open-sighted! Got last place but with a 32 out of 60 -it was a blast...I know at least ten of those misses were shooter error(rushing the shot/poor follow thru/fatigue) and bad weather...I could see how a scoped 48/52 would be a solid FT gun...Get your Diana and go FT! CarlM
what where the others shooting, meaning air gun types?
and, please what caliber?
at what distance, fixed or staggered targets?. indoors? what position? standing ? rested?
the 48 is a heavy air gun and lets itself to be rested easy, just let the air gun do it's job not a very sensitive air gun since the weight is on the shooters side
glad you like the 48 because it is a one of a kind, sidelever and ungorgiven to shot, the more you shot it the more you will understand the 48
warren
and remember "it's 30% the gun and 70% the shooter"
great open-sighted shooter-the FT shoot was outdoors at ranges approx 18-50 yards...some guys had real-deal FT rigs but they all shot very nice guns and were very nice themselves. My 54 is shooting a little above the 20ft lb mark. so I went with the 48 both are .22! Chris and both knocked down one of the FT's after the match at 80 -90 yards at least...actually he downed two-but I was out of pellets and needed to be getting on the road home!
Carl,Tim here! You also said: "power to spare",,"fixed barrell accuracy",,"low hold sensativity",,"Built Tractor Tough"!! You score a perfect 100%!! I agree with you! Under that you list: Diana 54 Air King! I knew I liked you for some reason!!LOL! Most know F.T. is mostly dominated (at upper levels) by pcp now. Seems to me there are a few old guys that can give the "dark side" guys a run for there money with a well tuned Diana 54 or TX 200?? The 48 is a fine gun my friend! For the record, I agree with everything you said about the 48. Good shooting Bud! Tim.
Maybe sometime you could do one of these matches...It would be fun--I'm hoping to host a match one day soon...wanted to for years...the RWS side-levers are great-which ones are you shooting?
Also Tim, this great fellow Greg took some pics at the
April 14 2008, 9:13 PM
FT shoot and put them on the yellow forum on Sunday-I was 'lucky' enough to be in two of them looking goofy as can be sitting in the mud with my 48 .22-it was a BLAST.