I have an AIR GUN question this time. :)
I got excited buy the thought of having a decent size collection of neat rifles by the people like Rob3dr and WOK. They have all these cool rifles. The problem I am having is that I never seem to be able to grab one and feel confident right away that I can hit a pest or something. I seem to need to lock into the one I am using and stick with it to be grab it and shoot accurate. Do you guys rotate them in some sort of cycle of months or something? Or maybe there is a secret to setting them up to be ready to go? I am getting the feeling I would rather just have one or two favorites and leave it at that. Any wisdom?
Mike
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😯 😕 My TSS is a gret gun that I zeroed for 24″ to kill rats.
You have a gun sighted in for 24 inches? 😆
Tell me it Ain’t so! 😀
and believe it or not, but I refill with a hand pump a good 95% of the time… even with my big bores. I have had the Hill, Logun, FX, and another I cannot remember the name…
The FX 4 Stage is by FAR and away the most efficient hand pump I have ever used. Currently, I have the FX 4 stage and have a Hill for a backup. My CF tank only gets used when I am too lazy to pump.
I have to say….. I do shoot all my guns. If I find that I’ve not been giving one the love it needs, I’ll take it out just to shoot it. It certainly helps that I live on a lot of acreage so I dont have to go to a range to shoot firearms or airguns….
I keep a spreadsheet with the gun type, caliber, scope, sight in distance, and pellet used…. 😳 but always…always…always…. before a hunt, I will verify POI and if it’s big game, I will check at 15, 25, 35, and 50 yards before going out for a hunt.
If I need to dispose of a pest and cannot verify POI, I will grab the Air Ranger. It will not fail me.
Unfortunately I only have a pump to fill with. I don’t let it slow me down when it comes to shooting I just resign my self to the task. I have found though that I was pumping too fast trying to get the task over with. I saw a post on the yellow about that slowed way down and now it actually goes faster. Go figure huh. My S410 is my current fav and if I go one gun that would be it. That’s as for the ones I have so far. The air wolf mct has caught my eye but I would have to sell all my other ones to do that. Decisions decisions. 😆
“Beware the man with one gun.” He is probably very good with it because it is the only one that he shoots and knows it quite well. Tofaz is exactly correct with everything he said.
Recently I learned that my scope rings on my S410 were not properly aligned with each other. This made my windage off at different distances and was driving me to the point of not shooting it. I separated the rings from the scope and remounted them next to each other without a scope. I could feel a “step off” when I felt the place where they contacted each other. That was a tremendous revelation! After replacing them with properly aligned rings, the problems went away. I am now enjoying my S410 at different ranges. (I knew that there was nothing wrong with the gun…I thought that it was my lousy shooting 😉 )
A rangefinder is a very handy tool. It allows you to correlate different distances with the appropriate mildots, or to figure out how many clicks you need to adjust up or down. Try both techniques and stick with what works best for you.
I have several PCP guns now because I have gotten very good deals on them. I am still learning about my .25 Marauder, but I sure like it 😀 My AA S410 is also a great general purpose air rifle in .22 caliber. Buy quality at the best price that you can find.
Another factor in the PCP equation is air. You must have enough that you don’t mind target shooting. To me that means a 4500psi carbon fiber tank at the least. At the most, buy a compressor! I know that they are expensive, but I’d rather have one or two good PCP guns and a compressor than many guns and not enough air to support them.
My TSS is a gret gun that I zeroed for 24 FEET to kill rats, (thanks KM for the correction). The problem is that to use it at any further distances is difficult because of how I have it set up. Being a dedicated airgun with a purpose allowed me to fill it infrequently and my aluminum 80 tank worked out OK. However, after I got the S410, and then the Sportsman HV, that tank didn’t cut the mustard. I found myself not shooting so as not to run out of air all the time. I knew that I wanted a .25 Marauder and was just going to be one more hole in the boat. So, I took the plunge and bought my Hamworthy compressor, (see my post: Compressors: which one do you own or have experience with in the general chat section). Yes, it was expensive, but it is just too cool! It allowed me to use lots of air in the tuning process of my .25 Marauder. Just a thought.
Well, there a lots of things you should/can do.
1st for me, all my guns are sighted in at the same distance. Except for my 2240 pistol. And just about all my guns have Mil dot scopes to make shot placement at varying ranges that much easier.
2ndly for me, all my guns usually have only 1 pellet that it shoots exclusively. I use the most accurate pellet for each gun. And hunt/shoot with that same projectile. Never change velocity or ammo. When it WORKS……………..LEAVE IT ALONE and PRACTICE with it. Thats Key. Most folks who have money to blow just keep buying and buying and modding and modding and hardly shoot their guns. All you really need is ONE, and practice with it. If you buy more than one….practice with them all.
3rdly for me, i shoot all my guns frequently. Some i shoot EVERY time i go out, some get shot every other time. Shooting/practice BOOST confidence in all your guns and your ability. I know were to aim with each and everyone of my guns at ANY given distance. 20 yrds, 25 yrds, 37 yrds, 50 yrds, 60 yrds, 75 yards, 82 yrds, 100 yrds, 125 yrds etc etc cause i practice with them frequently and my small bores have somewhat similar trajectories (there are differences but not TOO much).
I can pick up anyone of my various airguns and fill it with air and load in pellets and make a shot. Cause i have shot them all over and over and i don’t tinker with my scope settings. Thats another important thing.
I have 2 springer’s I could probably take out and shoot and have them be fine – but I’d check them anyway before shooting at live prey because they have been in my cabinet for a while since I last shot them.
My AA410 I know its all set because thats what I most often use.
My SS is generally an ongoing project and at the moment doesnt have a barrel anyway.
I dont have an extensive collection, I just have a gun for different uses but I still have my favourite (the 410).
Not sure how guy’s like Rob manage it… with that many guns I’d have no reason to finish any project’s and just would end up with dozens of guns in peice’s…
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I have a notebook which keeps track of each rifle. The notes tell me what distance a given gun is set-up for (all are set-up for the same distance). I do this in case I decide to set one up differently. The notes also tell me me what pellets do what and the best to use for each gun. Once I decide on a rifle, I take it out for some practice shots at a given target. Usually, within 5 minutes, I’m all ready to do whatever it is I set out to do.