Quiet in here, init?

[BTDT]

Yer getting OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

going into hiding now

You can go off people, you know.

I've sorted the parallax problem by refocusing the objective, but the wind has been too strong for any serious long range attempts.

Davy Jones was shooting here yesterday and witnessed me printing a 3" (approx. - didn't bother measuring it) group into a fairly strong headwind, and this morning I managed a 2" group c-t-c with a strong tailwind. Both groups were the only ones I shot on those occasions, and the fliers seem to have been cured by the parallax correction.

I'm slowly finding out how to get the best out of the old HW77 for this long range lark, and I'll post details when I'm sure I've found the best techniques.

[dbc-65]

May look abit on on top of your HW77, BUT i have a big nikko
you can borrow, to do some testing.
Lot of extra wieght though.

ATB
Dave

[BTDT]

Dave,

That's a very kind offer, thank you, but I want to keep the HW77 as is - I rely on it too much.

Jim

[dbc-65]

No playing for a while, ya jim.

The long range weather says the wind and rain showers are in for a bit.

Regards
Dave

[BTDT]

No playing for a while, ya jim.

The long range weather says the wind and rain showers are in for a bit.

Regards
Dave

The forecast for Saturday is looking good - 3mph wind from the north, from the shooting position to the target.

It's too soon to draw conclusions, but at the moment it's looking rather as though a headwind disrupts the pellet more than a tailwind.

Certainly on Sunday last when Davy Jones was here and we were shooting into a lively headwind, the group sizes opened right up and neither of us shot groups better than around 3" c-t-c,

[dbc-65]

Hello Jim.

Did you or Dave do any good saturday???


Dave

[BTDT]

Hello Jim.

Did you or Dave do any good saturday???


Dave

Hi Dave.

By the time my mini-hangover had cleared on Saturday morning, the wind had got up.

Davy was here yesterday and it was blowing half a gale so, instead of attempting any long range stuff, I set out some damsons skewered on willow whips and we splatted them offhand at ranges between 20 and 35 yards.

Great fun.