canoeguy
US Veteran
While hiking a Forest Service road last week in the Jefferson National Forest (VA.), Mt. Rogers area, I came across a music CD someone had flung from a vehicle, "Best of Disco". CD was undamaged, no scratches, obviously it didn't pass muster with someone as it was abandoned miles from the nearest paved road.....
Got back to my truck and put it in my CD player, "Best of Disco" worked great, but it wasn't the best of disco. Sounded like a pirated CD sold on the streets of Tijuana or New York, some lounge band covering disco's greatest hits. No wonder someone drove miles into the wilderness to discard it.
Got me in mind of one of the trick shots on the reality TV show "Top Shot", shooting through the hole in a CD. On the show, they use a scoped Volquartsen 10/22 rifle, shooting standing at 50 feet or closer. I figured I'd go a little farther, 25 yards, and use my CZ 452 Military Trainer with open sights from the prone position.
The opening in a CD is 3/4" in diameter, .75 inches, a .22 projectile being .223 in diameter means you must put the projectile through a .669 diameter hole to get a clean shot through. I put a piece of black target paper over the opening to record the hit, practiced a little bit on small targets, then sent one round into "Best of Disco":
As you can see, the bullet just nicked the inside rim, missing the .669 window, but making the .750 cut. I'll have to try this again if I find another offending CD, perhaps one of our fellow CZ enthusiasts (or other .22 rifle enthusiasts) can make this shot, make it challenging though, no bench rested shots...
Got back to my truck and put it in my CD player, "Best of Disco" worked great, but it wasn't the best of disco. Sounded like a pirated CD sold on the streets of Tijuana or New York, some lounge band covering disco's greatest hits. No wonder someone drove miles into the wilderness to discard it.
Got me in mind of one of the trick shots on the reality TV show "Top Shot", shooting through the hole in a CD. On the show, they use a scoped Volquartsen 10/22 rifle, shooting standing at 50 feet or closer. I figured I'd go a little farther, 25 yards, and use my CZ 452 Military Trainer with open sights from the prone position.
The opening in a CD is 3/4" in diameter, .75 inches, a .22 projectile being .223 in diameter means you must put the projectile through a .669 diameter hole to get a clean shot through. I put a piece of black target paper over the opening to record the hit, practiced a little bit on small targets, then sent one round into "Best of Disco":
As you can see, the bullet just nicked the inside rim, missing the .669 window, but making the .750 cut. I'll have to try this again if I find another offending CD, perhaps one of our fellow CZ enthusiasts (or other .22 rifle enthusiasts) can make this shot, make it challenging though, no bench rested shots...
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