Thread: Dayattherange Flyswatter Challenge

Hey old Mr Revolver Guy (Elijah) has posted up a neat new challenge at https://dayattherange.com/?p=11278

Target is here. https://dayattherange.com/wp-content.../07/img110.pdf Make sure you set your printer scale to 100% or its a lot harger lol!

So far Ive shot a 14 with a CZ457 and a 12 with the Winchester M52 . . . Its a lot tougher than it looks! Ill post my targets if theres any interest (signified by committing to post a rarget yourself).

i have been waiting to get to range to try . im finally going on friday will be interesting how my old 10/22 and cz 452 go

The Day At The Range guy muffed it real bad using a tricked 455 and CCI Greens. I would have been embarrassed to have posted the target.
Pursuit Of Accuracy guy much much better but it's obviously not easy.

Target shot Sunday arvo with 1934 Winchester Model 52 (a so called "pre A":



And a better one with the CZ 457 "pencil barrel"



I dont think there's any embarrassment until you've shot and posted the FIRST target you shoot in this challenge.

Good shooting what distance?

Originally Posted by trooper90

Good shooting what distance?

Tentmans targets are marked 50 yards - probably 50 yards, I guess.

47M, near enough to 50Y

https://youtu.be/i5RAxF9nIKU

@Tentman Is the Yankee printout on foolscap size?

Its on some funny size. You need to set your printers scale to 100% (not scale to page) and I printed it on A4. Cheers

That 'fly swatter' challenge is more difficult than it looks.

The fly is narrow, so each heartbeat moved the reticle a little to the right and left of the fly.
I thought about swiping some beta blockers off my mother to slow my heartbeat down... but I suppose that would be classed as drug doping and I'd be branded a 'drugs cheat'

Ended up with 11 total.

That's good going for the cost of the ammo. I'm tempted to "stir the pot" by suggesting the challenge be run on a handicap. Maybe something like "Your score x (20/cost of ammo used)" or something like that. Under this system my target shot with the M52 and RWS Rifle Match would be 12 x (20/16.5)=14.

Might even it up a bit. I see Bretta NZ has RWS ammo now, but not much will come my way at $24 for Rifle Match (just as well I got two bricks from Reloaders at the old price!)

Im ever so tempted to accept the challenge..and then use 2 rounds of #8 birdshot out of .12ga with my tightest choke LOL

I see that the flys are actually harmless 'Hover Flys' and not Blowy's

Beretta NZ is selling RWS R50 for $44.99 a box.
So each squeeze of the trigger is NZ$0.90... for .22LR Rimfire!!

Oh and I'm claiming number 21 and number 10 as hitting the body of the fly

So that makes my score 13, surpassing the model 52 Winchester (unless this is disputed ... then bring it up before the judge and committee ).

All I'll say is it's harder than it looks. Any wind and all bets are off.