80% with the Tarantula
Harry in oz has a .55 inch group at 100 yards with his Tarantula.
Yesterday while painting the targets at 280 yards after shooting the Haley, I decided to try a group. The first 4 shots went into .60, the wind got me on the last shot and took it to 1.35. So 80 % of Harry’s group, of course that last 20% is what is hard to come by.
It does .3 at 40 yards with the JSB Heavies.
No bags, just shooting off the top of a 48 inch grape bin, holding the Tarantula in my hands, 18.1 JSB Heavies at 860 FPS, holding the 4th mildot on a 45 caliber mark from the prior days shooting of the 45 Ranger.
11 ground squirrels, 4 crows and even a double on English sparrows at 50 yards with one JSB Heavy in the last two weeks.
Regards,
Roachcreek
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Fantastic accuracy. Gotta like it. Are these guns even being made any more? Sounds like it ought to be a standard-bearer for the company!
Beauty of a rifle, too.
Maw,
No I just shot them from the tin.
RC
Jeez, RC, I shot a .675 today at 53 yards, with 25 kings, off a bench and was impressed with that, you sound unhappy, did you sort pellets or something.
I got another crow and gs with it today, it has gotten to the point I carry it on my shoulder everywhere here on the vineyard.
RC
Man thats a GOOD Looking Gun! 😀
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Bogman,
The founder of FX designed it prior to there being a FX. It was produced by a few different companies, such as Webley and RWS, it has been know as the FX Timberwolf, FX Tarantula, Webley FX 2000 and RWS Excaliber, all under patent to him and was the first FX PCP.
It has been discontinued for a decade now but it is a really good deal when you find them, The stocks were made in Italy and the Grade 3 stocks which would cost more than the going price for the rifle, which is usually $650.00. They also made a grade 4 stock which at times is a little more.
AOA still sells parts and especially magazines ,which on my rifle seems to be the Achilles heel, so I just put the mags in a baggie and made a single shot tray as you have seen. The mags were delivering the pellet low to the breech and it caused the forward stoke of the bolt to shave a little lead off the head of the pellet. I will buy a new mag and get it going at my leisure, but in reality, my FX Royale 500 mags spent most of their time in a baggie marked FX while I used the single shot tray.
Regards,
Roachcreek