My match AIRGUNS

[JEFFPPC]

Walnut stock is an Air Arms TX200 in .177, English built. Birch stock is a Diana 54 Air Pro in .22. TX has a Hawke 6x24x56 in Sportsmarch rings. 54 has a Sightron 4x20x44 in Diana ZR modified mount with a Hector Medinez tuner.

 

[ISS]

Very nice pair.

I just picked up my FX Panthera this afternoon. There is a video out by 1721 where he sets a golf ball out at 300 yards. With the same rifle I have, he hit it with the third shot. A golf ball...!

ISS

 

[JEFFPPC]

I doubt if many folks realize how accurate air rifles are. I like the simplicity of springers, gun and pellets are all that are required, but the PCPs are kinda just like another powder burner in regards to their accuracy. As I like to say, shooting a good SPRINGER at 25 yards is like shooting a 6 PPC at 100yards. Now a good PCP set up will push a good centerfire at 100 yards. No reloading, no cleaning.

 

[diyj98]

I had an RWS 54. It shot well, but man it was a heavy beast to carry around.

 

[JEFFPPC]

I had an RWS 54. It shot well, but man it was a heavy beast to carry around.

Yep, not a squirrel rifle to walk all day with. Had mine out shooting at 50 tonight. Wind will not give up. Most 5 shot groups about an inch, had one just over a 1/2. The pellet that is second best indoors at 25 seems to be the best outdoors at 50 right now. Took a guess and shoot at a 100yd dinger. Got lucky, hit it first shot. Fun gun.

 

[dantiff2]

Yep, not a squirrel rifle to walk all day with. Had mine out shooting at 50 tonight. Wind will not give up. Most 5 shot groups about an inch, had one just over a 1/2. The pellet that is second best indoors at 25 seems to be the best outdoors at 50 right now. Took a guess and shoot at a 100yd dinger. Got lucky, hit it first shot. Fun gun.

That's a helluva good shooting springer!! I spent some time yesterday in the late afternoon shooting my Origin 22 at 50 and 75 yds. My wind was switchy @3-5 mph. I can normally get five shot groups in the 3's and 4's @50 on calm days but yesterday I struggled to get 3/4". Went out to 75 on steel and my groups really opened up. Nearly all horizontal. If my wind flags (surveyors tape) got up at all, I was putting 2 mils hold on to get a good hit. I would normally run slugs at 75 and beyond but I'm out till the UPS man shows up. 21 gn pellets are a FUN challenge beyond 50 yards : O
Dan

 

[JEFFPPC]

Dan, they sure are fun without all the additional work of powder burners. In a long life of shooting I have saved 3 groups. Two with my current PPC that are a very low zero. One with my 30BR shot at 200 yrs in wildly blowing snow 2 years ago at a winter bench match that's .139. When I get a 50 yard .3 with a Springer, it will join them. It will happen. My best group last night in the wind had 4 in a slightly oblong hole and one a half inch low. We are hoping to hold our first 25 and 50 yard outdoor match this coming Tuesday if the weatherman cooperates.

 

[dantiff2]

Dan, they sure are fun without all the additional work of powder burners. In a long life of shooting I have saved 3 groups. Two with my current PPC that are a very low zero. One with my 30BR shot at 200 yrs in wildly blowing snow 2 years ago at a winter bench match that's .139. When I get a 50 yard .3 with a Springer, it will join them. It will happen. My best group last night in the wind had 4 in a slightly oblong hole and one a half inch low. We are hoping to hold our first 25 and 50 yard outdoor match this coming Tuesday if the weatherman cooperates.

It sure is a bunch of fun to grab and shoot without all the support equipment needed and travel associated with "going to the range". Although, I have the luxury of shooting in my backyard with subsonic, suppressed powder burners. I too have had many groups with four out of five in one hole (high 1's low 2's) but one pellet out makes the group average under half inch at 50. I often wonder if I would have done better if I weight sorted or "rolled" the pellets first, if the fliers would have been culled out. I just can't bring myself to sorting, thinking that it would take the fun out of airgunin' ; )

 

[JEFFPPC]

It sure is a bunch of fun to grab and shoot without all the support equipment needed and travel associated with "going to the range". Although, I have the luxury of shooting in my backyard with subsonic, suppressed powder burners. I too have had many groups with four out of five in one hole (high 1's low 2's) but one pellet out makes the group average under half inch at 50. I often wonder if I would have done better if I weight sorted or "rolled" the pellets first, if the fliers would have been culled out. I just can't bring myself to sorting, thinking that it would take the fun out of airgunin' ; )

I tried weight sorting at 25 yards and could see no difference. With all the pitfalls in shooting a Springer accurately I think lack of sorting pellets is the least of my potential problems. Its all about good bench manners and follow through. I did shoot one of my best 25 yard groups with the Diana 54 today. If you look real hard you can tell its not a perfect round hole. I did not measure it but it will be in the zeros.