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Mr Sasquatch:
This weekend I shot a target for the 30 y match with several "border line" hits. When I used a .177  plug  to score the target, several of those border line hits turned out to actually be up scores. The same target scored without a plug would have given a score that was at least 5 (if not 6) points lower (196 vs. 190/191) and the number of Xs would've dropped by two.



Definitely those contestants who score their targets with scoring plugs will always have a significant advantage over those who just eyeball their targets. Should we all get scoring plugs? Or should the plugs be banned?  Or should it be up to each individual to decide how they want to count  their scores?  I, for one, have decided to use the higher score numbers.  ;)

Random Plinker:
Shots are scored based on an imaginary circle centered over the shot with a diameter equal to the pellet caliber designated for the target.  If you have a 177 plug gauge to do this, by all means use it and pick up those points!

The rules for the match explicitly note "An Eagle Eye gauge or the head of a wad cutter pellet of caliber appropriate for the target is useful for scoring."  Scoring plug gauges are equally acceptable and have been used by competitors before.

 

Blue:
I just picked up an Eagle Eye and now have no problem with any close shots.

I used to be very conservative because I'd feel guilty up scoring my own shots.  Now, there's no doubt.  I can easily (and accurately) center it over a hole, something that I found difficult to do with a solid object like a pellet head, and it either touches the line or it doesn't.

Might be the best $25 I've spent on shooting so far.

Brushy Bill:

--- Quote from: Blue on July 12, 2014, 06:31:22 PM ---Might be the best $25 I've spent on shooting so far.

--- End quote ---

Yes, very well worth the money. Have had mine since  96 or so.
Nice that it scores both .177 and .22. With the inner circle on the .22
etching, it makes it easier to score holes left from a dome pellet since the paper
tends to close up once it passes through.(impressive how close it is to the size left
in tagboard paper from a .22 smallbore round)

I actually prefer them over the scoring plugs. At the local level matches, shooters usually
score each others targets. I have had some challenge scores on targets I have scored, when that
happens, the match director will check them with a plug gage. I have yet to have a score overturned.


It is not that those who use scoring  gages are at an advantage, it is more like those who do not
are putting themselves at a disadvantage.
Every point or X makes a difference.

Norm_m:
OK I know everyone has their own opinion but are the pro & cons of the Plug Gauge and Eagle Eye Gauge?
I'm almost ready to get one or the other and would like some comments about the two of them.

I have never used either but it would seem to me that a plug gauge could very easily be pushed to one side giving a higher score.

On the other hand the Eagle Eye sits on top of the target and with the help of the magnifying glass it is either in or out.

I have never seen or used either of them so am I looking at this correctly?

Norm

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