Liquorice Challenge

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   In honour of Myson's dad who once challenged him to try and hit his lighter at around 20 yards with a bag of  liquorice as a prize,  Myson and I have come up with the Liquorice Challenge.

The challenge is to set up 3 round pieces of  liquorice from a bag of Liquorice Allsorts at 20 yards and knock them all over with as few shots as possible.  As Myson used a BSA cadet for the original challenge this needs to be done with open sights - preferably with a springer!

As I have just done a clean and rebuild of the Gold Cub .177  I got on TradeMe for $15 which doesn’t have a rail for fitting a scope, I decided to have a bit of a test yesterday afternoon and set up one of my plinking targets at 20m to see how hard this would be with open sights.

This is the target I used - the disks are 38mm in size which I thought would be about right.   My poor old eyes REALLY struggled to see the disks at 20m and I only managed to hit one a couple of times.   I did try a few shots with my Hatsan as that doesn’t have a scope on at present and I only did slightly better with that so I can't put it down to the Gold Cup being rubbish.  I did set up some BOSS Coffee tin cans at the same distance - these are the same size as 250ml V cans but are made of steel and have a heavy bottom, so are more stable.  Anyway, once I got used to shooting the Gold Cup (it has a truly horrible trigger)  I was hitting these every time.

Going to replace the stickers on or repaint the disks and have another go once the weather clears but I know this is not going to be easy for me - which is half the fun!

I fully expect Ranger Pete to ace this with his beautiful Diana side leaver if he can find somewhere to set up the required 20 yards.

Next time I'm in town, Ill have to buy a bag of Liquorice Allsorts so I can see just how big the round ones are.   I might even try making some plaster of Paris disks of the same size and painting them appropriate colours.  Would be fun turning them into clouds of dust.   Better than wasting good liquorice! 

Edited by -Ec - 12 hours 44 minutes ago at 9:16pm

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-Ec Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2025 Location: Matamau Status: Offline Posts: 163	Post Options Post Reply Quote -Ec Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Liquorice Challenge Posted: 12 hours 48 minutes ago at 9:12pm
	In honour of Myson's dad who once challenged him to try and hit his lighter at around 20 yards with a bag of liquorice as a prize, Myson and I have come up with the Liquorice Challenge. The challenge is to set up 3 round pieces of liquorice from a bag of Liquorice Allsorts at 20 yards and knock them all over with as few shots as possible. As Myson used a BSA cadet for the original challenge this needs to be done with open sights - preferably with a springer! As I have just done a clean and rebuild of the Gold Cub .177 I got on TradeMe for $15 which doesn’t have a rail for fitting a scope, I decided to have a bit of a test yesterday afternoon and set up one of my plinking targets at 20m to see how hard this would be with open sights. This is the target I used - the disks are 38mm in size which I thought would be about right. My poor old eyes REALLY struggled to see the disks at 20m and I only managed to hit one a couple of times. I did try a few shots with my Hatsan as that doesn’t have a scope on at present and I only did slightly better with that so I can't put it down to the Gold Cup being rubbish. I did set up some BOSS Coffee tin cans at the same distance - these are the same size as 250ml V cans but are made of steel and have a heavy bottom, so are more stable. Anyway, once I got used to shooting the Gold Cup (it has a truly horrible trigger) I was hitting these every time. Going to replace the stickers on or repaint the disks and have another go once the weather clears but I know this is not going to be easy for me - which is half the fun! I fully expect Ranger Pete to ace this with his beautiful Diana side leaver if he can find somewhere to set up the required 20 yards. Next time I'm in town, Ill have to buy a bag of Liquorice Allsorts so I can see just how big the round ones are. I might even try making some plaster of Paris disks of the same size and painting them appropriate colours. Would be fun turning them into clouds of dust. Better than wasting good liquorice! Edited by -Ec - 12 hours 44 minutes ago at 9:16pm
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kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 03 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 2853	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 2 hours 7 minutes ago at 7:53am
	Unfortunately none of rifles are open sight. Nor do I have iron sights to reinstall on them. 1322 does have sights i could reinstall but im not removing the scope and its pump so thats a bit unfair. So im out unless you and myson want to come with a longer distance for scope you think is comparable. 60m to 80m or something like that maybe? If not ill be keen to see how it all goes anyway.