Anyone have N.U.A.H. goals for 2023?

[splitbeing]

Nice to be able to practice in the back yard, I only have 50 yards so I get 1/2 the practice. I do have 100+ yards to shoot at work, and have just got back into the habit of shooting there a couple times a week. Winds have been 30 mph most times, but the big bores hold on the the POA quite well. .177 would take a right turn 1/2 way there LOL

[chuckling]

Right turn 90 degrees if a .177 pellet. More like a 45 degree Y turn if a slug.

[chuckling]

Although I do not have frequent access to 100 yds, I don't find 50 to be the same sort of motivating challenge. I can group well at 50 with a number of different pellets/slugs. To group at 100 trimmed my options down to 1. I could also group at 50 without a bench. I'm not sure I would have made NUAH in .177 without getting a DIY shooting bench.

[Firewalker]

Nice to be able to practice in the back yard, I only have 50 yards so I get 1/2 the practice. I do have 100+ yards to shoot at work, and have just got back into the habit of shooting there a couple times a week. Winds have been 30 mph most times, but the big bores hold on the the POA quite well. .177 would take a right turn 1/2 way there LOL

[chuckling]

Right turn 90 degrees if a .177 pellet. More like a 45 degree Y turn if a slug.

[chuckling]

Although I do not have frequent access to 100 yds, I don't find 50 to be the same sort of motivating challenge. I can group well at 50 with a number of different pellets/slugs. To group at 100 trimmed my options down to 1. I could also group at 50 without a bench. I'm not sure I would have made NUAH in .177 without getting a DIY shooting bench.

I find 50y MOA to be a challenge but doable on a regular basis while 100y MOA is an exception.

[ER00z]

I've been slacking hard. It's not even 2023 anymore. I need to come up with a new camera or tablet/phone/device to take photos. I don't even recall what title I have within NUAH it's been so long. I need to clear a new 100+ yard range at home, but... Excuses. Weather my way hasn't been good for long range air gunning lately, at least when I have time. Most of my trigger time has been at 10m, occasionally 25 to 30y. I just might head over to my in-laws property to get some 100+ yard shooting in. There's no bench set up and everything has to be lugged to location, which often is a big turn off. Could just take rifle, pellets and a shooting mat but I've gotten round in the middle which makes shooting prone uncomfortable, haha. The few dedicated long range airguns I put together were put up basically as they were all nearly sorted out. One now needs a reseal, another's optic and mounting arrangement had been cannibalized for other projects and I've got a springer with a peep sight arrangement involving a riser for some crazy lobbing of pellets at silly long ranges type of fun. Can't say I can hold close to 4 MOA, but not very many folks shoot pellet guns way out there with open sights, so I figured "why not?" Was way cheaper to set up compared to a tilted optic 

At least the Cayden and S510 are still good to go...   

[splitbeing]

Springer peeping at 100 yds?!? How fun is that!!! Very cool!

[KevinJBrown]

It took me many, many attempts to achieve my N.U.A.H. status. Am lucky to be able to shoot at that distance in my backyard… The N.U.A.H. club is pretty exclusive because the majority will not have access to such a range. Plus, the fact that consistently grouping with pellets at 100 yards is a difficult endeavor, even when conditions are optimal. Maybe a N.U.F.Y. club?  Nothing Under Fifty Yards? Decrease the required group size accordingly. I believe that would increase participation… I only shot to 100 yards to achieve the meaningless status, because practically its not how I use my airguns. If I tried to achieve that “master” status again? It would take many, many attempts. Its not the norm for the majority, or even the exceptional few, to shoot master level groups with pellets at 100 yards consistently, simply unrealistic.

You do have several valid points that I considered myself. Mainly because with much wind it’s really difficult to do much at 100 yards with pellets because I shoot across a slope next to a tree line, but there are a lot of other things going on at shorter ranges.  What does everyone else think?

[rsterne]

You have a valid point, but I think a direct halving of the target size might be a touch too "easy" (the 10 ring would be 1").... Perhaps have a poll to determine what size 10 ring to use for the new targets?.... Also, you could print more than one per sheet of paper....

As an alternative, you might consider the "Five in a Dime" challenge we did at 50 yards on the Canadian Airgun Forum.... Five targets, five shots per target, all 5 to be completely covered by a dime.... That works out to consistently shooting 1 MOA at 50 yards, but group position (accuracy) was not considered, only group size.... Target was like this (change the name to GTA)....



It is a serious challenge, brought about in the rimfire world because of so many guys claiming they can "hit a dime at 50 yards" every shot.... Not so easy when you have to prove it!....

Bob

[Firewalker]

Bob,

I'd love to print that target but I cannot, it will only save as a WEBP file and I cant process that.

[rsterne]

Here is the file.... now for the GTA.... Bring your own dime!....

Bob

[Back_Roads]

 Printed some, will get to testing this week.

[starlingassassin]

my goal will be to finally get on the n.u.a.h board.

my impact and uragan 2 are ready and up to the task 

[ER00z]

Does anyone prep for long range shooting by shooting at short range? By this I mean figuring your guns POI at 10 to 30 yards to get you in the ballpark at 100 yards...

For example, on a nice day you confirm zero at 30 yards. Then plug your guns numbers in a ballistic calculator to get estimates for 100 (or whatever) then either dial scope or adjust rings/base to abouts where you'd be shooting at 100 yards/meters. Then shoot at shorter distance (say 10 to 30 yards) and measure your actual POI from the POA. Hopefully this makes sense to others, haha. I've always figured doing this to get roughly "on paper" at distance was better than walking your shots in during live practice.

I'm curious as what steps folks prep for long range or if they just go shoot...     

[Back_Roads]

 I can work my ballistics out from muzzle to 50 yards at my home range, then take that data and apply it at 50- 100 or more depending on the platform, at an area where there is room to shoot.

[KevinJBrown]

Zack,

Once I zeroed my system, I twist turrets. I calculate from there for the first time I shoot a given pellet and develop my ballistic tables from there. I keep a bunch of  scope dope that I can use to let me “dial” in. This gets me real close for my first shots and then I dial in from there for the exact conditions when shooting at long range. Once in a while I go back and check my zero and if something changes I figure out what and fix it or adjust to it.
For hunting ranges my dope is good enough.
FWIW my son just bought a new system and ballistics software that we are now determining to see if we can use without custom dope chart for match grade ammo (on what is a new Precision Rifle System).

[splitbeing]

For hunting, I use a smaller scope. For 100 yd work, I have a larger scope.  So no, I don't have dope charts for short range zero that go to 100+.