festa 206 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 hi lads well over the past few weeks ive had a problem with my gun nor sorry the wind then again it could of been me lol well i thin i sorted it back to the drawing board and with a cuppa and a little help form my friends (no not the song) basically when you zero at 30m on x10 mag then put the scopecam on and change the mag to x3 of course the poi is gonna shift duh!!! basic mistake i know anyway here's the frustrating footage from the weekend .. atb gary Quote Link to post
wedge2409 98 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 glad to see you've sorted it gary you can clearly see the shots going high in the vid..ste Quote Link to post
Daz 7 563 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Don't have that problem Gary with My Falcon Menace as it's a First focal plane, so whatever mag 4x or 14x POI is the same :laugh: Quote Link to post
zini 1,939 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Gary. ATB Si. Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 You are asking a bit from your self in that wind mate, tenner says you get your revenge when it drops Quote Link to post
andyfr1968 772 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Don't have that problem Gary with My Falcon Menace as it's a First focal plane, so whatever mag 4x or 14x POI is the same :laugh: I'm guessing a bit here as I've never tried to set up a scope cam and I have only a small amount of experience with PCPs but the little bit I have and also from reading about folks dealings with them on here, any change of balance on a gun can affect POI, as well as the scope's set up. The only pre charge I've owned was an AA410c ( lovely rifle ) and when I binned the AA mod in favour of an HW one, the POI was out by a couple of inchs at my 25 yard zero range They may not recoil much, but just like a springer, the gun does move before the pellet's left the pointy end. Bloody airguns!! I'm glad you've got it sorted, Gary. Best of luck in the future Quote Link to post
andyfr1968 772 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 (edited) Edit............. WTF's wrong with my 'poota or THL?? Tried to edit the above post and it won't let me.... And why the feck are there 'emoticons still here????? Edited October 24, 2011 by andyfr1968 Quote Link to post
Elliott 436 Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 hi lads well over the past few weeks ive had a problem with my gun nor sorry the wind then again it could of been me lol well i thin i sorted it back to the drawing board and with a cuppa and a little help form my friends (no not the song) basically when you zero at 30m on x10 mag then put the scopecam on and change the mag to x3 of course the poi is gonna shift duh!!! basic mistake i know anyway here's the frustrating footage from the weekend .. atb gary POI can be a strange thing can't it? I know when I used to have a Hawke scope I'd set it at a zero range of 25 yards on x6 mag. Whenever I'd change the magnification to x3 or x9 the zero would shift. I've found this can happen with some of the budget scopes but it hasn't happened with my MTC Viper. Occassionally it can be the parallax needs adjusting but sometimes its best to set the magnification and leave it be I bet its even more difficult with a scope cam too! ATB Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Hi, glad you have found the problem out. I would personally avoid the Hawke rubbish like the plague. I have simmons on all my rifles and i have had no trouble at all with them. To the best of my knowledge the 3-9WA Simmons Pro-hunter on the Falcon has never lost its aim in 11 years, so i think thats about as good as it gets. But then again, i can't remember the last time i adjusted the zoom, i use 4 power for everything. No point in having a nice gun and putting some chinese/tiawanese made cheap crap like Hawke on it IMO.... Quote Link to post
fry 209 Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Hi, glad you have found the problem out. I would personally avoid the Hawke rubbish like the plague. I have simmons on all my rifles and i have had no trouble at all with them. To the best of my knowledge the 3-9WA Simmons Pro-hunter on the Falcon has never lost its aim in 11 years, so i think thats about as good as it gets. But then again, i can't remember the last time i adjusted the zoom, i use 4 power for everything. No point in having a nice gun and putting some chinese/tiawanese made cheap crap like Hawke on it IMO.... just had a quick google at simmons scopes they dont seem that expensive at all. Quote Link to post
Phantom 631 Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Hey Gary, Glad Si and I could be of service and it's a good hunter that can blame himself and not his kit! Like you said, even the most experianced shots can forget the basics at times Tony Quote Link to post
festa 206 Posted October 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 cheers for the replies lads just looking forward to the weekend now to see if thats my problem might even give si's challenge ago atb gary Quote Link to post
andyz 30 Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Good point Gary, maybe when the wind calms down a bit you can get some footage of maybe 5 pellet groups at 25yrds, changing the mag after each group to see the POI change??!? Just a though..... ATB, Andy Quote Link to post
festa 206 Posted October 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 can you read mt mind andy lol thats the plan tonight before we start on the bunnies atb gary Quote Link to post
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