How much harder is 10m than 6yd

[urban winter]

I have been shooting a lot at 6yds with proportionately sized targets (i.e. they have the same apparent size at 6yds as a 10m target does at 10m). I've been very happy with my results (shot 527 at the weekend, and I've only been shooting for a month).

HOWEVER.....it occurred to me that shooting at 6yds is easier than 10m, even with proportionately sized targets. This is because you don't use smaller pellets at 6yds, so the pellets holes are bigger (in proportion to the target) at 6yds than at 10m. So at 6yds a pellet that hits exactly half way between 8 and 9 ring is scored as a 9 because it breaks the 9 ring, but at 10m it doesn't quite break the 9 so is scored as an 8.

So, is there a rule of thumb for how much harder it is to shoot at 10m? What should I expect on my first session on a proper range?

U.

[Phantom Sniper]

Hi, thats a question I have pondered myself.
Dont know the answer, suppose it depends where you hit.

Anyone care to explain

Tony

[biggles]

...when you increase the range, why not go up a calibre (or two).

Try the 10m stuff with a .22 HW45 to start with and then, if things are not going so well, progress to .25

On a slightly more serious note, I don't know the answer. Never tried air pistols at 10M. But I would be interested to find out how you find the experience.

Let us know how you get on (please)

Biggles

[P30man]

From the results we get at the club when a shooter steps up from 6yds to 10m, the average normally dips down 10 out of 200.
Once the shooter gets used to the distance the average soon starts to climb again.

[conor1]

I have been doing 6 meter and 10 meter for a couple of weeks and I find both pretty difficult. I am using a proper target pistol and I am hitting 4 inch groups However with a .22lr Hammerli at 50 meters, I am hitiing about 12 inch groups, with the odd flyer.

Air pistol shooting is in my opinion very difficult.

[Korium]

Air pistol shooting is in my opinion very difficult.

Pistols are a bit of an acquired taste. With a .177 3ft/lbs CO2 pistol fitted with a red-dot sight I can hit a Coke can 30 yards away, with the odd miss. Something like an anatomical target pistol on a 10 metre range I'll struggle with.

It's easier to guess the elevation on a large target like the can than it is to keep a pistol perfectly steady, and focus on the sights/target at short range.

[harvey_s]

The 6m targets are probably a good indicator actually from my own experience - as I took up formal 10m target pistol shooting in late July and my UBC scores were a fair comparison with what I could shoot at the time.
Yes, the smaller gaps will be more forgiving - but using a blunderbuss .22 will be even more so......I'd love my club target holes to be 25% bigger

[ashoot]

I use 6 mtr recognized targets at home and using the same pistol, Feinwerkbau 100, my 10 mtr shooting is not as close as 6 mtr probably because I practice 6 mtr at home more. But even at 6 mtr I have bad days, when I have my breathing and site on the right place on a 6 mtr target I know it will be near the bull or at least be consistent with other shots. At 10 mtr I use the same breathing aiming technique's as I do at 6 mtr because I know it works for me. I have to practice 10 mtr as much as I use 6 mtr to judge any difference in the target distance. As far as I can tell I do not think 10 mtr shooting would be much different to 6 mtr.



John