Spring gun revival (again.....)

[bozzer]

Maybe I'm the odd one out, or it could be that I tune my springers to the machinists level, removing much of the issues associated with the spring mechansim ... also only purchasing the highest quality versions.

As long as there's that big spring in there, to achieve anywhere near the 12fp, then they are still a different world to the PCPs.

I can't really comment on why you can outshoot your Regal with your two springers. Maybe the Regal doesn't have a great barrel or maybe you haven't found the right pellet for it.

If you've shot springers for a while then you maybe already naturally use the right techniques that can be so hard to get people to accept and put into practice.

Sometimes what one person considers as super accurate is not really all that accurate to others. I'd shot springers for years since I was a lad and once I'd acquired a decent 25mm 77k that I'd tuned I thought I couldn't miss. I would practice hitting things about an inch diameter at ranges probably out to 40 yards and I could hit these almost every time from sitting and kneeling positions. So what was the problem? Why all these PCPs with bottles and leaks etc. See ... I've already sneaked in 'almost' everytime there and accepted that that is good enough. It's natural for people to kid themselves with comments like ... I can get 'most' inside an inch at XX range. Check out some of the videos on Youtube where you see people shoot a group of 5 and there is one 'flyer' and they say ... I'm going to ignore that one as it's a flyer ... or I pulled that one. So they then cover the rest with a 5p and say ... Look, I can get all pellets inside a 5p with this springer at this range. No they can't. You can't ignore that flyer.

The big difference is when shooting out of a natural, normal, comfortable position. Many springer shooters have posted to say that they can shoot as accurate as the PCP shooters on the range on a good day. Have a slightly off day and the springer groups open up a little. Move out of the comfort position and the springer groups open up a little. NOTE ... A little. Not by loads. So if your chosen target is a tin can up the back garden, or a rabbit's head in a field at up to 40 yards, then you still probably achieve your goals and consider you are shooting very well. That's where the tight kills on modern tough HFT courses show that your groups have opened up and your scores dipped as a half inch change in POI, or a slightly opened up group, can mean 10 more misses on the scorecard.