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Some 200 yard targets from long ago with primitive air guns

I spent the summer of 2011 trying to shoot 200 yard groups with an air gun almost a decade ago. I was using a rapid in 22, with 18 green JSB out of the silver tin. If the weather looked best at 5 AM, I was at the range with my truck parked 40 yards from the 200 yard target with the brights on. I was sitting 160 yards away in the dark. 

It was really hard to even get the gun to hit the paper at first. I used Christmas wrapping paper, Big sheets of it white side out. Luckily I was shooting at a powder burner range so it had huge back boards for the targets. I was having to hold 3 feet over the point of impact, which makes it extremely difficult. Obviously, conditions had to be perfect. Took me all summer but I did it twice. Both well under MOA. I don’t believe it’s repeatable, at least not by me.

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The next year I had a wolverine, One of the first ones on the market. Robert picked it out for me, and I agreed to test it and post. It was a blast. A whole different ballgame than trying to lob 22 pellets in there.

again, sub MOA, Possibly repeatable.

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And then along came a guy named Jack Haley. He built some 25 caliber long range single shot rifles. I have two of them, one in 251, and one and 257, they both shoot lead bullets. If I could bring that to extreme bench rest and tether it, I believe I’d be in the game. The three shot group is offhand at 200 yards.
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I would be very interested in competing at EBR if they allowed slugs. I just don’t see the point of flying all the way there to shoot pellets.

I appreciate the comment.

I was motivated to go find these targets by the 310 yard post. And realized I probably had some groups down in my old dusty box that would look good even today.

Maybe I’ll have to go out to 200 with the red wolf with slugs this summer.

mike