Spring Bash 4th and 5th May 2024

[TonyL]

That will definitely be a good comparison. Does your 45 have the two power settings? Half and full cock ? If you do have them it's worth finding which is your preference to use and set the zero for that one. The zero changes dramatically between power settings due to the difference in recoil I believe.

Absolutely, Mikey.. The point of impact can vary by as much as a good few inches, so definitely worth settling at one power level and zeroing accordingly. The strike point is actually LOWER at high power due to the piston travelling towards the shooter, forcing the muzzle down on the piston's compression stroke. Obviously, at longer ranges, those impact points might crossover due to the flatter trajectory with the higher velocity, though, but I haven't ever tested this out as mine only tend to get used at short range.

The '45 is addictive and I don't want sessions to end quickly.

And another bonus.....they smell fantastic.

[TonyL]

37 to go, peeps.

BOING!

[flyingfish]

The real question is, how long before the sales thread?

[TonyL]

Well, that's usually allowed at around the 30 days' marker, so one week to go, Pete.

Ooooo-er.........we're definitely getting nearlier, nearly there now!

[MikeHW45]

Full cock! Fnarr 🤣

Oooooh errrr missus

[MikeHW45]

Absolutely, Mikey.. The point of impact can vary by as much as a good few inches, so definitely worth settling at one power level and zeroing accordingly. The strike point is actually LOWER at high power due to the piston travelling towards the shooter, forcing the muzzle down on the piston's compression stroke. Obviously, at longer ranges, those impact points might crossover due to the flatter trajectory with the higher velocity, though, but I haven't ever tested this out as mine only tend to get used at short range.

The '45 is addictive and I don't want sessions to end quickly.

And another bonus.....they smell fantastic.

It was the low impact point at high power that surprised me all those years ago when i purchased my first 45.

[TonyL]

It was the low impact point at high power that surprised me all those years ago when i purchased my first 45.

Indeed.

Group sizes don't seem to differ much though, don't you think? I must do more scientific testing back to back, though.

The HW pistol missing from my menagerie, though, is the '75, as you have. Lovely. I have the '40 and 70. Love 'em all, but they'd love it if the '75 came to live with them.

Pistols are ace for short range use at hone. So wieldy and easy to grab. And you can stuff loads of them in a drawer!

[TonyL]

Full cock! Fnarr 🤣

Oooooh errrr missus

Ah well, may as well go "all in"!!!!!!!

[Segata]

Doesn't the 45 have a Beeman clone? I remember looking at one a while back as I loved the appearance but could not love the price tag.

[Trumpetier]

Doesn't the 45 have a Beeman clone? I remember looking at one a while back as I loved the appearance but could not love the price tag.

That'll be the 40

[Segata]

Fair enough, I do get a bit muddled with the numbers but I'm slowly understanding them

[tinbum]

That'll be the 40

Or maybe the P1

[TonyL]

Doesn't the 45 have a Beeman clone? I remember looking at one a while back as I loved the appearance but could not love the price tag.

Or maybe the P1

Not so much a clone, but the same thing, I think. A bit like the US get the Beeman R1 and we get the HW80, the States get the P1 and we get the HW45.

[TonyL]

https://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2017...pistol-part-1/

Here we go.

[Segata]

Intresting, seems it'd be a similar weight to my Reckord but probably a more effective pistol (although not hard currently as I've still not sorted it)