range finders.

[lampingboy 305]

wow alot to take in,but i think i managed haha:) i may try and calibrate my mildots tonight or may leave it untill tomorow when i have some time haha.

ill try it and let you know how i get on.

also subscribed on youtube mate,awesome vids i must say!

thanks for all your help pal

atb brad

[ghillies 209]

  On 21/01/2011 at 11:47, zini said:

HI Brad,

 

Regarding your original questions buddy.

 

A good and trailed and tested range finder, used by quite a few of the regular experienced shooters in this section is the GunTuff laser range finder (LRF).

 

I purchased mine form JS Ramsbottom on the internet and got it at the cheaper price like Davy about 2 years ago and it's still going strong.

 

This range finder is very accurate out to 400 metres, and about 2 weeks ago when Tony (Phantom) was at my house for the week we laid a tape measure out on the ground out to 60 metres and put targets out every 5 metres so that I could self calibrate my mildots on my Ultra.

 

When we had set the targets out I checked them with the GunTuff LRF and it was smack on the button.

 

I find the range finder very useful for day time shooting especially from a hide when you can laze the quarry without being seen or when static hunting and you laze yourself 25 metres (.22 calibre) from the front of the warren (centrally) and then laze the far left and far right of the warren, then the far side (depth wise) of the warren.

 

What this enables you to do is then know exactly what range each part of the warren is. You can then just provide the correct amount of hold over for which ever shot arises making for accurate kills every time.

 

Remember though if a rabbit runs out the warren and towards you, you will then need to apply a slight bit of hold under to bring the pellets trajectory slightly down to meet the scopes line of sight (LOS) at the closer range.

 

As Davy says you don't need a LRF to go hunting or to calibrate your mildots, and to be honest I have only been using one for about 2 years now. They are a big help though and have definitely improved my overall kill rate to shots.

 

Before I would say that out of every 10 shots I took when hunting I would hit 6 correctly due to poor range estimation. With the GunTuff it's more like 8 out of every 10 shots taken now.

 

Obviously this only works though if you know your hold over and under points on your mildots.

 

As Andy say, its always better to get the basics of shooting right first before you try something a little more advanced, not that shooting is anything taxing, its really all about practice and gaining experience buddy at all different ranges until you are confident in your own abilities.

 

My final point is about the calibration of your mildots. If you decide to do it please remember this very important fact.

 

Do it on a scope magnification like x6, a magnification that you can use fine for both day and night time shooting.

 

The reason I say this is as soon as you calibrate your mildots on a magnification then change that magnification for another one the mildots will not shoot to what you thought and you will 99% miss the kill zone or the target altogether, usually low as most people always turn their scopes magnification higher.

 

This is due to the lower the mag the less adjustment will be seen on the mildots and the higher the mag the more will be needed. So if you calibrate on x6 then take a shot on the x6 mildot but on x 10 say the pellet will impact low due to not enough pellet lob (hold over).

 

The only thing that will not change when you change the scope magnification is the 2 zero points 1 and 2.

 

They will always be on the cross hair no matter what mag you choose to shoot on.

 

Hope this helps buddy.

 

Si

 

yeee-up..............

[andyfr1968 772]

Just another thought, Brad......

 

While you're on Youtube, see if you can find any of John Darlings vids too. They're a few years old now so don't expect to see loads of high tech kit but his knowledge of fieldcraft and air gun shooting technique are very well explained by a bloke who really knew his stuff too

 

Cheers.

Edited January 21, 2011 by andyfr1968

[lampingboy 305]

will do pal! , ive just measured the distance my gun was zeroed at before and it was 30m ive now set out a 25m range in one of my fields and im just getting the gun ready ,will zero it at 25metres then when i get chance calibrate the mildots.I also set my magnification to x6 as si reccomended and i adjusted the little zoom in out thing to where i could see the mildots most clear

will be back with a few pics later

cheers

brad.