Interesting accidental discovery...

[I. J.]

Regardless of what date it is - One of our more experienced club members last Thursday night seemed to have trouble zeroing his rifle which came with inter changeable barrels. Despite changing the breech seal in the quest for accuracy nothing seemed to improve the smooth twist accuracy. It was only later in the evening he made the discovery that .177 dont go to well in a .22 barrel regardless of the twist, seal etc. He wont live that one down for a while.
And I thought I was a Wally trying to zero a .22 Ace fitted with a .177 silencer (that was when Whisperer silencers were calibre specific.)

ATB
Ian

[Artfull-Bodger]

What you do is file a flat on the side of the pellet, dependant on the wind direction

[air-tech]

You could also fit baffles to the muzzle, micrometrically adjustable... use them just like rudders... I just wonder, with all these amazing ideas, if the FT rule book will need to be re-written tomorrow morning...

[Prone Shooter]

You could also fit baffles to the muzzle, micrometrically adjustable... use them just like rudders... I just wonder, with all these amazing ideas, if the FT rule book will need to be re-written tomorrow morning...

I think the rule changes missed the mid day deadline today tbh but there is an option for amendments in the 2018 series rule book.

Bob

[Airsporter1st]

You could also fit baffles to the muzzle, micrometrically adjustable... use them just like rudders... I just wonder, with all these amazing ideas, if the FT rule book will need to be re-written tomorrow morning...

Why fit baffles to the muzzle? Just go the whole hog and fit miniature rudders/elevators to the pellets. Initially they can be adjusted by hand to meet conditions, but once we can get small enough actuators they can be guided to the target.

In seriousness, though I think Jon Budd has clearly demonstrated the criticallity of accurate barrel crowning.

[Cocksure]

Why fit baffles to the muzzle? Just go the whole hog and fit miniature rudders/elevators to the pellets. Initially they can be adjusted by hand to meet conditions, but once we can get small enough actuators they can be guided to the target.


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Using an Atari joystick? Definitely a future FT best seller!

[Airrepman]

No point in having flatter trajectory if you Carn't hit anything.