Back On Song

[villaman 9,982]

Been to one of my permissions tonight with the HW100KT .22 with a sidewinder sitting on top . For the last few months I've been using Daystate Li , putting pellet 0n pellet at 30 yard zero and with in a 15mm kill zone at 65 yards ,running at 11.60 FT/LB , higher than AA fields .

Li are a very hard pellet but haven't been that happy with them, don't seem to get to many clean kills , so to night swapped them for Falcon Accuracy plus, my old favourites and I am back on song again

 

[Skot Ruthless Teale 1,701]

Nice one VM cant beat a smk100kt .22 with a sidewinder on top

 

mine has never moved zero since putting the sidewinder on and yesterday at 28 yards I put 3 pellets straight on top of eachother. amazing rifles!

[Daz39 962]

Well done VM

[Rimfireboy! 1,463]

Well done fella

[risingfriend 1,042]

Nice one VM

[moxy 617]

Good going VM. I'm guessing the HW is sorted now?

[Lid 194]

That's some very accurate air rifle shooting villaman. I saw you comment on the 65 yard grouping. What's the maximum kill range you would use for rabbit with a sub 12? I always worked on 40 yards myself when I was air rifling, and then it has to be a head shoot only.

 

(Edit - perhaps I should add that this is a genuine question that I don't know the answer to and am interested to know. I remember though being surprised when I was young on how far air rifle pellets can travel when fired from a sub 12 at the right trajectory.)

Edited June 23, 2014 by Lid

[villaman 9,982]

That's some very accurate air rifle shooting villaman. I saw you comment on the 65 yard grouping. What's the maximum kill range you would use for rabbit with a sub 12? I always worked on 40 yards myself when I was air rifling, and then it has to be a head shoot only.

 

(Edit - perhaps I should add that this is a genuine question that I don't know the answer to and am interested to know. I remember though being surprised when I was young on how far air rifle pellets can travel when fired from a sub 12 at the right trajectory.)

 

No, I don't shoot vermin at that range , normally about 45- 50 yards max with .22

[Lid 194]

Cheers - useful to know, as I am planning to dust off my current air rifle soon.

[villaman 9,982]

Good going VM. I'm guessing the HW is sorted now?

 

No moxy , had the new HW100kt.177 back last week ,cleaned the gun with Napier gun cleaner and the blueing started to come off ,it all so shoots like a shot gun.

Spoke to Chris from HC today, he has arranged for it to be picked up from my place tomorrow and have a new barrel put on .

Cant believe it had the Regal in September that spent more time at Daystate than with me ,had my money back got the HW100kt .177 ,had that for 1 week and between the gun shop and Hull cartridge they had it for 6 weeks ,now its going back to have the barrel changed . To be fair Hull cartridge have been very good.

[moxy 617]

Your not having a good run of luck

Always good that you have another rifle to fall back on

 

[Gaz 177 263]

Nice going with the 100 VM

[The one 8,513]

Looks like swapping the pellets worked mate

[villaman 9,982]

Looks like swapping the pellets worked mate

 

These Falcon Accuracy plus pellets are great in HW100 ,fly faster and do the damage as well as you can see and very accurate , put three in side of a polo mint size hole at 30 and 35 yards yesterday