Rimfire tuners question

[Hi-NV Shooter]

You know, you ask 10 different guys, you'll get 10 different ways to get there...
Lee's convinced below 90 & under 5 oz. is best.
I stick every tuner I put on on 166 & find tune 10 clicks either side of it...
Others live only between 200 & 225....
Some use noodles & bloop tubes...
Ask all of us & we're all right!LOL
You're gonna have to set it yourself & form your own opinions because as far as I'm concerned we're all full of it, but it works for us, sometimes, not always....
Again, don't make this any more difficult than it needs to be. Shoot the gun. It will tell you what it likes.

Keith

Keith, Just to be clear I did say in my experience and for me what I am doing works. and you are 100% correct let the rifle tell you what it wants, for me all of them say less than 5-oz. and just adjust it till shoots the best and be done.
I know you shoot sporters, so since you can't adjust the weight at the muzzle do you only shoot at one range or condition? anyone who has a sporter that just can kill it, but has a heavier setup that you have to adjust the tuner for different conditions or even ammo, needs to look real hard as to why that is?
it is about the weight at the muzzle and evidence and perfect examples are sporters

Lee

 

[linekin]

Keith, Just to be clear I did say in my experience and for me what I am doing works. and you are 100% correct let the rifle tell you what it wants, for me all of them say less than 5-oz. and just adjust it till shoots the best and be done.
I know you shoot sporters, so since you can't adjust the weight at the muzzle do you only shoot at one range or condition? anyone who has a sporter that just can kill it, but has a heavier setup that you have to adjust the tuner for different conditions or even ammo, needs to look real hard as to why that is?
it is about the weight at the muzzle and evidence and perfect examples are sporters

Lee

Lee, yes I shoot sporters & no I do not shoot one range or condition. Although the last few years the matches have been limited for them. I shoot mainly UL now because thats what there's more interest in here. And I'll freely admit I'm not that good at it compared to guns I run into from the south.
I know where you're going with your 2nd question & you may be right, I'm not in it optimum tune. Being as I'll freely adjust it from one day to the next I wonder if you're right.
But answer me this. I start the card & once warm I almost always go up to a horizontal line & shoot a group. If I can see the 2nd or 3rd shot I adjust the tuner in or out 1 click, sometimes 2. Maybe more. Until I can't see the 2nd hole. All my rifles come & go out of tune & often.
I was forced to use a lighter tuner last year due to weight restrictions & a new heavy stock. I think it was around 3 oz +/-. I saw the same with it. A lighter tuner does work but again I would need to adjust it almost every time out.
In all the years I've been shooting competitively I think I've had 2 lots of ammo that I would rarely adjust my tuner. I think the reason I adjust so much is the consistency of the lots I've chosen, not the rifles themselves.
Am I guilty of being stubborn & holding around that 166 setting & not going thru the complete Hopewell method. Yes. So maybe there is a better tune for me. I'll try & look at it when weather permits. And yes I'll look into another light tuner.

Keith