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  • Shooting High!
    • (Login t165)
      Posted Jul 1, 2009 5:43 AM

      I bought a NIB RWS 350 22 rifle approximately 2 months ago. I have had a RWS 34 .177 rifle for the last 8 years and it has been a very fine, and abused, airgun. The RWS 350 is actually more accurate than my 34...at least with the pellets I have been using as of late. I bought 3 tins, 750 rounds, of cheap Daisy "precision max" flat-nosed pellets to break the 350 in with. At $3.00 per 250 round tin this was the cheapest pellets I could find locally. The 350 shoots the pellets very well which was surprising because the 34 hates the Daisy "precision max" .177 flat-nosed pellets. I also bought 3 tins, 600 rounds, of Beeman Crow-Magnum Pellets to use after the RWS 350 was given a chance to settle down. My problem is the 350 is shooting the 14.3 grain Daisy pellets high. I adjusted the rear sight as low as it will go and at about 15 yards the pellets are striking approximately 1 1/2 inches high. The 18.5 grain Crow-Mags are striking about 3/4 to 1 inch high at the same distance. And the more I shoot the 350 the higher the groups seem to get. I am at about 650 rounds through it right now. I just purchased 750 more Daisy pellets to continue breaking the rifle in but I am really frustrated with having to hold low all the time. I am using the factory iron sights. Has anyone else had this problem with their 350? I have tried to scope the 34 in the past and it was just not worth the effort...scopes working loose...not holding zero and setting them as high as they will adjust and still not being high enough. I would really like to know a fix without sending the 350 back to the factory or trying to scope it. Are taller front post sights available for the 350? I know it sounds trivial but I'll use the 34 one day and then when I switch to the 350 I'll sure as s*** forget to hold low. I would appreciate any advice I could glean.
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