Who said springers are inaccurate?
Gotta love Air Arms. This is a .22 TX200MKIII at 30 yards which is my zero. No wind, 94 Degrees. Best pellet: FTS running at 18.5 FPE. Scope -Bushy Legend. Groups are 1/4″ My best group with .20 R9 was just a bit under 1/2″ at the same distance. TX beats it.
This will likely take me out to 80 yards on a good day. I still remember that pigeon that got nailed at 74 yards few months ago. All I did today is changed my zero. Still need to find some time to play with mildots at longer ranges.
Few weeks ago went to the friend’s 6000 acre property today with my .20 R9. I wanted to zero R9 at 30 yards and then shoot targets and blast away mini soda cans at 40, 50, and 60 yards. The rifle, FTS ammo, and Swift scope with a duplex reticule delivered the goods at 30 yards no problem. The best group I could manage was under half of an inch.
Then I saw a dozen of crows laughing at my hobby, they were really anal about my presence. They went on the other side of the river, definitely out of range. So I went all the way around very slowly to the bridge, and when I got within 70 yards or so, they took off never to be seen again. Here is the view of other side, but you can’t see them on the photo.
So I went back to my range and continued with my fun. Sniping mini soda cans at 60 yards was as easy as shooting 1/2″ groups at 30 yards. Just, next time I will have to bring some tent because this Texas heat
is a b!$%&!
Zeroed at 30 yards, the drop is 1″ at 40 yards. At 60 yards I have to use the top of the thick post to make a hit. I think I’ll stop right here at 60 yards with this gun/scope combo…
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But you are right…
😛 He’s gonna love me for that.
Anyway, good shooting, nice gun. 😀 Springers are fun.
Just now seeing this! haha…. asshat!
Good to see someone else out there can shoot springers well. Yes, PCP are easy to shoot, but I can shoot many of my springers as well or better than most can shoot PCP… and yes, even at the 50+ yard range.
Great job, AH!
I sold a cheap Norika Dragon not long ago. It cost 160 quid new.
I was hitting a dime consistantly at 40 yards.
Springers are great 😉 😀
All depends on the springer. My remington genesis is so hard to shoot I can’t hit anything but cans. Very twangy, very violent.
My cfx though is nice. I actually use it frequently for a quick bird/squirrel/chipmunk kill right outside of the house. Just easier to shoot. Not too picky on hold, and quite accurate.
So don’t get a cheap springer. Get a half decent one. Doesn’t have to be a super expensive thing, but just a decent one works.
Well, in theory, you are right. But that’s thousands and thousands of rounds later. I will probably die sooner than my springers.
Gamo trigger sucks balls? That’s funny 😛
I have only had minor experience with springers, mine being a Gamo whisper. I can say the Gamo’s trigger sucks balls. But it does seem to me that the break barrels would become inaccurate over time, just from the fact te barrel will not seat exactly the same every time. Eventually the hinges will get old and the barrel will seat differently. If the springer was a fixed barrel and lever was used to “charge” the gun, then I could see them being just as accurate, if not more accurate than a pcp, because the pressure in the springer rifle should be pretty consistant.
Good shooting. No doubt that springers can be accurate rifles, Personally, I just can’t get used to the firing cycle of one. Even the HW97. It just doesn’t feel natural. I’ve been trying to acquire myself to them so that when I don’t feel like toting the air tank around I can grab a springer and go…
I think rob said that. He had a post a while ago on how only pcp guns can shoot well, springers just flat can’t shoot accurately. We all tried to explain to him that he was wrong, but he wouldn’t listen. Maybe this will prove to him that springers can be accurate.
😛 He’s gonna love me for that.
Anyway, good shooting, nice gun. 😀 Springers are fun.
That is one of my favorites as well as the HW97.
Nice gun
Impressive groups with a springer Ambush Hunter..I can’t do that….
I looked on the Chairgun trajectory program and if you want to go
long range it is best to set your zero a little closer so that you don’t
run out of mil dots when holding over on the long shots…..With a
magnification of X16, an MV of 845FPS, and a 15yd zero, you would
hold over to the top of the thick black line to hit a bull at 95 yds
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I’ll accept the douchbaggery so long as I can back it up! haha…