Really good AGW this month

[rapidresponse1]

just got mine its a good read

[rhyslightnin]

Ahhhhh.... I'm going to have to wait a week for mine ..
Boo!

[Missed_dinner]

I have just subscribed and unsure when the magazine will arrive but they take my money on Monday.

[TonyL]

Only managed a really quick flick through last night and, as always, excellent.

Can't wait to read Jim's articles.

And Terry testing a springer? Excellent! And with a follow up next month, too. Love it when he tests a springer, especially when it's a HW! And his usual, superb mix of test and technique pointers.

Lots more excellent stuff in there, too.

Well done TD and the team.

[Terry D]

I have just subscribed and unsure when the magazine will arrive but they take my money on Monday.

Let me have your address, MD, and I'll post you the April issue.

All the best.

[Terry D]

Thanks, everyone. Your kind words are much appreciated.

In related news, April's issue is a bit of a landmark one, in that it sees us bring in a disabled airgunner for his regular take on our sport as he experiences it, plus I reconnect with my love of springers after a shamefully long absence.

We also have a new designer on Airgun World and Air Gunner, and I'm really pleased with the changes.

Thanks again, chaps, and as always, if you have any constructive suggestions, or contributions of your own, I'm at the end of terry.doe@archant.co.uk

All the best.

[ballisticboy]

Sounds like I might have to get my pennies out this month to look at Jim's article to see which myths are included. I wold say that 99% of what I have seen on YouTube contains errors, some serious, some not so serious. The internet forums as well are places where myths prosper and gain credulity.
I also have to say that some of the myths are often to be found in the magazines as well. Among the ones I have seen are, that longer pellets take more side wind as there is more side area for the wind to blow on, pellets are drag stabilised, pellet A is more accurate than pellet B because it is more stable and, quite recently, that if you fire a pellet horrizontally and simultaneously drop one they will both hit the ground at the same time.
Unfortunately myths are everywhere and are very difficult to displace once they have become established.

[Scubashot]

Sounds like I might have to get my pennies out this month to look at Jim's article to see which myths are included. I wold say that 99% of what I have seen on YouTube contains errors, some serious, some not so serious. The internet forums as well are places where myths prosper and gain credulity.
I also have to say that some of the myths are often to be found in the magazines as well. Among the ones I have seen are, that longer pellets take more side wind as there is more side area for the wind to blow on, pellets are drag stabilised, pellet A is more accurate than pellet B because it is more stable and, quite recently, that if you fire a pellet horrizontally and simultaneously drop one they will both hit the ground at the same time.
Unfortunately myths are everywhere and are very difficult to displace once they have become established.

Hot off an educational/science site on the web:
http://www.school-for-champions.com/...m#.WMUfwrynxDu


Shooting and dropping a bullet

If you would shoot a bullet from a gun exactly parallel to the Earth's surface, the motion of the bullet would have no effect on how gravity acts on the bullet. In other words, the bullet would drop at the same rate as a stationary object.

Dropped bullet and shot bullet hit the ground at the same time


Many people don't believe that if you held a rifle or handgun parallel to the ground and at the same time you shot the bullet, you dropped another bullet from the same height, both bullets would both hit the ground at the same time. However, it is a fact.

Exception

An exception to this phenomenon would be if the bullet or object was able to travel so many miles or kilometers that the curvature of the Earth came into play. In such a situation, the bullet would take slightly longer to hit the ground, because the displacement to the ground was greater due to the Earth's curvature.

Example

If you shot a bullet at 900 m/s from a rifle that was 1.5 m above the ground, how far would the bullet fly until it hit the ground? Discount air resistance and assume the rifle is parallel to the ground.

Solution

x = vs√(2y/g)

x = (900 m/s)√[2*(1.5 m)/(9.8 m/s2)]

x = (900 m/s)√(0.306 s2)

x = (900 m/s)(0.553 s)

x = 498 m or 1634 ft

Summary

An object moving sideways or parallel to the Earth's surface will fall at the same rate as one that is simply dropped. The equation for the displacement of the object before it hits the ground can be derived from the gravity equations for falling objects. An exception is if the object moves so fast or far that the curvature of the Earth comes into play during its fall to the ground.

[brian747]

Thanks, everyone. Your kind words are much appreciated.

In related news, April's issue is a bit of a landmark one, in that it sees us bring in a disabled airgunner for his regular take on our sport as he experiences it, plus I reconnect with my love of springers after a shamefully long absence.

We also have a new designer on Airgun World and Air Gunner, and I'm really pleased with the changes.

Thanks again, chaps, and as always, if you have any constructive suggestions, or contributions of your own, I'm at the end of terry.doe@archant.co.uk

All the best.

Well Terry, I am an avid reader of AG &AGW , and greatly enjoy there contents specialy Jim tylers articles
and the hunting articles as well, overall these magazines have greatly improved over the past few years ,due to the
attitude of listening to the readers views on content, long may this continue, and my thanks to all the editorial team and writers
keep up the good work
atb brian

[Lon'gun]

I hadn't bought a dedicated airgun magazine for donkeys until about two years ago, when I felt the need to find out about all the fuss surrounding pcps.
The first, as it happens, was AGW. Enjoyed 'reading' it ever since [see caveat below], along with other periodicals, notably AG and Gunmart.
Consequently, off the back of AGW and other reviews I bought a 177 HW110. The ambi stock swung it. Being a southpaw there wasn't a lot of options with ambi sporter stocks. I'm very pleased with it on the whole, stupidly accurate and consistent at regular ranges but sadly very little soul or connection, unlike a springer or rammer.
I do enjoy shooting it, when I can extend the target range out 40+ yards, where the the potential for more variables come into play, which required a greater application of marksmanship skills to achieve the same consistency. At sub 35 yards I tend to speed shoot single shots at multiple targets, just to add a bit of a challenge.
I don't know if I'm alone in observing this, but one point I do find irritating about all magazines today is the practice of using colour pictures or backgrounds for editorial. Pictures should support the contents of the text, not obscure it or make it difficult to read.
Please stop doing it!
#justsaying

[Bladerunner too]

Thanks, everyone. Your kind words are much appreciated.

In related news, April's issue is a bit of a landmark one, in that it sees us bring in a disabled airgunner for his regular take on our sport as he experiences it, plus I reconnect with my love of springers after a shamefully long absence.

We also have a new designer on Airgun World and Air Gunner, and I'm really pleased with the changes.

Thanks again, chaps, and as always, if you have any constructive suggestions, or contributions of your own, I'm at the end of terry.doe@archant.co.uk

All the best.

Air Gunner,March issue.Red Squirrel Ranger,Starts the story with the tree branches, leaf colours in the background, am not a fan of this, an glad to state it seems to only happen in rare circumstances these days, Cant understand,now that i liked.

[Missed_dinner]

Let me have your address, MD, and I'll post you the April issue.

All the best.

Thanks Terry, I will wait to see what happens next week and let you know.

Chris