Tom Gaylord’s new take on the SS

Tom Gaylord is re-visiting the SS with a review on his blog.

http://airgun-academy.pyramydair.com/blog/2012/03/airforce-talon-ss-precharged-pneumatic-air-rifle-part1/

And in the body of the blog he mentioned something I found interesting, have experienced and should be noted to all new shooters. (and maybe some of the old dogs as well :wink:)

Quoting Tom here on power wheel settings (and I think tophat settings can be held true to this as well)

“These numbers are put there so the owner can return to certain settings. They do not indicate the same power level from rifle to rifle, because each rifle is different. But new owners often think that if someone else’s SS is doing well at a setting of 8.13 (the Allen screw on the number 8 and the power wheel indexed at the number 13), their rifle should do the same. It doesn’t work that way, because this isn’t a measuring device — it’s a memory marker for each separate gun. While the guns all perform similarly, each is also unique; and the power adjuster has to be set for just that gun.”

However, I believe sharing this info with another shooter will give him a point of reference and the Good Lord knows I need POR to improve my POI 😉