Card Cutting Stand
The cards where cut with my Cricket Compact 177 cal tune to send JSB 10.34g @ 920 fps mounted with a Mamba lite 3-12×44 SCB, no wind today very hot and humid.
Looking down the scope the cards are very hard to see at 12x.
Even though the Mamba has a very fine etched glass radical the width is about 4x wider/thicker than the playing card.
After practicing I did some with 4 shots and some with 7 today.
I be trying 40-50 yards next week but I need to make a holder that points to the center of the card or I won’t be able to see them, more on that latter …………….
This is my average attempt, 6 shots at 30 yards to cut all 4 cards, some took 2 shots to finish the cut.
Friend suggested that I’m cutting them to high, down the center be better.
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My Airgun buddy wanted me to make him a holder, so I made 5 of them to give as take home gifts for our 4th of July barbeque luncheon.
:wave: HAPPY 4th guys !
~ GKU
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Oh yes, thanks shooter and Greg for explanation I understood now. I have read it faster and not properly. 😳
Thanks Sam !!
The cards where cut with my Cricket Compact 177 cal tune to send JSB 10.34g @ 920 fps mounted with a Mamba lite 3-12×44 SCB.
But with the JSB heavies the gun is spot on anywhere between 890-920fps (18.19 – 19.35 fpe) depending on the pellet lot.
It’s been getting awfully harder and harder to see with that magnification, so the shooting took more than twice as long to do.
I made a visual pointer in aid to help me with the cards at 50 yards, I’ll post it latter.
How is the FT shooting going for ya ?
~ GKU
Just about twice as hard to do with a 177 cal compared to my 22. :banghead:
Turned out that my friend was wrong about shooting it down the center of the card.
I just snip/cut off a 1/4th inch off the top at a time so the cards last longer, a lot of 4 for 4 on this one. :biggrinn:
~ GKU
Greg at 40 yards that is some insane shooting. What fpe was the Compact set at?
.177 has a smaller cutting surface.
That’s correct !
One card is .012” thick.
A .177 cal is 14.75 time the thickness of one card, whereas a .22 cal is 18.33 time the thickness.
Let me tell ya, it’s great fun in-between the Pesting !! 😀
~ GKU
No. You get it wrongly. Greg meant it was harder with .177.
.177 has a smaller cutting surface.
Greg It is twice time harder to do with cal.22 ? 😳 Cricket .22 is less accurate? 😕
I took it out to 40 yards the other day.
Just about twice as hard to do with a 177 cal compared to my 22. :banghead:
Turned out that my friend was wrong about shooting it down the center of the card.
I just snip/cut off a 1/4th inch off the top at a time so the cards last longer, a lot of 4 for 4 on this one. :biggrinn:
~ GKU
(In my limited experience the best I came across till today) IMHO :bow:
Hi Pippo,
The Compact 177 is by far the most accurate Airgun in my PCP collection of many out to 75 yards !
IMO soon to become a collectors item, for the fact that it’s no longer in production. 🙁
Cut the cards today horizontally also ! 
~ GKU
Yes the Cricket is a VERY VERY ACCURATE rifle :8:
(In my limited experience the best I came across till today) IMHO :bow:
:rofl: Gee, I left the post for a couple of days and man what’s going on ?
Did Zonk start u guys drinking too ? :18:
Elmer, that is not a shooting stand. 😆
It’s a quick solution to hold all my guns on the work bench, cheaply.
I modify a Donny’s SOS “slip on shroud” to only 3″ (at 11.5″) longer then the OEM shroud on the Compact, it’s very effective.
~ GKU
Fox, that could start a fire…..
yes and please for god sake…
no shooting cigarettes out of some one’s ass! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Or cigarettes out of Leads mouth…..
Your shooting stand is almost as nice as your Cricket, almost!
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The cards where cut with my Cricket Compact 177 cal tune to send JSB 10.34g @ 920 fps mounted with a Mamba lite 3-12×44 SCB.
But with the JSB heavies the gun is spot on anywhere between 890-920fps (18.19 – 19.35 fpe) depending on the pellet lot.
It’s been getting awfully harder and harder to see with that magnification, so the shooting took more than twice as long to do.
I made a visual pointer in aid to help me with the cards at 50 yards, I’ll post it latter.
How is the FT shooting going for ya ?
~ GKU
In my 1st ever FT event I tied for 3rd place but then lost in the tie breaker shoot out. Last event I placed 3rd with the Compact using the JSB 10.34g at 900 fps.
The Canadian Nationals are in 2 weeks but Im not sure if I am going. August I will be going to a few FT matches with the Compact. I have been searching for a single shot adapter but cant find one. Ernest is too busy tuning now to make one. Not having one is a disadvantage in FT, loading by hand is a lot more consistent than using a magazine. Its one less thing that can wrong.
My next match I hope to place in the top two. The Compact is more than capable if I do my part.