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Daveyt63 I'm using the combo cb 625 attached with electrical tape.
andyfr1968, just been through 8 pellet types as I was doing a test to see which was best in my barrel, sent some vfg cleaning pellets down the barrel and releaded between each pellet type, groups ranged from 12mm to 24mm at 27 yds which didn't seem very good to me. My groups were better before.
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Or it has had time to settle down but is still inconsistent...
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Ha ha yes, feet per second not foot pounds!
Don't know what it was like before the service as I only just got my own chronograph. But it was a bit twangy before, nice and smooth after the service, but less accurate
I have already put about 350 pellets through it, so it hasn't settled down yet.
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Been having trouble getting my groups to close up.Recently had the gun (secondhand AA Prosport springer) relubed by a local gunsmith and it seems to shoot smoother than before but doesn't seem very consistent.Just chrono'd using JSB Exacts with results ranging from 737 to 763 foot pounds over less than 10 shots.I've never done this before but that seems like quite a large variation and thought maybe my spring is tired- any ideas?, is it time for a full tune up with a new spring etc?Any advice/recommendations welcome
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Great thanks, so you do the whole thing with the gun cocked but holding the cocking lever.
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Is there a way to safely use a pull through to clean a fixed barrel springer without taking it apart?
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Thanks for the recommendations. Having put the same question to a number of forums the response I've had is as follows:
JSB Exacts
AA Fields
H&H FTT
RWS Superdome
Daystate Li
RWS Superfield
Accupels
The most recommended pellet was the JSB Exact in 4.52 by a fair margin which just happens to be the pellet I use! Time for some testing now methinks. Thanks again.
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Howdy
I wondered if anyone using an AA Prosport would recommend their favorite pellets for this rifle (for accuracy).
Only ever used JSB Exacts to date and fancy testing a few other makes but with so many on the market maybe you could help me narrow down the options?
thanks
davethedood
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Okiedokie, thanks all for the comments.
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Ha ha, nice to see a healthy respect amongst the members here!!
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Hmmm
...hey. I've got it! maybe I'll just try .22 out and see for myself! -
That's amazing and very good to know. But why don't they make 999 work like that automatically? Why the "secret" 112 number only for those who know?
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Thanks for the replies, I'll stick with .177 for now till I've got the hang of it.
It's not that I don't think .177 is a hunting caliber, but the rats I've shot do a dance with the nerves twitching and all. Upon examination they have been shot straight through the head, generally just behind the ear from the side. I don't want to alarm my wife or any neighbours who may be able to see the end of my garden from their upstairs window, and read somewhere that the impact of .22 is more likely to have a "switch off" effect without the dance, hence the more to .22 maybe? Is this true?
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Sorry for the dumb question, but I have found the post option to enable signatures (ticked as default) but where does one set up a signature? can't find it anywhere...
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Hi De Hi
Please note: THIS IS NOT A QUESTION ABOUT WHICH CALIBER IS BETTER just a query about learning holdover.
I'm something of a novice and have been shooting at a single distance for a while and getting good groups. Decided its time I learnt my holdovers for my .177 air gun. Does anyone here use holdovers on both calibers .177 and .22 or would that be somewhat confusing. Is it best to stick to one caliber, or at least learn the holdovers on a single caliber at a time.
I'm thinking that I'd maybe use my .177 for some hft target but would like to use .22 for vermin.
Any other tips for learning holdover greatly appreciated.
atb
David
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Howdy folks, davethedood Expert Newbie here, been shooting the rats down the garden for a while now and from my makeshift bench rest by the back door I can pop off Mr Ratty with a clean head shot at 30yds with my ProSport .177, 55 down, 1,000's to go. Unlimited supply as neighbours keep chickens and the gardens back onto the railway. I actually convinced myself that I can shoot pretty well until I had a good think about the level of skill that goes into hunting vermin on farms and in the countryside.... perhaps its time I learnt my holdover/unders!!! Ha, ha, ha. Yes, I only shoot at one distance from one position
but do consider myself something of a Newbie Expert or at least Mr Ratty thinks so as he tends to steer clear of my garden these days.To accomplish this next (and lofty) level of hunting expertise I'm re joining Bisley BFTO here in Surrey as they have good facilities and I don't have anywhere proper to shoot, poor me, (not having any land to shoot on that is). I have the John Darling book and video and am a big fan or David James (hunters vermin on utube), both of whom epitomise for me what hunting is all about. They're videos are great, it's almost like you're out there in the field with them, in fact when hunters vermin goes after rabbits the fields of his permissions seem particularly attractive. Or maybe its just that I live in a 2 up 2 down with a bus route out the front and a railway embankment out the back
Being a meat eater I am keen on shooting and preparing something that I can actually eat, rather than the rats. We do get Woody's under the bird feeder in the garden so maybe they are next on the hit list. I wish they would just keep STILL though! Being a romantic I'd rather be out in the woods and fields.
To my first question : is it better to learn holdovers using a single caliber and/or is it confusing to shoot both .177 and .22 using holdover?
Large Chrono'd Foot Pounds Variations??
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Thanks Skot, think I'll try chrono with the other 8 pellet types and see what happens..