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That was a lesson in humility. Filled the vcan with water, lined up first shot and the can went flying. Pretty stoked with meself packed everything away walked down to can. No hole? Dent in bottom of can but it was long and not pellet like. Had me stumped and couldn't show that as a hit.
Went back set up next shot missed, 2nd shot creased the left side of can (it was empty from being on the ground) so I went down to see if it left a mark. Didn't seem too. Then I noticed the line across the top of post going to can. Turned the can around and it matched the dent. Skimmed the post top. Couldn't really call it hit.

I'm assuming the line to left is after the first shot.
So went back and fired another 4 shots. 2 hit just the right on the batten. 1 you can see the other is higher. One I heard hit the tree behind so must have went left then finally

That thinner can is much harder target by far. Didn't think it would make that much differance. It certainly knocked my ego back into place.
I'm sticking to beer cans you better shooters can use thin cans if you want but not nessary.

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I can Nunga. How much further out you planning on pushing the can this time?

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Well the world record is 150 yards or 137 meters. if the wind is good ill try 120 meters to start with and go from there

and to think. i spent the last 40 minutes setting up my scaffolding to shoot above the house into the bank for extra distance lol wont need it now.
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Lmao. Still looks like a fun place to go and shoot.
Give you a better angle for bird shooting 😜
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Sorry Nunga didn't see your question till rereading page. You can use what ever cal springer you like.
Apart from the compition and fun aspect I'm just curious to see what can be acbieved distance wise.
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I’m keen to give it a try.
My biggest challenge is that the furtherest I can shoot at home, across the lounge, down the passage, out the front door, across the parking area, under the boat, to the fence, is 20yards 🤔

I also think we should standardize the can size, for example a soft drink 330ml like coke or sprite, so everyone has the same size target.
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I was sighting in my D54 at 30y open sights today and I was also thinking about a challenge, an open sights springer challenge….
But let’s let this one play out first 👍🏻
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You can count me out of open sight, unfortunately last time I used open sights it became blantly obvious my eyes arnt what they were with a choice of blurred sight or blurred target. That was a close ranges. Love to see a few of you guys compete at that. That's a skill and half distance on open sights. Love to see a pcp challange as well, scoped, no power limit that would produce some distance results and probly some pretty dam good accuracy at long ranges.
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This sounds good, I will see how I go.

I shot a rabbit at 138 m a couple of weeks ago. Dead calm night, one shot landed so close, but rabbit didn't know which way to go and second shot clocked it.
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I'm about to go to can at this distance
Its another 5.5 mildots. That's off the retical so I'm using the 120m point of aim to line a spot up on tree in back ground then lift the extra 5.5mildots to that point for shot.
Few more pratice shots then try can.
Jump on in Pauly what's your springer you'll use?
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I will use HW98 .177

It's only shooting sub 12 ft/lb so I'm going to need good conditions.
I don't have any high powered springers.
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Changed tactkets first was to much guessing.
So readjusted the zoom so the extra drop from the 120m was in the bottom of scope.
First shot does it count? It skimed it. I'll try and get a clean shot but the morning still air has started to move


15 shots later haven't hit, been some close but not quite. Coffee time.

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139.2m to beat. Sort out pics and blurb and put it up.
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So had coffee and wind had stilled a bit.
Decided after 15 missed shots I better change cardboard from huge on one side to a couple of pieces both sides so I could figure out exactly where I was going off.
Turned out it was a half post and had to use 1 piece sideways ,other just put down against post.
1st shot missed everything. 2nd shot hit cardboard and that's when it happened... For the first time since we started light shone through the hole. I didn't have to walk down to check my impact. Measured the windage 1.25 mildots, applied to opposite side and can went down.
Same gun and ammo.
Gun fully rested on a bag. Left arm crossed under stock to right arm for rear stabalisation.
Scope is just a hair under 12x zoom. Aim point bottom of the glass of retical.



Bloody stoked with gun, and me self too.

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Originally posted by RangerPete RangerPete wrote:



I also think we should standardize the can size, for example a soft drink 330ml like coke or sprite, so everyone has the same size target.


Yeah 330ml sounds good.
Or thinner, I have no probs with more skilled shooters making it harder for themselves.

Would one of the farms you shoot on let you use a paddock?

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