Hi guys! I know I have,nt posted anything lately and I,m sorry for that.Between work,mowing the yard,making a garden,raiseing kids and my grandson,and tuneing a few rifles I have,nt had alot of free time.I did manage to get to the silhouette match tonight though.I started on the rams at fifty and took nine out of ten.The guy shooting next to me gave me a little bit of an attitude and I lost my focus on the turkeys at 40 yards.I only managed a six out of ten.I got back in my groove and took nine out of ten on pigs and chickens.Total for the night was 33 out of 40 and the 460 performed flawlessly.
Last week my score was a 31 out of 40 but I did manage to get a perfect 10 out of 10 on the rams.Theres just something the 460 loves about fifty yards.Thanks,John
Very very nice shooting John, good to hear from you. I new that 460 could do it
I keep saying how good of gun it is, i dont think anyone beleives me.
Again way to go, you keep it up some of those rimfire guys will be trying air guns, dont you think.
Take care John, alway a pleasure
Ray
I believe the 460 .22 had potential but did not have the dedecation to stay with it. The 350 was more natural for me. But you guys almost make me wish I didn't sell it.LOL John, You fix that gun up good for James now.
Great shooting John!! Next time you 'll get 39 out of 40, you 'll see. Just don't let others psych you out or get you upset. That's their strategy.
So explain to us what 's involved with this shooting competition. Are these metal silluettes you have to knock down? What are the dimensions? What pellet are you using and glass (magnification, etc.)? Do you use a sandbag? Bring your own? etc. I 'd like to get involved in that too if I can find a local airgun club. Does everyone there compete with airguns only?
I believe the silhouettes are 1/10 scale NRA 22.Rimfire targets.There about 3/8" or thicker steel with a small base plate.We have steel rails in the ground to stand them on.The ram is about 5" tall and 6" long and is shot at from 50 yards away standing freehand.No benches,no shooting sticks and no leaning.The turkeys are at forty yards,pigs at thirty and little fricken chickens at twenty yards.Theres ten of each and your allowed one shot for each.
I have a Bushnell Legend scope which is 5-15 x40 and Beeman adjustable mount.I,m useing unsorted CP,s,I sorted them and weighed them at first but found out it was,nt that big of a deal for this competition.I have the rifle set for dead on at forty yards.It,s a half milidot under the crosshair for fifty yards and one milidot over for the crosshair for thirty and twenty.
Man you can count me OUT! If I cant shoot from a bench, or lean against a tree,(squirrels) forget about it! Seriously, I have been making myself practice, standing, freehand, Im getting pretty good at bustin cig buts out to 15 yrds. with my 24. Is that ok? LOL! Today I was acually hitting beer cans at 30 yrds. with my new 350 pretty regular! Its ok for me though, where I hunt,a tree to lean against is always close by. John, you did a fantastic job tuneing my 350, from a rest I can really shoot that bad girl!Soon I get my new mount from Johannis so I can use the Big Boy scope you sent me! Thanks John. Tim. P.S. Send that stock to me ASAP, Im bored, need a project!
Bob your killin me! Seriously tho, I think we could compete very closly. I would say at 15 feet I could smoke you & hit a perfect score,BUT, those dang FLYERS! If we are going to compete at that level, I must start to weigh all my pells! Tim.
is not a science it just takes a while to master with practice
right hand shooters use the left hand to stabilize the platform, this is KEY
the only other thing or person I pay attention to hand placement are my Dianas and my wife LOL, right hand when dancing with my wife is around the trigger (OPPS) around waist and left hand with hers
on my air guns it is right hand gripping the forearm of the stock and finger in the trigger and left hand in a craddle the front of the wood stock
free standing takes time to master but with repetition it comes natural and you can pivot 360 degrees in secs. the shot will tell you what you did wrong and you will adjust the next time
warren
and remember "it's 30% the gun and 70% the shooter"
