tonyponty 6 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 hi guys ,,might be a daft question but i have been thinking lol.how far would a pellet travel before it falls to ground i know it prob depends on type of air rifle so will be approx be interesting to see what you guys think i have no idea ..lol.tony Quote Link to post
andyfr1968 772 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I was reading something similar to this on another forum recently and the general view was around 400 yards. I don't know for sure, it's only what I've read on the good old internet So it must be true.... Cheers. Quote Link to post
pianoman 3,584 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I once actually measured 410 metres in field No1 with my Sub 12 ft/lb .22 TX200 rifle Andy. Si Pittaway came up with a similar range with one of his rifles so, it's a decently honest figure mate. What you can control the shot to, as a precise, accurately aimed one however..... Simon Quote Link to post
andyfr1968 772 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I once actually measured 410 metres in field No1 with my Sub 12 ft/lb .22 TX200 rifle Andy. Si Pittaway came up with a similar range with one of his rifles so, it's a decently honest figure mate. What you can control the shot to, as a precise, accurately aimed one however..... Simon 409?? Quote Link to post
tonyponty 6 Posted June 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 interesting that simon how did you measure it as you would not see pellet drop at that distance lol. Quote Link to post
pianoman 3,584 Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Oh it's all terribly scientific Tony I got a lad I know who shoots over the land to help by marking the landings! . He went up field with some white-painted dowells with white cotton streamers on for wind speed indication and marked the spots where the pellets fell with them. I measured the distance with a five metre steel tape and used tent spikes to mark the full run of tape between marks. It seemed to take forever all day, but we got an average of 410 metres into an area "group" of about 17 square feet, furthest to nearest, covered from my prone position. Simon Quote Link to post
tonyponty 6 Posted June 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 nice one simon you had a interesting day doing that then amazing facts cheers i`m learning something every day on here and not even got a gun yet lol. Quote Link to post
BASE JUMPER 18 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 wow i would of put it in the region of the 300ish but 400-415 wow now thats amazing Quote Link to post
markha 99 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hmmm, ballistic software comes up with a lot more than that............ Quote Link to post
fry 209 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hmmm, ballistic software comes up with a lot more than that............ really what does it say ?? what does it reckon to the difference is between 177 and 22 then or are they similar? Quote Link to post
Marksman 934 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 According to CGP my hw100 at 11.5ftlbs & using Daystate Rangemaster Li fired at 27 degrees elevation will travel 431m with 0.657 ftlbs of kinetic energy on landing. Darryl Quote Link to post
pianoman 3,584 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Blimey Darryl that's pushing it on further still. I wondered what the difference a .177 round would make over extreme distance. Simon Quote Link to post
Marksman 934 Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Dunno if I'd believe a piece of software over realtime testing though Simon but would be interesting to put it to the test. Darryl Quote Link to post
tonyponty 6 Posted June 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 there you go simon another day out testing for you lol Quote Link to post
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