see i used it as a demo working out the spreadsheet with chatgpt.

Today I was not on my A-game. Two 195's. Target #2 (Right white) 7B through 11A the rifle decided to kick everything right. It was strange, there was no wind. 3A was the only shot I felt I messed up from my input.

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I finished last nights target, 198 11X, as you can see i used it as a demo working out the spreadsheet with chatgpt.

Today I was not on my A-game. Two 195's. Target #2 (Right white) 7B through 11A the rifle decided to kick everything right. It was strange, there was no wind. 3A was the only shot I felt I messed up from my input.

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Hi Christian,

I'm about to post the Leaderboard Updates.

I added your 198 12X to the leaderboard - as it tops your 198 11X that you previously posted with the S200.

-Ed