paulus 26 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Get your hand in your pocket mate and get on with it On a serious note though just watch the ear whizzers. Will do On a serious note, the ricochets are one of the things that has always put me off the .22LR If you use the sub sonic I dont think the ricochet, mind you the are no good on rabbits only if you head shot the whole time, Ok for target shooting, more research required Quote Link to post
moxy 617 Posted April 22, 2014 Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 Get your hand in your pocket mate and get on with it On a serious note though just watch the ear whizzers. Will do On a serious note, the ricochets are one of the things that has always put me off the .22LR If you use the sub sonic I dont think the ricochet, mind you the are no good on rabbits only if you head shot the whole time, Ok for target shooting, Where did you read that? Oh and Elliot. Watch for ear whizzers mate. Without perfect shot placement and with impact on a hard surface such as a drystone wall, or a hard piece of log etc..... They ricochet like fook. Or so someone said..... Quote Link to post
Elliott 436 Posted April 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2014 One tip... You mentioned the price included 300 rounds of ammunition. Dealers tend to throw that in as part of a deal but it is not much good to you if those 300 rounds don't really suit your gun. I suggest you get a box each of whatever the dealer has in stock and then find out what suits the rifle best. Zero at 50 yards and you should get groups at that distance which fit in the area of a 20p coin but only with the right ammunition. Broadly speaking, you will be able to shoot from 15 to 55 yards 'flat', meaning within an area of one inch or less without holdover or holdunder. After 55 yards you will have to aim progressively higher to compensate for the drop. Lots of practice on paper targets. Enjoy Thanks chaps. I pick it up on Friday. Looking forward to trying it out on the golf course, should be a fair bit quieter than my HMR. It's a private sale so hopefully the ammo is well suited to the rifle. Hopefully the current owner has done all the testing for me Quote Link to post
Elliott 436 Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Back home, removed the stock, oily rag over the metal parts and the stock. Scoped up with my Hawke Frontier 3-9x40 and pinched the bipod and SAK mod off my HMR ready for testing tomorrow. Pretty happy for £150 inc. ammo. Lets hope it shoots well Edited April 25, 2014 by Elliott 2 Quote Link to post
shropshire dan 467 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Looks nice and great price. Dont expect to much from the ammo. My advice is to try some winchester subs and eley subs. If no joy try lapua subs or rws subs let us all Know how ya get on Atb Dan 1 Quote Link to post
hutchey 147 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Nice rifle, mine was a synthetic stock and it loved winchesters. Quote Link to post
Elliott 436 Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Looks nice and great price. Dont expect to much from the ammo. My advice is to try some winchester subs and eley subs. If no joy try lapua subs or rws subs let us all Know how ya get on Atb Dan Nice rifle, mine was a synthetic stock and it loved winchesters. Which Winchesters do you use, the Super X? Looks like there's a few different types. What's the general consensus on optimum zero range, 50 yards? Quote Link to post
hutchey 147 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 I did mine at 50 yards and used the X's to great effect. Longest head shot at just over 120'yards Quote Link to post
Elliott 436 Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 I did mine at 50 yards and used the X's to great effect. Longest head shot at just over 120'yards Sounds good, I'll pick some up tomorrow. How much are they? Quote Link to post
hutchey 147 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Think I paid £39 last time for 500 Quote Link to post
shropshire dan 467 Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 +1 50yard zero winchester super x sub hp 40g. 1 mildot hold over at 80yards 6x mag 3 mildot 100yards 6x mag any more I use the hmr. Youll love it crazy quiet with sak silencer in fact theirs more noise from bullet impact imo Atb Dan 1 Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 used them Remington subbies for the last 10 years as long as you can hit where your aiming, then there excellent value for money Quote Link to post
Deker 3,470 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 used them Remington subbies for the last 10 years as long as you can hit where your aiming, then there excellent value for money You must have been more fortunate than me, I used to use Eley and Remington all the time back in the target days and they performed well, my more recent experiences of Remington subs is terrible. 2 Quote Link to post
shropshire dan 467 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 Same here Deker really dont group at all in my rifle or my mates guns 1 Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 used them Remington subbies for the last 10 years as long as you can hit where your aiming, then there excellent value for money You must have been more fortunate than me, I used to use Eley and Remington all the time back in the target days and they performed well, my more recent experiences of Remington subs is terrible. not as good as eley but i have had no problems at all, the only difference they now come in plastic boxs of 100 rather than a cardboard box of 50 and there now 6.99 a 100 as opposed to 1.75 for 50 Quote Link to post
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