



My YouTube friends @Dayattherange and @Hazzbro1964 created a deceptively tricky .22 rimfire challenge target called Hold Em or Fold Em. https://dayattherange.com/holdem-or-foldem/5/
This timed challenge, you have 10 shots to hit 10 targets from 50 yards. Each playing-card-themed target is smaller than a postage stamp on a letter-sized sheet of paper. From 50 yards, a postage card looks like the head of a pin.
For my attempt, I was shooting a factory Ruger 10/22 takedown rifle. This can be the least accurate model of the 10/22 because the optics rail is not directly connected to the barrel. I mounted a Discovery Optics LHT 3-12×24 light-weight budget FFP scope. But even at 12x, the individual target squares were tiny, and their edges were barely perceptible.
I ran CCI Standard Velocity rounds, which this rifle shoots well, but its not match-grade ammo. I DQ’d almost from the start. I only managed 3 clean hits out of 10. This result will certainly place me the TRAIN WRECK division of this match.
I hope to try this again, but next time I’ll be shooting from a folding table or from the ground, prone.