Discussion regarding the most accurate Air Rifle

[Mac42]

Imagine that you have an unlimited budget to purchase a PCP or Springer Air Rifle for a 25 m and 50 m Benchrest. What is your opinion would be your rifle of choice here in the UK? I also include rifles made in the EU and across the pond. The rifle purchased would not be used for HFT or FT.

[look no hands]

Indoor or outdoor use, so many different variables, I'm no expert and I don't know any of the top end PCP rifles, so can't comment on which is the best, it'll also be down to pellets as well.

[Deltawing]

Anschutz 9015 ONE or maybe the Feinwerkbau 900 when it gets here

[simona]

It's going to depend on the individual rifle rather that the type or model.

I've had a lot of accurate rifles over the last 30 years. The rifle which has been most accurate, most constantly with the widest range of ammunition, is my Steyr LG110 with a barley twist barrel from a year 2000 LG100.

At 30 yards JSB Exacts go through exactly the same hole, it looks as though a single shot has been fired.

[look no hands]

I've shot a lot of rifles over the years, nothing high end, I shot a home made single stroke pneumatic that could put pellets through the same hole in the indoor range we where at, I also put three pellets through the same hole with a .22 Air Arms Pro Elite I had just brought an hour before, my Prosport has also produced some stunning groups in the past, whether or not I could do it again, I don't know.

[32:1]

I had an Annie 9015 BR which is a wonderful piece of engineering and I scored my PB at BR25, I then matched that with an HFT500 and a home brew Kral, same scope on each rifle and all had weeks of pellet testing and setup.

So often overlooked, the limitations might just be the shooter

Chris

[AC all day]

Way toooo many variables, caliber, power, weight, distance to name just a few.... I have an Airlogic Genesis it's pretty good at FT but my Feinwerkbau 602 is in a different league at 10m, I have also shot a Rapid 7 at 30ftlb.....
Its an interesting question.... Uhmmmm Whiscome....

[32:1]

I wouldn’t need a lot of money as the HFT500 with a fixed x45 Sightron would be my choice.

[xbow]

I’ve not shot FT for many years, how does the FTP900 rate for accuracy?

[HW777]

A springer would benefit from mass to dull down the recoil, a Hw77 with a CS1000 stock for bench and a Hw77k with a CS800 for HFT or just use the 77 and interchange the stocks.

[MrGreengrass]

I’ve not shot FT for many years, how does the FTP900 rate for accuracy?

Incredibly well, mine did 10 shots on top of each other at 45yds indoors last time out and the pellet mass I collected was covered easily by 1/2 of a 5p piece.
It can do 5p at 60yds benched outdoors but I cant do it every time.my fault.lol...but it does hit exactly where aimed

[MrGreengrass]

A springer would benefit from mass to dull down the recoil, a Hw77 with a CS1000 stock for bench and a Hw77k with a CS800 for HFT or just use the 77 and interchange the stocks.

Have a CS1000 on my benchrest TX200 Mk3..and one on a HW99... good wood.

[HW777]

Have a CS1000 on my benchrest TX200 Mk3..and one on a HW99... good wood.

A Hw99 sitting in a CS1000 stock, what do you use it for and did you go with the extra cost for select wood ?

[Antoni]

If bench rested and indoors, then it could get very particular. I've used someones set-up involving a German or Austrian PCP sub-12 riflle with a good scope combined with a home designed and home-made 'bipod'. The bipod had screw-controlled windage and elevation adjustments and IIRC the rear of the stock rested on the bench. The only input from the shooter was to operate the trigger. There was some discussion abt timing one's breathing and triggering between heatbeats.

Why not use a remotely controlled electrical trigger and then... eh voila! you have a miniature artillery piece.

Can't see how you could get more accurate than that

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[xbow]

Incredibly well, mine did 10 shots on top of each other at 45yds indoors last time out and the pellet mass I collected was covered easily by 1/2 of a 5p piece.
It can do 5p at 60yds benched outdoors but I cant do it every time.my fault.lol...but it does hit exactly where aimed

Sounds good, what pellets were you using?