Thread: Tokoroa Practical 22LR Match - 12th May, 2018

Originally Posted by Gillie

Thanks @Beetroot, you should have received some photos this morning.
Ha! That fishing rod target is awesome! One of my favourite targets - it is not going anywhere

Target ranges were good I thought, within a meter or two - how far out did you range them and was it raining when you ranged them? Did you range them in meters or yards?
Yes, I heard a brilliant story of someone else choosing not to believe the ranges given. They were so convinced I had the range wrong the competitor who shot first used his own range and missed everything - the next competitor in the squad used the ranges provided and cleaned the stage... I am pretty sure they ranged them while it was raining.

Those silhouettes used on the Hunter class "Learn Your Limits" stage are standard 22LR silhouettes. That chicken is small - only two competitors hit it. The body of that chicken is less than 20mm...

I was converting the ranges to yards, from memory was listed as 94m so 102yds, I ranged at 111yds and after the event was over and got 3 consecutive hits in the smallest chicken.
I had a discrepancy with a few others also.

I must say I had far better luck this time round with the fishing rod, I'll have to make my own to get some practice in.