Recoiless vs recoiling FWB experiment

[Garvin]

I think the fact the two rifles were comparably accurate says more about your shooting rather than the guns themselves, in that you are conditioned to ignoring recoil. It could be interesting if you showed the different firing characteristics in slow motion, perhaps?

[Geezer]

Wondering if anyone has an archive of contemporary match scores from the 60s, which might demonstrate any edge the 150 had over the 110, or early recoilless rifles in general over the recoiling kind?

[ptdunk]

I think the fact the two rifles were comparably accurate says more about your shooting rather than the guns themselves, in that you are conditioned to ignoring recoil.

You might be right… maybe I’ll do a string of shots using good springer technique, and another string of shots gripping the rifles more tightly.
It may be that the recoiless FWB’s gave new shooters more accurate results.

Cheers,
Matt

[Geezer]

You might be right… maybe I’ll do a string of shots using good springer technique, and another string of shots gripping the rifles more tightly.
It may be that the recoiless FWB’s gave new shooters more accurate results.

Cheers,
Matt

I think their real success was in being more forgiving of minor user errors by the better shooters over the course of a match.

[Shed tuner]

you need to intruduce hold sensitivity. Bench rested using perfect technique, I'd not expect much if any difference.

Remember this thread ?

http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....tivity-testing

[ptdunk]

you need to intruduce hold sensitivity. Bench rested using perfect technique, I'd not expect much if any difference.

Remember this thread ?

http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....tivity-testing

Ah, I didn’t see this.
As you said shame you didn’t have a standard TX to compare.
Good thread.

Cheers,
Matt

[TonyL]

Nothing to add other than to agree with the above points. Many recoiling rifles will be just as accurate as their recoilless counterparts per se. It's the hold sensitivity that might separate the two. And even that may be pretty minimal in this experiment taking into account the narrow bore / light internals vs high all-up rifle weight.

[ptdunk]

Many recoiling rifles will be just as accurate as their recoilless counterparts per se..

Are there any other examples of a factory recoiling version of any of the match rifles? I only know of the fwb 120/150, the Diana 70/72 junior rifles and the full power TXSR.


Cheers,
Matt