Post by Who? on Dec 19, 2019 16:31:47 GMT
The GARC website foretold of a competition for pcp’s, to be held on the last Denwood Wednesday in December 2019. It didn’t lie. A taster of benchrest competition was on the menu. Shooting some very capable pcp rifles, four gallant precision shooters took up the challenge.
The format and rules were simple:
• A painted steel plate, with twenty-five 12mm holes was set up at the end of the 25yd indoor range with a sheet of paper behind it.
• Each person took a single shot at ten different holes
• If there is a hole in the paper and no paint chipped off the steel around it, one point is awarded
• If there is no hole in the paper or even the smallest chip of paint missing, then it is a zero
At this point Steve L was accused of cheating as it was his plate and had been practising for years… yeah, practising being a ‘meh’ shot maybe!
Again, Russ cried off – aside the pistol comp, I think he’s more about talking and writing than pitching himself against others .
Robert started, with his recently inherited HW110. Followed by Steve L with a Mk4is (Gaystate, unicorn tasting blocks, stocks are made from minced and reconstituted My Little Ponies, exorbitant prices), Nick with his Ultimate Sporter (the best stock laminate ever IMO) and Bri with a S400 (still one of the very best – the rifle!).
Abstaining from this week’s comp was Chris W. Keen to participate, he asked if the steel plate could be bought next time. Chris was heard to be talking to himself, saying “now I’ll have to zero a pcp for 25yds!”
Being addictive, shooting ten holes was not enough, so a second round of five holes each (the time was getting on and Tony was packing away around us). So, the final score was out of a possible 15. There was some very fine precision shooting, but there was more metal being hit . It was close at the top and there was only 6 between the highest and lowest scores.
Some of the comments were:
“It’s nice to test the precision these guns are made for”
“That’s scoring is harsh, the paints only just nicked!”
“Ah, nicked it again”
“Well that was a solid miss”
“ooo, got to do that again”
“That should become a regular event”
“Bring the plate again so I can have a go”
How difficult is it to thread a 4.5mm pellet through a 12mm hole without touching the side – after all, we read about ‘single-hole’ or ‘clover-leaf’ groups? Well, we’ll tell; not that bloody easy!
Bri has spoken of getting a plate with more holes made (which with save on the range disruption), so having tested the idea, we will have a more advertised ‘informal’ comp. Don’t be shy, have a go and really test those one-hole groups.
Merry Christmas.
The format and rules were simple:
• A painted steel plate, with twenty-five 12mm holes was set up at the end of the 25yd indoor range with a sheet of paper behind it.
• Each person took a single shot at ten different holes
• If there is a hole in the paper and no paint chipped off the steel around it, one point is awarded
• If there is no hole in the paper or even the smallest chip of paint missing, then it is a zero
At this point Steve L was accused of cheating as it was his plate and had been practising for years… yeah, practising being a ‘meh’ shot maybe!
Again, Russ cried off – aside the pistol comp, I think he’s more about talking and writing than pitching himself against others .
Robert started, with his recently inherited HW110. Followed by Steve L with a Mk4is (Gaystate, unicorn tasting blocks, stocks are made from minced and reconstituted My Little Ponies, exorbitant prices), Nick with his Ultimate Sporter (the best stock laminate ever IMO) and Bri with a S400 (still one of the very best – the rifle!).
Abstaining from this week’s comp was Chris W. Keen to participate, he asked if the steel plate could be bought next time. Chris was heard to be talking to himself, saying “now I’ll have to zero a pcp for 25yds!”
Being addictive, shooting ten holes was not enough, so a second round of five holes each (the time was getting on and Tony was packing away around us). So, the final score was out of a possible 15. There was some very fine precision shooting, but there was more metal being hit . It was close at the top and there was only 6 between the highest and lowest scores.
Some of the comments were:
“It’s nice to test the precision these guns are made for”
“That’s scoring is harsh, the paints only just nicked!”
“Ah, nicked it again”
“Well that was a solid miss”
“ooo, got to do that again”
“That should become a regular event”
“Bring the plate again so I can have a go”
How difficult is it to thread a 4.5mm pellet through a 12mm hole without touching the side – after all, we read about ‘single-hole’ or ‘clover-leaf’ groups? Well, we’ll tell; not that bloody easy!
Bri has spoken of getting a plate with more holes made (which with save on the range disruption), so having tested the idea, we will have a more advertised ‘informal’ comp. Don’t be shy, have a go and really test those one-hole groups.
Merry Christmas.