Accuracy and grouping

[Phantom 631]

Hey guy's,

 

This week while out in the field, I did some accuracy testing using Myself, the AA S200 and the AA Field Diablo's (one of my babies preferred pellet types) and the Kassnar Scope.

 

I had; as some of you will recall, a day last week where every pellet I shot at paper removed the bull and yet every shot at live quarry, allowed the quarry to flick its tail up at me and say "Call yourself a Marksman?" before running off only to die laughing

 

That to me is the best thing about going for a brain shot, do it right you get a 'lights out' do it wrong and 9 times out of 10 it misses the animal completely and you get another chance another day

 

Having spent hours pulling pellets out of my portable backstop (plumbers putty) I smoothed out the putty and put some (5) black dot stickers on it.

These stickers are just slightly bigger than a (UK) 1 pence coin.

 

Put it out at my zero range and fired the first group of 5 to check the gun/scope was spot on and after two clicks elevation it was

 

So I began shooting at the 4 dots. The wind was almost non existant which is always a bonus

 

The great thing about using this kind of putty is that it is soft enough, but tough enough to absorb all the energy of the pellet in a fraction of a second and enables you to recover the pellets from exactly where they landed with a pin, knife or whatever. It also holds them exactly where they hit, so no flying out

 

People often say to me, its damn near impossible to consistantly put pellet on pellet, in the true sense of the phrase, and we all know that a one hole group is usually many pellets tearing just one hole in the target and not one pellet going through the previously made hole without widening it (as some laughingly claim!).

 

After bringing back the backstop I carefully removed the pellets and photographed the resultant groups.

 

The following shows groups of 3 to 5 shots and shows just what can be achieved when care is taken when shooting. I'm the 1st to admit, that its virtually impossible to achieve this kind of accuracy out in the field especially with a springer; but from a pod mounted PCP at a given range and near perfect conditions, well see for yourself.

 

Pesonally I just love the damn near perfection of that 3 leaf clover So much so, I'm going to have it mounted in clear resin as a paperweight.

 

I wish I'd actually used a 4 Bull Paper Target so I could have had it laminated and framed as a trophy

Phantom

 

Edited April 10, 2010 by Phantom

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hi Tony.

 

 

 

Nice bit of welding mate

 

Good shooting Bud!!

 

 

ATB.

 

 

 

Bill.

[jazmin 44]

Good shooting mate dont get much better than that

[farmerkev09 105]

great shooting mate

 

farmer

[stealthy1 3,964]

Bet you cant do a ten pellet pile up, good shooting mate

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Bet you cant do a ten pellet pile up, good shooting mate

 

 

 

 

 

NOW youve done it Stealthy.........whatch this space

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

good shooting! what range? i have had 8 pellets go through a hole which looks like it was made by 3 pellets if that counts for anything.

[zini 1,939]

Good grouping that Tony mate .

 

What range was you at buddy?

 

Si

[Phantom 631]

Sounds like a challenge Stealthy

 

You putting your HW100 up by any chance

 

I'll work on it I know I'm up to it on an indoor range, but I don't have one close by.

 

The range was about 30'ish yards (my paces, so give or take a little on that)

 

I've just measured out 20 feet in the back garden and have gotten some string to make a 100 feet marker (as someone pointed out yesterday, think it was Bill?).

 

Watch this space

 

Phantom

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Sounds like a challenge Stealthy

 

You putting your HW100 up by any chance

 

I'll work on it I know I'm up to it on an indoor range, but I don't have one close by.

 

The range was about 30'ish yards (my paces, so give or take a little on that)

 

I've just measured out 20 feet in the back garden and have gotten some string to make a 100 feet marker (as someone pointed out yesterday, think it was Bill?).

 

Watch this space

 

Phantom

 

 

Hi Tony.

 

 

 

Yep.....twas I

[stealthy1 3,964]

Sounds like a challenge Stealthy

 

You putting your HW100 up by any chance

 

I'll work on it I know I'm up to it on an indoor range, but I don't have one close by.

 

The range was about 30'ish yards (my paces, so give or take a little on that)

 

I've just measured out 20 feet in the back garden and have gotten some string to make a 100 feet marker (as someone pointed out yesterday, think it was Bill?).

 

Watch this space

 

Phantom

 

 

I would rather sell the Mrs than my HW100

[Dakaras 3]

I would rather sell the Mrs than my HW100

 

What sort of money you after? Or would you consider a swap?

[redeye jedi 39]

Sounds like a challenge Stealthy

 

You putting your HW100 up by any chance

 

I'll work on it I know I'm up to it on an indoor range, but I don't have one close by.

 

The range was about 30'ish yards (my paces, so give or take a little on that)

 

I've just measured out 20 feet in the back garden and have gotten some string to make a 100 feet marker (as someone pointed out yesterday, think it was Bill?).

 

Watch this space

 

Phantom

 

 

I would rather sell the Mrs than my HW100

 

yep me too stealthy mate, the mrs once told me to sell my gun or she'll be gone. i walked to the front door and held it open for her. fortunately both stayed put.

[gringo40 13]

Nice work Phantom........I don't think I could do that even if my gun was clamped in a vise and couldn't move.

 

 

Cheers Carl

[Phantom 631]

Cheers guy's

 

I'm down to my last 50 or so AAF's now and can't get any more for another couple of weeks

Got about 40 FX 16grainer's and 45 Bisley Mags. So won't be trying the 10 pellet pile up this week.

 

I have a couple of thousand Milbro Caledonions though, but no chance of getting a 2 pellet smash up with them

 

Phantom