.22 Shooting Challenge by FPS Russia

Sorry viewers it has been a while, we do have 3 recent Penetration Tests to upload to youtube then here so come back soon for those - we have some new Ammo. we tried out !

Here we have a youtube video by FPS Russia, he set a challenge a while ago using a .22 rifle without any sights - it is a timed shoot against 5x metal targets where he challenged other shooters to beat his time:

Interesting challenge to try out someday

Penetration Test # 4 .22LR

So we finally came down to editing & uploading the video of our 4th .22LR Penetration Test ... using Eley Club, we Finally Stopped the rounds so this video is a little more interesting and slightly longer with some still images of the deformed bullets etc.

Eley Club, Round Nosed 40 Grain Bullets, Subsonic at 1085 Feet Per Second advertised Muzzle Velocity - Shot at 25 yards Bench Rest.

All Layers of .22LR Penetration Test Separated & Laid Out

The Four Eley Club .22LR Mushroomed Bullets after Penetration with some Fragments

Two .22LR Penetration Cavities in Tin Metal ( Eley Club Subsonics )

 Next Week we will have something Really Interesting with a New Brand under Review!! Keep an eye out either here or on our Youtube Channel

.22LR Penetration Test / Ammo Review #3

Here is the 3rd Penetration Test, still going strong with Eley Club, .22LR Subsonic Round Nose - 40grain.
All details in the video! But something new, we recovered a bullet so check the level of deformity in the bullet head...

We already have another video soon ready for uploading, it is shot and Filmed, just need to get off my crack and edit it / upload to Youtube.... so give it a couple days and there should be a new video soon.

.22 Penetration Test - Metal, Front Impact Points

.22 Penetration Test, - Metal, Exit Cavity through 8 Layers of Tin Metal

.22 Long Range Shooting at 500 Yards !!

We just found this cool little video on youtube, they start at 200 Yards and work their way to 500 Yards with a Ruger 10/22 ...

There's just something about Long Range Plinking, oh how most of us in the UK wish we could have the freedom to do this here ....

.22LR Penetration Test ( Video Dissection ) #1

This is the video Dissection of our first .22LR Penetration Test using Eley Club Subsonics, further down in the posts we started doing these penetration tests, this one is the first and the 2nd has been uploaded a couple of days ago with a 3rd coming in another day or two.

If you have been following our Penetration tests, you will have already seen photo documentation of this test further below in the blog archive - here is the video dissection ...

Click Here to jump to the original post of this test which includes photo's etc.

Click Here for our most recently added Penetration Test using different materials.

.22LR Penetration Test & Ammo Review # 2

Here it is! Our Second Penetration test using Eley's Club range, these round nosed subsonics are rated at 1085 fps (FYI The latest batch we are shooting are severely over coated with wax)
This time around there is a Youtube Hosted video showing target after the shoot and dissecting through the layers showing various stages of the cavities and penetration below:

To see our First Penetration Test using the same ammunition, Click Here.

There will be many more video tests and reviews coming up so keep an eye out, once the video is up on youtube we will post it here as well.

Voting Poll result #1

Finally the polls closed on our first voting poll which was: ''What is your favourite type of rifle?''

Unfortunately not many visitors made the effort to vote, so if you are a regular or if you plan on visiting again, please remember to vote, you do not need to log in or give any details, it is one click and you're done!

Vote options;

• Semi Auto
• Bolt Action
• Lever Action
• Pump Action

There were no votes for pump action or lever action, the end result was a Tie for Semi Auto and Bolt Action...

Bolt Action Rifles vs Semi Auto's Rimfire Blog Vote

.22LR Penetration Test & Ammo Review

Welcome back! As promised, here is the result of our penetration test;

I have some weird obsession with the penetration characteristics of various types of ammunition, I have noticed how the majority of individual shooters who make penetration test reviews and videos seem to be quite closed minded in terms of target materials and overall setup. Most tests you will find online are merely bottles filled with water and shot with a few different brands and velocities of ammo. or metal plates, soft drink cans (soda cans) etc.

We have created a pretty nice multi layered And multi material target which has 3 impact points which will test one type of ammunition for the time being ( Eley Club, 40grain 1085fps ) and it's different impact points and penetration ability or difficulty between each layer.
It is one target with all 3 target aim points in one, yet multiple material layers beneath each level, Materials include:

• Tin Cans eg: beans, soup etc.,
• Hardened Cardboard,
• Folded Soft Drink Cans (Aluminium),
• Plastics of two thicknesses and density,
• Rubber Strips,
• Electrical Tape (Not thick, only to hold target and layers together as well as separating aim points.
• TARGET WEIGHT BEFORE SHOOTING: 135+Grams (using analogue kitchen scale so not entirely exact)

Level 1 (thin thickness section):
15.5mm of all materials combined including a +-3mm dead space (empty space)
Level 2 (medium thickness section):
17mm of all materials combined - this level has No dead space area / part
Level 3 (thickest section):
21mm of all materials combined - this level has No dead space area / part

Eley Club .22LR - 1085 fps Penetration Test

Triple Layer & Multiple Material .22LR Penetration Target

 I shot the target at 25 yards, hot good clean hits but did also experience 2x shots which slightly skimmed the top, these were not counted as it became obvious they didn't hit all materials in Layer 3.


.22LR Metal Penetration (nice clean hit on layer 1)

 In Layers 1 & 2, we had good penetration through all metal plates, plastics, hardened cardboard, Rubber etc. The above is the final plate in front of the final Rubber and plastic layers in Level 1.

.22LR: The two that skimmed and slightly missed some materials in Level 3's test

 As you can see above we just clipped the target spot and thereby will not count these two shots as they definitely missed a few layers in Level 3.

.22LR Penetration Test - Back of target blasted out but semi intact

 Finally, the back of the target - blown nicely out but still relatively intact! The conclusion is that we have severely misunderestimated the power of the .22LR - we expected Layer 3 to stop the round but had penetration anyway ... so the good news for you is that we will come back with a Layer 4 which we will make to stop this ammunition ( Eley club - 1085 fps ) and will post the update here in the near future!

A video of this may be posted sometime soon too, so keep an eye on this space! Come back soon as we will be describing what materials were in each Layer of today's test.

 

to be continued .....

Thank God for the Second Amendment !

Wow, if there's one thing that's great of the USA, it's their Right to Bear Arms ( The Second Amendment ) something Every country needs, in the past few decades we have seen extreme changes in Laws that negatively affect recreational shooters, hunters, sportsmen / women and citizens who believe in the right to self defence. Although I personally believe that we can change that and force the Governments worldwide through People Power to review and change their laws.

When you think, yes, anti gun lobbyists are right to a sense that guns were invented to kill, yet centuries later they turned into a sporting tool where people could hunt, compete or just have fun on a family or father to son day out, now why must good law abiding people have to pay with their liberties just because some government official saw an opportunity to win votes by giving the anti gun lobbyists what they have been moaning for? Why should an entire population of a Nation have restricted or No Ownership rights just because of the odd killing or nutter going beserk with a gun and killing a group of people?

Below here is a great example of how nice it is in the ol USA ... This Mossberg 702, .22LR semi auto with scope, 2 extra magazines + the one supplied & about 300+ rounds of bulk ammo! All for the price of Only £146 ! The rifle features a tip down forend so will appeal to the tactical enthusiasts also with it's synthetic thumbhole pistol grip type stock .... Where can you ever find any deal like this in the UK ?
PS: Relax, it is already sold!

Mossberg 702 Plinkster .22LR semi auto with synthetic thumbhole, tactical style tip-down forend

Rimfire Benchrest Shooting and Competition

I Just discovered today that there is a 'World Rimfire Benchrest Federation' and here is a screenshot of their Home Page:

World Rimfire Benchrest Federation Participating Countries

Looking at the site , It seems a little pre-millennium in terms of layout and design / quality, also the competition results page was last updated in 2011 so unless they only post results the following year ie: 2012 results posted on site in 2013 then I reckon it is safe to say they have possibly disbanded?
Considering that they had 18 countries from 5 Continents interested in competing in a world wide event means that this should definitely be something running year on year so I honestly hope it is still ongoing.
I have tried using the ''contact us'' page but it tries to automatically connect to an email client program such as MS Outlook which I do not operate and therefore cannot get in touch with these people as I am highly interested to find out more! We really need alternative shooting competitions in the UK and worldwide but I emphasise the UK as the local scene is almost purely concentrating on Target Rifle shooting and not much on standard original rifle shooting ( LSR ) as is more common worldwide.

Searching clubs nationwide, I hardly see the options for LSR ( Light Sporting Rifle ) shooters to fire either competitively or for fun in Prone or Benchrest positions, we, as a small but important shooting community in the UK should show our support for these organisations and their ventures to open up more shooting disciplines to the scene!

Happily there is a UK site also who are linked to the above Federation and they have placed dates for upcoming 2013 events which is great news!


UK Air Rifle & Rimfire Benchrest Shooting Assoc.

Sadly they have the same ''contact us'' system whereby you cannot get into contact with them unless you have an email client like MS Outlook so will have to wait for one of them or their members to comment here so we can have a chat.







In the meantime, I have obtained some practice targets in PDF form so will be posting them on a ''Downloads'' Page at the top in the coming days for those interested in trying it out.



Perhaps you can persuade your local UK shooting club to facilitate the requirements for this discipline if they do not already have the correct facilities in order to grow the sport as a whole.

An idea into Rimfire Club shooting disciplines in the UK:


Target Rifle .22LR Prone (most common)

.22LR LSR ( Light Sporting Rifle ) Prone Position (rare)

.22LR LSR Standing Position (common in LSR shooting UK) 

.22LR LSR Benchrest (Quite Rare in LSR but common in Target Rifle Shooting)

In conclusion lets hope the disciplines of Prone as well as Benchrest will be offered in most or all rifle clubs nationwide at some point, if we wish to keep the sport growing even if steadily we need to stay open minded to keep the newer generations interested! Not everyone fancies having to buy a £500 special jacket, rifle worth thousands, straps, unusual hats and eye covers (required gear for Target Rifle Shooting)