Hw97K @ 65 Yards

[Coypu Hunter 486]

Just had to try it...

My extreme spreads are running around the 9fps mark with the V-Mach kit settling down nicely, so since there was very little breeze today, just a whisper left to right, I had a go. The first one is unsupported at the front, i.e. the rifle just resting on the beanbag on the bench. The second was with my hand underneath the forestock.

I was shooting for groups, so just gave it 2 mildots of holdover, rather than the 2.5 mildots required -- because my Nikko Stirling scope only has full mildot markings, and at 9X magnification the 42mm bullseye is a tad on the small side...

In short, if I can time the shot just right between heartbeats, sub-one-inch groups are possible at that range in good conditions. I suspect that this is pushing even a well-fettled springer to its limits...

 

 

[bigmac 97kt 13,836]

Cracking bit of shooting bud ,now try it out to 97 yards i think you will be su,prized at what a 97 can achieve tuned or not

 

atvbmac :thumbs:

[ratbuster 808]

Great shooting that is Coypuhunter, great gun as well !

[Coypu Hunter 486]

Cheers guys!

 

I wouldn't be surprised by anything the 97 can do, bigmac. The main limitations on its performance are the magnification of the scope I'm using (max 9X) and the idiot behind the trigger!

 

My biggest problem at long range is timing the shot between heartbeats. If I rest the forestock on my left hand, then my pulse makes the crosshairs move from side to side slightly, so I shoot between heartbeats. If I time it wrong though, and the rifle's moving when I pull the trigger, then you can see what happens on the targets above -- the shot can land a couple of inches away from point of aim. No problem out to 45 yards, but at 65 yards it's significant.

 

If I rest the forestock on foam, rather than my hand on the beanbag, then I find the groups are wider overall (even though I put two shots pretty much through the same hole -- musta bin a fluke!).

 

How do you guys overcome this problem?

[ratbuster 808]

My biggest problem is my impatience, I know the drill, but sometimes I'm simply too hasty and spoiling the shot accordingly

 

I'm using a .20 Theoben Countryman with an AGS 9x40, doing 14.8 fpe with JSB Exact 13.1 grains, great little rifle

[Coypu Hunter 486]

My biggest problem is my impatience, I know the drill, but sometimes I'm simply too hasty and spoiling the shot accordingly

 

I'm using a .20 Theoben Countryman with an AGS 9x40, doing 14.8 fpe with JSB Exact 13.1 grains, great little rifle

 

Nice.

 

My 97's in .177 and running at 13fpe with 4.52mm JSB Exact Heavies, after fitting a FAC V-Mach kit. Only had maybe a couple of hundred pellets through it since the kit went in, followed by a Rowan Engineering extra setback trigger, and extreme spreads are already down to 9 fps for a 10-shot string. Should get even better as it beds in, all I need to do now is up my game to keep up with the rifle!

 

I have a 4-16X40 AO scope on my Stoeger gas-rammer, which produces groups like a shotgun -- the best I've managed so far is a 30mm group at 33 yards. If it doesn't settle down, and/or if I can't find the right hold/pellet to tame the beast, the scope will come off and go on the 97 and I'll get in some more serious long-range shooting practice.

Edited September 21, 2014 by Coypu Hunter