Recent content by Blue john

Well I have taken some advice this summer, and got used to iron sights. The Bsa is a lot nicer to shoot without a scope for some reason. Quicker to aquire a target for sure, and it all feels a bit more pointable. I have concluded I have short range eyes however so the scope has been off and...

Thank you. It's all interesting stuff! My regards to you.

Thank you. It's starting to sound like the devil is in the details. I shall take heed of this info. Are peep sights pretty much for short range target work ? It seems the clips from the international competitions all show peep sights in use, all with very fancy kit indeed. I assume scopes are...

Thank you, I may have been a bit hasty in ordering a direct replacement. Wouldn't the front sight have to be replaced too though?

Thank you! I was knocking a knock over rat target this morning, and beginning to grow in confidence , when it all started to go wrong. The rear sight has cracked, which surely can't help. I found a replacement on line with only a couple of moves , so it must be a known issue. Again, thank you!

I inherited a Bsa meteor evo silentium last year, I have been running it with my Hw 30 on backyard plinking, odd trips to the range and the odd rat control. Is effective at 30 _ 40 ft for sure 22 calibre seems to be effective enough at around 10ft lb. It came with a scope, which I had some...