Leshiy – my thoughts & photos
Yeah! Arrived! The woodland goblin ‘Leshiy’ landed in my hands quite recently. I’m not able to tell you too many details right now, I’m still too excited. And I need to use it for a while…
I don’t have an extensive range of scopes to try on my Leshiy – so for now I can tell you, that my SWFA 1-4×24 with MilQuad reticle seems to be an awesome choice for general shooting. I’ll later try also Vortex Diamondback HP 2-8×32 (but the reticle is a bit on a thick side) and last week I ordered Hawke Airmax 2-7×32 (superb reticle!) so I should be busy playing with Hawke soon. So far SWFA works great.
I’ve tried two bipods, short Harris and some kind of cheap ebay bipod. Harris is superbly stabile, but the ebay one is more compact and lighter.
And last but not least (for today) – it can be carried inside virtually ANY backpack! It’s small enough to be carried in Tasmanian Tiger ‘Essential’ which is 6 (six!) liters pack. It’s very packable. Love it! Much more soon. Very soon!
Oh, some initial pics for you:
Enjoy, more within a day or two 🙂
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Got it years ago, it was considerably cheaper at that time. Today I doubt I could afford it again… but the good news is -> it looks better and better with age :8:
SADDLEBACK LEATHER?!
Dude. you have an 800 dollar purse?!
Haha, so you noticed my little photoshop joke. Well… I’d be anyhow a bit hesitant to put ANY kind of marks on my Saddleback Leather bag 😉
I know what mean marks on your briefcase, well done Leshiy! I think it’s the best tool for Urban Pest Control. Congrats Piter and keep on posting 😉
Seriously nice pics.
I’m waiting to go pick up my new back pack which I’ve been searching for a long time.
And especially to carry my Leshiy in. I got a good deal on a used London Bridge Trading pack.
Keep up the good work enjoying your shooting, air rifle and camera.
Heavy snowfalls here again… but it doesn’t stop me from some Leshiy fun. And it fits inside my Saddleback Leather briefcase, so I can take a break in the field on my way to a business meeting. Much better break than another coffee at a gas station…
And slightly bigger version available to download HERE
Thats the dead that comes with the Leshiy, ask the pigeons in my backyard. :rofl:
Who noticed a skull in the picture?
A short note on Leshiy’s recoil: yes, there is one more important factor, which makes Leshiy so shootable. It’s a character of recoil. A lot of guys think that PCP doesn’t recoil. Wrong! It’s recoilless… so it recoils, just sell! But at ranges of 50 meters or more (let alone 100+) even that small recoil plays key role. Leshiy is a lightweight platform at under 2kg (scoped) so it clearly recoils when shot. Compare it to Matador (above 3kg scoped) or FX Bobcat (above 4kg scoped) – yeah, especially at higher energy levels recoil becomes an important factor. Now let’s study recoil: on most PCP’s hammer strikes toward front of the gun and when it hits a valve -> a gun recoils to front. But milliseconds later pellet travels up the barrel and gun recoils to the back. That change of recoil direction (whip effect) causes most problems on PCP. Of course this effect is proportional to a pellet weigth and speed (squared) and inversely proportional to the weight of a gun. Now a recoil of Leshiy: it is VERY different than in vast majority of other PCP’s as it’s one-directional, without ‘whip effect’. Hammer strikes a valve toward back so Leshiy recoils initially to back, and when pellet accelerates towards a muzzle Leshiy smoothly continues to recoil in the same direction. It’s an unidirectional smooth recoil, and that combined with smooth trigger (equipped with over-travel stop screw) helps A LOT with the accuracy. And even if it was not a planned effect, if it’s just an additional result of the construction… I don’t care. It just works that way. And it works great! And that’s IMHO also one of the factors why Leshiy shoots so good off-hand. That effect should be even more important for .25 cal set at high speed. Enjoy!
and yes, I’m indeed an engineer :rofl:
Just to make sure – I could do even better with my Matador but it’s a much bigger package, of course.
And thanks for kind words about my photography.
very impressive group outdoor 50 m and nice picture. Ed should send more to States.
So… did some more shooting (a lot actually), got used to Leshiy, put lower mounts (UTG) so now the clearance of scope-to-gun is just 1.5mm, put more precise bipod. Yesterday weather was perfect: dry, overcast, no wind. So did 50m test with Hawke onboard and most of my 5-shot groups were within 20mm diameter. Plenty tight for such a construction imho. The new trigger (light and uber_smooth) helps a lot! I believe I can still shave 1-2mm with 350mm barrel… time will tell.
Of course I used the opportunity to take some more pictures… here’s one of them, enjoy!
Very rare, almost not at all. I use bipod only for off a bench shooting. I don’t thing Leshiy is optimized for prone shooting at all, it’s not a bolt action rifle. For prone position shooting I’d personally purchase Morana (among Ed’s guns).
how often you shoot from prone position?
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In the meantime… scope change and trying new fore grip as the weather is autumn again!
And again – Leshiy fits inside my SHADO pack like a dream 🙂