Springer ? 200yds possible ???

[walrus1#]

I would give it a try by zeroing the combo at say 30yards with jsb exacts,then get a length of wallpaper say 3 feet long shott a pellet to a point near the top of the sheet.Now center the elevation turret and either shim or adjust the mounts so that the back of the scope is up and the crosshairs fall on a dot exactly 48" below the pellet hole.This will put you on the bull at 100yards but still allow enough adjustments for errors such as incline and windshifting causing the pellet to climb or dip on way to the target.The total drop on your pellet at 100yards is a mere 68 inches or there abouts and a wind from the side of 5mph will deflect the pellet by 14/15 inches.I don't know where some folk get their figures from but if work with Chairgun as a rough guide then you will be close enough to make a start for real,and save a bit of frustration while setting up.Good luck with your endeavours. We shoot at the missed clays on the shotgun range next to the airguh range at the Steve Smiths grounds near Dinnington.And can manage some very good shots at up to 95 yards which is the distance to the bank top from the shooting stalls.It is dangerous to go any further as there are fields behind,but these practices are enjoyed by quite a few of the guys.
Graham.

[stevemanu]

we've just had a xmas comp at the club.anyway when it was over a few of us stayed behind and started 100yd target shooting.obviously our scopes fully adjusted we could not see exactly where the pellets were hitting as they were outside our field of view.although we could clearly hear them hitting the wooden back stop.we shimmed up the back of the scopes using aluminium foil taking care not to overtighten mounts as this can easily compress scope and damage it,as the scope will be cockeyed in relation to the mounts.it wasn't long before we were all hitting the targets with groupings of about 6 inches.the pcps were consistantly more accurate but some of the springers did very well.we took some balloons down to use as targets and we popped a few of them but we all fell about laughing when one of the lads hit a balloon and you could see the pellet bounce off(through spotting scope) and balloon intact.one thing was concluded any air rifle shooting up to 12ftlb should not be used for hunting at this range.