just personal opinion but i find the stock makes quite a difference to how still you can hold the gun and even at 50-70 yards that really shows in groupings.
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just personal opinion but i find the stock makes quite a difference to how still you can hold the gun and even at 50-70 yards that really shows in groupings.
The founder of the FAC .25 Big Boys Fan club
Yes the stock plays a very very important role to the shooter.
As for long range shooting in 12ftlb a .20 or a .177 are very good for plinking at long range's, .22's and .25's are not.
I'm forever blowing "Bubbles"
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There are many things which come into the equation at long distance.
Starting with the easy bits, gun fit as mention above, trigger control, reproducible hold off a stable platform, consistant mv, range finding. The not so easy bits are optimising the rifle power to the best pellet for best accuracy and maintaining it. The very difficult bit is reading the wind, not just at the muzzle.Sorted fac air will be deadly at 75yds in good conditions, but believe me though 100yds is only another 25yds further on it is a quantum leap to cross consistantly
neil
"Shooters, regardless of their preferred quarry, enjoy their sport for its ability to transfer them from their day-to-day life into a world where they can lose themselves for a few hours". B Potts.
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non FAC, go for a .177.
but I see nice grouping of a .22 JSB 16 grains @ 100 meters , 30 ft/lbs.
and the .25 JSB @ 900 ft/sec 40+ ft/lbs.
Take a lot of care, for the wind, and the canting of the rifle.
Shooting an air rifle at 100 meters, is like shooting the real stuff at 700 meters.
cheers, ewoodie.
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