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Model25:
In an effort to quiet them down, I am remaking some of my steel targets with much thicker steel. So with field target in mind, for unsupported standing offhand, what diameter target would I likely face at 45 yards? I have been told 2 inch and another said 40mm. I live in so Cal. If that matters. What say you?
Thanks,  Mike

HunterWhite:
If you look in the field target gate, there is a Troyer scale thread. It needs to be updated because the photobucket stuff is all gone. But in reply #9 this link appears:

http://www.aafta.org/handbook--other-docs.html

Lots of good information there. Look at " Troyer chart rifle"




Hunter

Motorhead:
Offhand gets .75+ troyer value ... So  At 45 yards ...
Yea a 40mm or 1.57" is @32 & corrected @ 56 troyer and just on the edge of legal. ( 60 troyer max allowed ) & a High Expert rating
At 2" your @22.5 & corrected @ 39.4 troyer being a low Expert rating.

Both being Very Very difficult shots for most !

HunterWhite:

--- Quote from: Motorhead on December 15, 2022, 05:22:59 PM ---Both being Very Very difficult shots for most !

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True that Scott.
You are a well practiced and accomplished competitor,  and I hear that you have your rifle tuned by the best tuner in the country.
I think that anything over 30 is hard.

Hunter

HectorMedina:

--- Quote from: Model25 on December 15, 2022, 04:56:25 PM ---In an effort to quiet them down, I am remaking some of my steel targets with much thicker steel. So with field target in mind, for unsupported standing offhand, what diameter target would I likely face at 45 yards? I have been told 2 inch and another said 40mm. I live in so Cal. If that matters. What say you?
Thanks,  Mike

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As per rule 2.5.1 of the World Field Target Federation's Rulebook, positional targets (and that includes offhand), must not be placed farther than 40 meters (44 yards) for a 40 mm's Kill-Zone.

And that is considered a very hard target out in the field.
By Olympic standards it is not that small, but the wind, the light, and the uneven-ness of the standing location (usually MD's will place offhand shots where the shooting box would place the shooters' feet positions at strange distances, angles and unlevel) makes for a very hard target to hit.

I have a target made for 10 M offhand practice that gets used a lot during winter. The K-Z was drilled with a 10.5 mm's drill bit.

;-)

Good luck and keep us posted!





HM

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