to much speed
this weekend i was tuneing my condor, and i was on a porch (with a sand bag) with the sun to my back so i could see every pellet all the way to the target, about 70 yards. i was very careful not to move after the shot. i was shooting kodiaks at about 975fps and noticed they were trackin to the right about 3/4 of an inch and then back to the crosshairs. i know i was shotting them fast because when i droped down to 900 they flew strait. what are the physics of this? is it like a curve ball, or the rifleing spinning the pellet to fast because of the fps. the worst pellet ever for this was beeman silver ace, it did a 2 foot cork screw to the target. well your ideas on this are welcome
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Well I was going to post a question about this. May still. I was shooting today, with a 5-7 MPH cross wind. I could see a wobble with the Kodiaks. But not with the JSB’s. For some reason, the KD’s were printing high and low, about 1 inch at 65 yards. The JSB’s were on the money. I would have thought that the Kd’s would have been better in the wind. They did drift less though.
Because of the spin the projectile can indeed appear to move from side to side as it goes downrange. Its actually more of a corkscrew type motion. I used to observe this in 22 rimfire ammo all the time when shooting from the bench with a high mag scope.
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How many F.P.E. is delivered at 800/ 900/ 1000?
Ditto with Vlady. The Kodiak in .25 does great from 1000 to 1050fps and it’s better at around 980fps.
Check scientifically that you’re reticle is actually level…
There may be a slight cross wind down range.
Kodiak is great up to 1050 fps.
I can relate by telling you that Beeman Silver Ace is crap! I had very poor grouping at 25 yards with a stock TSS.
The Kodiaks work well for me at 900fps and I’ve heard folks pushing them sonic with good results
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Thanks Shrpshtr.