Compare some of this with what you see in airgun reports in the SSAA Journal.
Sample: 5 shots @ 60 yards:
5 shots at 70 yards (actually 71):
10 shots in each group here at 50 yards.
10 shots at 50 yards: "On Target" makes it ctc 0.424" (not as shown on calipers).
Another 10 shots at 50 yards: "on Target" measure 0.393" ctc:
And the turkey: ctc 0.495" in "On Target":
All shot with 8.4 gr JSB Exacts.
Having then sighted in with 7.9 gr JSB Express pellets for the 60 yd tree and a touch of 8:00 o'clock breeze, I waited with the camera installed for a starling to arrive at our Rosella nesting hole.
They are very quick and the logistics of camera sighting and operation makes it difficult so I didn't get a shot away until a couple had come and gone. With a little more mental rehearsal for the necessary operations I then got two shots off for two while the breeze stayed the same: View full screen by left clicking the bottom right corner of the video:
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v392/ ... 0yards.mp4
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v392/ ... 0yards.mp4
The view of the 60 yd tree over the rifle:
]That was a nesting pair (the second has material in its beak) and no more came while we were at the farm last week. Our Rosellas have already reared one clutch earlier in the spring. ... Good job.
A bunch of groups shot at the base of the 60 yards tree. The starlings really had little chance.
But the top group, just a dot really, was shot with one of my BSA hornets with .22 barrel and 18.1 gr JSBs. If you compare the 5 shots with the fly at 3:00 o'clock you can get an idea of the groups' sizes.
All 5 shots groups:
Your mate Martin makes a fine rifle Lewis. It's a pity you couldn't get a dealer's ticket for them.
... Kind regards, Harry.
I don't think I have seen them shoot past 50m with air rifle reviews. That is some awesome shooting, and It is a very nice looking rifle Harry. Are you going to shoot benchrest with it? What distance is air rifle benchrest shot at? Is it only .177 or open to any cal?
thank YOU.