Distance Calculations...

[ste68blue 8]

Hi all, i wonder if anyone can advise me please?

 

When i am out with my Airarms 410 i find it quite difficult to calculate distances and therefore will sometimes affect my aim and accuracy.

i was considering buying a range finder but wondered what others do?

Also, i am sure i have read somewhere that you can buy scopes with range finder facility, is this true?

 

It would be handy to know what others do and possibly point me in the right direction

 

Cheers

Stephen

[paulus 26]

Hi all, i wonder if anyone can advise me please?

 

When i am out with my Airarms 410 i find it quite difficult to calculate distances and therefore will sometimes affect my aim and accuracy.

i was considering buying a range finder but wondered what others do?

Also, i am sure i have read somewhere that you can buy scopes with range finder facility, is this true?

 

It would be handy to know what others do and possibly point me in the right direction

 

Cheers

Stephen

range finding scopes are out there however with practice you can do it in your head as your only looking at a distance thats limited to your rifle

[webster 90]

buy a range finder ..... job done

[the big chief 3,099]

set some targets out at diferent ranges and write them down where the pellet is hiting and how far from the midle of the cross hare and they are ya aim points

[ste68blue 8]

Hi guys thanks for the help

[deanothehunter 34]

Have used a green laser which is fully visible in daylight, i set my scope at 30 yards so pellet on pellet then look at the same target with the laser on and set that the same so its dead centre of your cross hair at your zero range then when you see a target a quick press off the button if its further than your zero the green dot will appear above somewhat showing exact holdover and vice versa closer than zero shots the dot will be below a touch , i used one on my old stealth and it never let me down and always told me where to shoot so well in fact it was sometimes too easy........be aware though some i used work back to front with the dot shown below at further than your zero so where the dot is on the lower cross hair just place the green dot on rabbits head and goodnight bunny it does all the calculations for you.......

 

Can pick these lasers up cheap on fleabay and such sites, red ones ok but hard to see in daylight unless in shady woodland etc,

 

Just a thought,

 

Deano

[Mawders 595]

Have used a green laser which is fully visible in daylight, i set my scope at 30 yards so pellet on pellet then look at the same target with the laser on and set that the same so its dead centre of your cross hair at your zero range then when you see a target a quick press off the button if its further than your zero the green dot will appear above somewhat showing exact holdover and vice versa closer than zero shots the dot will be below a touch , i used one on my old stealth and it never let me down and always told me where to shoot so well in fact it was sometimes too easy........be aware though some i used work back to front with the dot shown below at further than your zero so where the dot is on the lower cross hair just place the green dot on rabbits head and goodnight bunny it does all the calculations for you.......

 

Can pick these lasers up cheap on fleabay and such sites, red ones ok but hard to see in daylight unless in shady woodland etc,

 

Just a thought,

 

Deano

Wow I had never heard of this method before, sounds good, only thing is I reckon I would feel like the predator with laser pointers ha ha!

 

Just goes to show you learn something new each day.

 

Mawders

[deanothehunter 34]

Yeah its weird how helpful they can be but it works which is surprising as a straight laser line and a cuvred trajectory of a pellet could'nt be so different, i have one with windage and elevation turrets much like a scope but its weird screwing the windage out which you would thinks is coming right actually makes the dot go left and vice versa with up and down, but the allen key ajust ones seen to be ok with turning out the screw allowing it to come right or up.....

 

I first tried one shooting up into trees and downhill etc as a squirrel in a tree thats only say 10 to 15 yards away if your zero was 30 yards but the laser shows around half inch below as your shooting directly upwards anyway i went where the laser said on the cross hair and the shot was beside the eye so clinical it you would be amazed, they are not for everyone but great fun for target shooting as i once set out some x tra strong mints at my 30 yard zero then held the gun by my waist not even looking at the gun pressed the laser button on got the green dot on one of the mints and fired the mint disintegrated in a puff of white powder, i seen shotgun shooters use shooting from the hip method with good results but an air rifle with a single pellet, but it works try it out even if target shooting great fun .........

 

Deano

Edited May 13, 2013 by deanothehunter

[Elliott 436]

I think Si had a video on using lasers which I found intresting. Would love to see how to set one up and how it works over ranges

Edited May 13, 2013 by Elliott

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

Yeah its weird how helpful they can be but it works which is surprising as a straight laser line and a cuvred trajectory of a pellet could'nt be so different, i have one with windage and elevation turrets much like a scope but its weird screwing the windage out which you would thinks is coming right actually makes the dot go left and vice versa with up and down, but the allen key ajust ones seen to be ok with turning out the screw allowing it to come right or up.....

 

I first tried one shooting up into trees and downhill etc as a squirrel in a tree thats only say 10 to 15 yards away if your zero was 30 yards but the laser shows around half inch below as your shooting directly upwards anyway i went where the laser said on the cross hair and the shot was beside the eye so clinical it you would be amazed, they are not for everyone but great fun for target shooting as i once set out some x tra strong mints at my 30 yard zero then held the gun by my waist not even looking at the gun pressed the laser button on got the green dot on one of the mints and fired the mint disinterated in a puff of white powder, i seen shotgun shooters use shooting from the hip method with good results but an air rifle with a single pellet, but it works try it out even if target shooting great fun .........

 

Deano

ive heard of people using lasers for rat shooting, shooting from the hip.. less movement to alert the rats to you being sat there trying to sort em out lol

[jw74 27]

another way to do it is to buy some kebab sticks and pace out and put them in at certain distances.if shooting at night put some reflective tape on them.it works quite well,but not as good as a laser range finder

[Tribeboy1970 9]

Hi Stephen, i brought a laser range finder about 8 years ago, great bit of kit, it takes the hard work out of it, & aids pin point accuracy, if you've got spare funds get one mate, atb Nick

[Marksman 934]

A standard mildot scope can be used as a rangefinding aid, it's called bracketing.

I've got a post from a while back somewhere on here explaining how to do it but if you can't find it Google is your friend

 

Darryl

[DanAdams 10]

If your shooting at quarry thats down a hedge line. Estimate the distance between fence posts and see how many posts are between you at what ever you may be shooting at and work out how much it would be. Also if it's out in the open field, break down the distance into say 5 or 10 yards, it makes it easier.

Dan

[ste68blue 8]

Hi guys thanks for your help and advice i will have a think and see what i can do to over come the problem, there is plenty to consider now

 

Cheers

Stephen