Secrets of the 3 shot calibration method with VerminHuntersTV's own Si Pittaway

[zini 1,939]

Hi lads,

 

This is a two part episode of VerminHuntersTV showing how both I and Davy calibrate our Hawke rifle scopes for longer range shooting.

 

Using this hybrid method that I thought of is very handy and it saves time at the ranges by you not having to shoot every distance along your trajectory in 5 metre intervals.

 

This way once you have zeroed and you know the power of your rifle, only your near and far distances need shooting.

 

It works particularly well if done on a calm day with no wind.

 

As you will see if attention to detail is paid in the setting up of your rifle and scope, good results are much easier to gain later on when shooting.

 

We hope that you enjoy the 2 finished clips and it answers some of the questions people have been asking us on our YouTube channel.

 

Si.

 

Part 1

 

 

Part 2

 

[Pelletpower 203]

Great. Watch!

Havnt got round to using chair gun yet as I was abit put off by all the numbers but after that demonstration seems quite user friendly...

Cheers Si

 

Atb

Jamie

[Elliott 436]

Great video Si, very well put together. Would this technique not work with MTC Vipers? I thought they were a generic mil dot on x10 mag. If not I'd be tempted to swap my scope!

[porkycrook 466]

If you can book me in for you to set mine up PLEASE, as i'm not working it can be when you like.

[zini 1,939]

Sorry lads for the fault with the bit in the middle of part 1.

 

Its a fault that YouTube have done .

 

YouTube said that the lightning was bad on the clip and asked if i wanted it fixed.

 

I clicked yes and it did this to the clip .

 

Im trying to undue what YouTube did to put it back to being as I edited it in the first place.

 

Please be patient.

Edited June 29, 2012 by zini

[Mawders 595]

Top tips Si, I predume this would work with springers as well providing you can fire them correctly? Would like to have seen you do the same calibration on video using the springer.

 

Thank god it's a YouTube fault half way through, I nearly had kittens thinking my iPhone was on the way out lol.

[zini 1,939]

Great video Si, very well put together. Would this technique not work with MTC Vipers? I thought they were a generic mil dot on x10 mag. If not I'd be tempted to swap my scope!

 

I don't think so Elliott buddy.

 

Dont quote me 100% but I think the software will not be written for the mamba reticule.

 

The mildot and all Hawke reticules ie the SR6, SR12, MAP6, Map8, half mildot and cross bows etc work perfectly.

 

If you really take the time with the calibration the results are staggering.

 

I went out today after I had done the full calibration yesterday and didnt look at the data.

 

I then set out targets at work from 10 to 55 metres as i know what 5m and 60 metres are. I shot at each target which was a card and calibrated my mildots the old way at each target.

 

Once finished I looked at the data in regards to what ChairGun Pro had produced and it was exactly the same with better than a 1/4 mildot accuracy (better than you can aim differently).

 

Si.

[Smokey 1 56]

Once again a great video, I see that you are using the range finder to set your distances. I too did the same for some time but after measuring out a few different distances with a trundle wheel and seeing how far out they can be I now only measure out my zero's and mil dots with the wheel. Then in the field it is the judge of distance that becomes crucial. When I got back into air gunning I started to use yards (because everyone else was ) I work as a site manager and have been in the industry since leaving school so why on earth I decided to use a unit of measure that I am not familiar with has been a time wasting lesson and now like yourself have gone to using meters. Shame the chair gun software will not work on the MTC scopes, guess we will have to shoot lots of different ranges in different magnification to work each one out. Love the idea of starting zero at the highest point of trajectory and then using the mil-dots to range find out to distance

 

 

Smokey

[Elliott 436]

Great video Si, very well put together. Would this technique not work with MTC Vipers? I thought they were a generic mil dot on x10 mag. If not I'd be tempted to swap my scope!

 

I don't think so Elliott buddy.

 

Dont quote me 100% but I think the software will not be written for the mamba reticule.

 

The mildot and all Hawke reticules ie the SR6, SR12, MAP6, Map8, half mildot and cross bows etc work perfectly.

 

If you really take the time with the calibration the results are staggering.

 

I went out today after I had done the full calibration yesterday and didnt look at the data.

 

I then set out targets at work from 10 to 55 metres as i know what 5m and 60 metres are. I shot at each target which was a card and calibrated my mildots the old way at each target.

 

Once finished I looked at the data in regards to what ChairGun Pro had produced and it was exactly the same with better than a 1/4 mildot accuracy (better than you can aim differently).

 

Si.

 

Si, that sounds awesome. I think you have made my mind up for me now, I'm gonna swap my MTC Viper for one of the Hawke range. Not been blown away with the Viper to be honest.

 

What Hawke would you reccomend? Is there a real difference between the quality of the new Panorama scope that you've got on your SFS HW97K and your Sidewinder - could you justify the extra spend? Also, does the Panorama have a sidewheel adjustable parallax?

[stealthy1 3,964]

10 out of 10 for effort Zini

[Buster321c 1,010]

Ye , not bad .......

 

Edited June 29, 2012 by Buster321c

[Probuk 93]

Nice work.... :notworthy:

 

iv taken note.!!

 

I was zerod at 35y then recently rezerod at 40y...it work fine for me at the time, but today i went to the club & dicided to rezero back to 35y.

 

After watching your vid, il rezero at 25m and see how i get on.

 

Another thing is i have a habbit of not moving my magnification that's always set at 35 40y..again iv taken note.

 

Great vid and a credit to Verminhunter's tv

 

Atvb

 

Marty

[zini 1,939]

Thanks Marty

[davyt63 1,845]

hi Si

nice footage & shooting

 

for those of you who have MTC scopes,you can use the SR12 RET its as near as it gets to the SCB ret of MTC then just do the paper work once you have all the P.O.A

 

This works well for me!

[ghillies 209]

ooo nice to see good stuff, facts n no bullshit.. exsellent Zini!

 

it used to take anything up to two weeks of rescoping and shooting to get my gun set up, back in the good old days of wats a yard lol! damn i was soooo glad to find a chairgun lol. 2 minutes to 10 minutes piddling about on the pc, 10 min set up and go play yahyyyyyyy!

 

when you've got a side wheel to set up too tis nice to start of well on the truth about the sero lol.

 

here's what i play too when i'm up to it, been like months now..eeee shudders. gunna have to go through the teething again.

 

yes thats a five yard on a dot or half a dot...a one off from what i found using a few pellets. i like it. its roughly there, had a quickie on chaitgun this morning, but thats the jist of it..

any one with a theoben getting slight anomolies, dont worry theres a rumour the scope angle is slightly different..nothing to worry about though.

 

(weighing pellets reduces the grouping down range...)

Edited July 2, 2012 by ghillies