Rez 4,961 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Got out this morning while the other half was in bed with a hang over... few hours with the 97 and planned to get back again in the afternoon with the PS, of which I did. Both forays went ok, missed a few on the second outing due to be used to the hold over with the .22 the previous trip, but the permission is rife with rabbits at the moment. As most probably are. Through the land a train line runs and the buggers have warrens riddled into the side of the ditch running parallel with the line. I sit or mooch up one side and shoot down onto them the other side which is, at best guess, between 34-45 yards. I should really pace it out. Second outing I managed to get 5, first one 3, but found myself passing many tatty ones on to a resident barn owl that I keep bumping into. Gorgeous thing it is too. 5 Quote Link to post
jonnie bravo 572 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Lovely. Just out of curiosity is the train line still in use? And if so do you do anything special safety wise? The prosport looks gorgeous! Do you find it unbalanced at all with the menace? I had a leapers 4-16x50 IR AO and one piece mount and that was definitely unbalanced Quote Link to post
chrismdd 787 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Nice shooting and great to see the barn owls. Have you tried sitting tight and squeaking the barn owls over? its quite amazing how close they get with no sound from them. On moonlight nights I will take the dog out and stand by the edge of a copse and see what owls I can squeak in. 1 Quote Link to post
Rez 4,961 Posted April 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Yes, it is, but not on Sundays. Safety wise, I dont cross when a train is coming Balance is kinda ok really... Ive shot it for so long now, Ive perhaps got used to it. I did have a raiser before to lift the scope higher, it was defiantly was rather dodgy then. The menace is bloody heavy though so it almost helps keep the rifle on line when shooting. Absolute bangin scope I must say. Recommended. 2 Quote Link to post
Adrian Kenny 64 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Beaut of a rifle bud! Defo on my wish list! Bang on shooting too! 1 Quote Link to post
Adrian Kenny 64 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Beaut of a rifle bud! Definetly on my wish list! Bang on shooting too! Quote Link to post
Adrian Kenny 64 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Sorry my phone has gone crazy! 1 Quote Link to post
Rez 4,961 Posted April 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Nice shooting and great to see the barn owls. Have you tried sitting tight and squeaking the barn owls over? its quite amazing how close they get with no sound from them. On moonlight nights I will take the dog out and stand by the edge of a copse and see what owls I can squeak in. I havent mate. It has glided by quite close on occasions last summer. Its got a 'little' man made house thing in a cattle barn... I wandered by it today tracking some rabbits, the entrance was dark even in the day time and out came the white grim reaper, startled me to honest. Its like a proper predator. Standard. With all our air guns and mods, we're still pretty shit compared. 2 Quote Link to post
jonnie bravo 572 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Yes, it is, but not on Sundays. Safety wise, I dont cross when a train is coming Balance is kinda ok really... Ive shot it for so long now, Ive perhaps got used to it. I did have a raiser before to lift the scope higher, it was defiantly was rather dodgy then. The menace is bloody heavy though so it almost helps keep the rifle on line when shooting. Absolute bangin scope I must say. Recommended. Nice, are they the ones with first focal plane? Any advantages? Quote Link to post
Rez 4,961 Posted April 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Yes. One major one is mil dot calibration stays the same no matter what mag it's being used on. At 4x the mil dots are so fine, there hardly legible. At 6x, which is what I shoot at, on the PS, I never aim to high or low. On rabbits I aim just below the eye, if it's under 20 yards, the pellet would clock it below the ear, if it's anything further, out to 40 say, the pellet will strike the neck. Everything in between is dead on. 1 Quote Link to post
jonnie bravo 572 Posted April 19, 2015 Report Share Posted April 19, 2015 Appreciate the reply there it sounds pretty complex! I can imagine that is very handy! Quote Link to post
bigmac 97kt 13,816 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Nice shoot bud top class as all ways atvbmac :thumbs: 1 Quote Link to post
The one 8,529 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Nice going mate Quote Link to post
Alan... 172 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Nice write up.mate Quote Link to post
random 659 Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 It's good to get out once with one rifle on a given day,to get out again with another must be a real joy,sounds a good day and bagged a few as well as seeing wildlife which can be admired,proper day to remember I reckon,got to get me a springer soon,good read... 1 Quote Link to post
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