This orange make poop target is quite thick, at least 1/10" I'd think. It's squishy. I don't know if it was from Daughter's art paper or Wife's craft room. First, don't think I'm mean taking Daughter's paper. She stole every thick pice of card stock printing paper I had to draw on. That was my target paper, not for drawing.
This stuff comes in any color. It may not leave the holes you're use to but in comparison, I'll try and load the next group shot at different paper, same gun, same everything. What's really neat about this to me is the pellet punches a hole and the paper seems to make .22's look like .177's. If you notice, a small hole was my POA, POI was about 1 " to right. Once a hole is punched it seems to close up around it leaving the very center that was taken out, gone.
My next group had pellets flying back out blowing holes that shouldn't be there. No, my backstop is not ideal for targets right now as it is several 55 gallon drum lids. I have a big 6x10' astro carpet target sits on at edge. Usually I just pick flattened lead up at base of target, the fake lawn carpet makes it easier to find.
I originally wanted to see if my Rainstorm One in .22 with 6 year old Altaros reg spitting JSB 18.13's at 861 avg fps could do anything close to what the Red Wolf was doing on its' low power setting, 880fps with 18.13's. That was Derrick Walls groups. I didn't have ideal conditions or the ease of walking off porch yesterday as I had to be near house. So, I only had 42 yards. Chairgun said raise it 6 clicks, so I did & of course, it's always right.
There's another fellow selling a high end .177 & had put 10 under a dime at 50 yards. Being there was a constant 3-5mph wind and higher gusts. I did NOT wait for flags to drop. I just did NOT shoot if they were at 90* angle. My mercury dime mic's at .704". Those 8 to 9 pellets are completely covered by that dime. I measured that group as close as I could C-T-C, then minus .22" & if I'm correct, that's at LEAST 8, maybe 9 shots within a .31" group. That one dotted solid red was my fault I believe. Directly above my POA, 3rd shot. I felt myself pull. I was shooting off of a big old upside down rubbermaid trash can with rice in cut off jean legs as sand bags. The dotted red to right of main group, I believe was already there. I know, looks like heck. I didn't plan on it being a group. I started as a sight in, and kept on shooting. Once I post the next picture of a different type clean pice of paper, you'll see why I opted to use every bit of that orange I had at the moment.
I need someone to rebuild this Altaros regulator. One day, if I have an extra few hundred I'd have it all resealed, rebuilt, set up optimized. I'm a fan of long air efficient barrels but with a regulator that's good, I don't mind this 17" barrel as it is accurate enough for me. I mean, this entire package, bought from a friend was $600 with the scope, rings, 3 mags, & reg being over 5 years old.
I'll try to post another picture from phone so you all can see how well this Shrinky Dink paper works. I'll also try today, or when NO wind, at 50 & 75 yards with some of my others. The RS1 is my only Regulated rifle. I can't beat that Red Wolf at 50-100 yards. There's no way. But, I'm darn happy that my 1/4 of the cost rifle can at least keep in the running with a .177 TM1000 & a Red Wolf.
