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Biscuits! With a decent TX you should be hitting drawing pins a 50 yards almost every time!
Dave
Dave
Unsupported? Less than 20% - that's smaller than the kill zone on a field target falling steel - and very few national level shots achieve a perfect field target score 
I remember when I first got the gun, I stuck a match in the soil and shot the head off of it from about 30 yards away. I laughed out loud when I saw the head of the match disappear through the scope, it was a complete fluke. I didn't dare adjust the scope after that though!
I put 10% originally, but changed it Less probably with a springer. 50 yards is long way for a sub 12ft/lbs air rifle.. but if you zero'd at that,with a fairly high mag scope... on a still day.... i reckon its doable. Not unsupported though, i bet very few could even hit it from a standing position.
Less probably with a springer. 50 yards is long way for a sub 12ft/lbs air rifle.. but if you zero'd at that,with a fairly high mag scope... on a still day.... i reckon its doable. Not unsupported though, i bet very few could even hit it from a standing position.Unsupported? Less than 20% - that's smaller than the kill zone on a field target falling steel - and very few national level shots achieve a perfect field target score
No, very definitely rested with not too much breeze, and of course top quality pellets.
Check out verminhunterstv on you tube, Si Pittaway has some excellent videos on there that certainly inspired me to try long range targets - not live quarry of course, for that I stay to 35 yards or preferably less. When hunting I always try to get as close as I can, then 10 yards closer.
Dave
Check out verminhunterstv on you tube, Si Pittaway has some excellent videos on there that certainly inspired me to try long range targets - not live quarry of course, for that I stay to 35 yards or preferably less. When hunting I always try to get as close as I can, then 10 yards closer.
Dave
Set up targets every 10 yards out to 100. start close then get progressively further away, and re zero your scope for each one until you get to the further ones. See what groups you can get. Thats the best way to find the best pellets.
I found with my tx200 pellet choice was crucial, other wise it could go over the legal limit.
Rob
Rob
I quite agree Mark, it's amazing how some pellets will group fantastically well at, say 25 yards, but really start to open up out past 35, when others will keep nice and tight a long way out. Still, it's all part of the charm of airguns.
Happy Christmas one and all.
Dave
Happy Christmas one and all.
Dave
6" hold over at 50 yards for a .22 using 16gr AA field, difficult to do consistently into a two pence sized kill zone
I've made countless irresponsible long shots in my time but for consistency, stood and from the shoulder (and when I'm shooting every day and therefore in the way of it) I was hitting a spinner made from the broad butt of an old silver spoon, so smaller than a two pence, 19/20 @ 25 yards (although I'd only ever shoot 5 rounds off at a time so one miss every 4 days or so, but not by much), with spring piston guns, take it out to 35y and that average drops to around 10/20, 50y 5/20 unrested, so with me behind the trigger, unrested, 50 yards is much too far.
I think, whilst longer shots are well doable, 25 yards is about the maximum range for me with a .22 springer unrested, to have any usable consistency, even then for shooting fluffy stuff optimal is around 15 to 25 yards; which are typical rabbiting ranges for most with a springer, 25 yards is therefore a long springer shot IMVHO, of course. Interestingly I have similar results with my .177 springers.
Resting a spring gun is different, provided it's not rested on anything solid.
I've made countless irresponsible long shots in my time but for consistency, stood and from the shoulder (and when I'm shooting every day and therefore in the way of it) I was hitting a spinner made from the broad butt of an old silver spoon, so smaller than a two pence, 19/20 @ 25 yards (although I'd only ever shoot 5 rounds off at a time so one miss every 4 days or so, but not by much
), with spring piston guns, take it out to 35y and that average drops to around 10/20, 50y 5/20 unrested, so with me behind the trigger, unrested, 50 yards is much too far. I think, whilst longer shots are well doable, 25 yards is about the maximum range for me with a .22 springer unrested, to have any usable consistency, even then for shooting fluffy stuff optimal is around 15 to 25 yards; which are typical rabbiting ranges for most with a springer, 25 yards is therefore a long springer shot IMVHO, of course. Interestingly I have similar results with my .177 springers.
Resting a spring gun is different, provided it's not rested on anything solid.
Can't remember which pellets took it over the limit. I'd not had it long, so would of been early 2000, & had it chrono'd at Walkers of Trowell, as i'd been shooting some rats with it & it was going through them length ways, with i think Bisley SD'S, so i'd picked up some wadcutters, possibly H&N'S.
But when it went on the chrono it was 12.3 with some pellets they had there, & the bisleys were 11.5, the h&n were 11.8. This is all back in the mists of time now, but i think i'm correct in what i'm saying.
Rob
I used to have one of those metal target things when i was young, think it was a spinner. Seemed a great idea but i was always worried about ricochets, so never used it much. I then progressed onto throwing glass bottles into a small flooded quarry (deep so no worry about anything getting cut etc, though id still dislike someone doing that now, hate broken glass lying about.).
That turned out to be very bad for ricochets, think it was the fact the glass could move about so it sometimes wouldnt smash, and the pellet would glance off it. Had a few near misses with that
First gun was an air arms similar, but ended up with a HW 97k. Bloody heavy lump
That turned out to be very bad for ricochets, think it was the fact the glass could move about so it sometimes wouldnt smash, and the pellet would glance off it. Had a few near misses with that
First gun was an air arms similar, but ended up with a HW 97k. Bloody heavy lump
Nice rifle the TX200 had one in the past now I've got a few different ones now.
Pellet choice is dictated by the barrel of the rifle its what ever suits it giving you the tightest group at the longest range your comfy shooting at .
Have fun with it
Pellet choice is dictated by the barrel of the rifle its what ever suits it giving you the tightest group at the longest range your comfy shooting at .
Have fun with it
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