After a bit of discussion on another forum in regards to this post on a UK forum:
http://www.airgunbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=222608
I decided to give it a whirl, but at a much more realistic distance - 10M. I rummaged around and found the brand new remnants of a card deck that was broken up for a euchre deck.

The cards were clamped into the jaws of a drill press vise as shown in the pics, and set on top a plastic file card box, in front of my pellet trap. The first thing that I will have to say, if that Brit chap can actually see the card on end at 50 yards, he's got exceptional eyesight, because at 10M, I cannot see the card edge at all, so effectively, I'm shooting using only the approximation of the central area of the hole in the cardboard on the front of the pellet trap. I even tried putting different colours of paper behind the card in hopes of being able to see it, but to no avail.

The gun I used was an FWB 65, in .177, using a two hand hold.
The session went as follows:
Card #1 - 8 of clubs - 6 shots before I hit it.
Card #2 - 3 of clubs - hit it on the 1st shot !!!!!
Card #3 - 7 of clubs - 16 shots before I hit it.
Card #4 - 6 of clubs - 29 shots before i hit it. Notice where a pellet obviously grazed the card in the area circled in red - I have no idea at what point in the shot string this occurred. A direct hit made a distictly different sound than a miss, thus the grazed shot went un-noticed by me.
Card #5 - 2 of spades - 2 shots before I hit it.
So, in a total of 54 shots, I managed to hit 5 cards, for an average of 10.8 shots per card. The graze was not counted as a hit.

Could I do it again in 54 shots? I don't know, but I'm game to try it - LOL.
Skill? IMO, Hardly! I'm a pretty fair pistolero when I can see the target, but given that I was essentially (randomly?) shooting at about a 4 inch dia. gaping hole, I'd say there was more luck involved than skill.

Upon re-reading the posts, I realized that the HW45 used by the Brit gent was actually a .22 cal. I had somehow mistakenly thought that he was using a .177. I'll try shooting another 5 cards with my .22 cal HW45 in the next day or so, and post the results to this thread.

After having trouble yesterday, even Hitting a 10M Pistol Target using my LP53 with a Two Hand Hold, you Up the Stakes to a .5mm Wide Playing Card Lol !!!!

Grant.

I finally got the chance to give it a whirl with the HW45 in .22 cal. I had made the assumption that using .22 cal would make the task easier, and perhaps if I had an FWB 65 in .22 cal (which does not exist, TMK) that may have been the case. However, the harsher firing behavior of the HW45 made the task somewhat more challenging - as can be seen by the number of shots required to obtain the same results as with the FWB 65. (almost 3x!)

I used essentially the same setup as before, with the exception of posting a 10M pistol target directly behind the card - for a point of aim reference. As it turned out, I had to replace this target twice - having shot the center completely out of them while attempting to hit the cards.

HW45, in .22, using a two hand hold, at a distance of 10M.
The session went as follows:
Card #1 - 4 of diamonds - 33 shots before I hit it. Notice where a pellet obviously grazed the card for about half the width of the card - I have no idea at what point in the shot string this occurred. The direct hit quite literally cut the card in half. The grazed shot went un-noticed by me.
Card #2 - 5 of diamonds - 41 shots before I hit it.
Card #3 - 4 of hearts - 27 shots before I hit it.
Card #4 - 2 of clubs - 29 shots before I hit it. Notice where a pellet obviously grazed the card in the area circled in red - I have no idea at what point in the shot string this occurred.
Card #5 - 3 of spades - hit it on the 1st shot !!!!!
So, with the HW45, it took a total of 131 shots, to hit the 5 cards, for an average of 26.2 shots per card. The two grazes were not counted as hits. There is some degree of error by virtue of my not noticing the major graze on the first card, which should have been counted as a hit.

As I was comparing the results with the FWB 65 and the HW 45, something rather bizarre became apparent to me. Take a look at the details for card #4 in both tests. Anyone want to speculate on the odds of both cards shot in the #4 position, both taking 29 shots to hit, and both having been grazed so lightly as to be almost un-noticeable? Weird !

I was able to hit four out of six shots but only split two..






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Some days I get lucky.

SG

I'll have to give it a try.

but how ling does it take to shoot cards like this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woILVt30QV8&feature=related

Graeme

If it ain't broke you arn't trying hard enough

Looks like a real easy way to Change the Pitch of Your Voice, Lol.

Grant.

Something tells me you can do this ...It
is not that hard. Challenge yourself you deserve it.
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SG