Quiet in here, init?

[BTDT]

Thanks for your kind comments, chaps, but I don't class myself as a particularly good shot these days and credit is more due to Messrs. Weihrauch, RWS and Lady Luck.

If some of the top springer shooters like Herx77 and The Pie Man got involved then I think we'd see groups like the ones photographed above on a regular basis.

Anyway, I had another attempt yesterday evening because the wind had died down, and went for ten shots rather than five. The group was 40mm c-t-c. The light was fading but I then put another ten shots onto the same target and only three fell within the first group, the rest being in a 130mm vertical string (30mm wide), which I put down to not being able to see the aiming mark and putting the cross hairs in the wrong place.

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The coin is a 2p.

[dbc-65]

Never mind lady luck, that some good shooting with some sorted kit.
Would be nice to see Herx77 and pie man shoot a few groups.

ATB
Dave

[Gnhouse]

Just been going through my springer collection and I reckon there are only two guns I've got that would be any use at long range. One is a Fenman which is currently at Theoben so is not much use and the other is my .22 MkII TX200 which is needing a service, so again not much use. I'll try and get one of them sorted and give it a go as it would be interesting so see what I could get with something that liked to move around, just need some time to sort out things.

Jim looking at the second group I'd say that was mostly down to the magnification being too low, as I think for long range shooting you really need somewhere between 10x and 20x. With more than 20x you can get loss of light and a potential over amplification of your shakes, mind you when I shot FT I never changed my mag from 40x or 32x (depending on the scope I was using either Tasco or Burris) so higher mag might work for you but you will contend with more problems caused by it, less than 10x and you are contending with potentially thick crosshairs and pinhead sized aiming marks.

Garrick

[davy jones]

Just been going through my springer collection and I reckon there are only two guns I've got that would be any use at long range. One is a Fenman which is currently at Theoben so is not much use and the other is my .22 MkII TX200 which is needing a service, so again not much use. I'll try and get one of them sorted and give it a go as it would be interesting so see what I could get with something that liked to move around, just need some time to sort out things.

Jim looking at the second group I'd say that was mostly down to the magnification being too low, as I think for long range shooting you really need somewhere between 10x and 20x. With more than 20x you can get loss of light and a potential over amplification of your shakes, mind you when I shot FT I never changed my mag from 40x or 32x (depending on the scope I was using either Tasco or Burris) so higher mag might work for you but you will contend with more problems caused by it, less than 10x and you are contending with potentially thick crosshairs and pinhead sized aiming marks.

Garrick

I'll bring my 24x over on sunday for him to borrow

[BTDT]

Well, I've accounted for some of the inaccuracy - parallax error. It's not an AO scope and I'd focused the objective at twenty seven yards...

Can't believe it's taken me until now to work that out.

[dbc-65]

Well, I've accounted for some of the inaccuracy - parallax error. It's not an AO scope and I'd focused the objective at twenty seven yards...

Can't believe it's taken me until now to work that out.

Yer getting OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

going into hiding now

[BTDT]

Yer getting OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

going into hiding now

You can go off people, you know.

I've sorted the parallax problem by refocusing the objective, but the wind has been too strong for any serious long range attempts.

Davy Jones was shooting here yesterday and witnessed me printing a 3" (approx. - didn't bother measuring it) group into a fairly strong headwind, and this morning I managed a 2" group c-t-c with a strong tailwind. Both groups were the only ones I shot on those occasions, and the fliers seem to have been cured by the parallax correction.

I'm slowly finding out how to get the best out of the old HW77 for this long range lark, and I'll post details when I'm sure I've found the best techniques.