Spring/Piston I May Be Just a Bit Irritated

[Hoppalong Doc]

Earlier this week I came in from the range all smiles and satisfied with my shooting. Somehow the world changes today. Still shooting my TX200 with it's Hawke Airmax mounted. All my stock screws properly in place. First shot, 5 inches high and to the left. The next three, the same. Fifth shot . . . high and to the right! Is this reallly iced tea I'm sipping, or did my wife slip something into this tea. Naa, she wouldn't do that. The day's temperatures aren't significantly different. Wind . . . not much. I haven't knocked my scope around, at least that I know of. So what, my friends? Tomorrow I'll start the day by zeroing in the scope and see what happens. What did I dooo?

 

[Joey 69]

when i have my scope on high power the slightest movement can throw my shot off, if i back it down i can get zero all day.

 

[Hoppalong Doc]

Thanks for your reply, but I leave my FFP scope on 10X consistently as I'm shooting paper at 25 yards. I think that a demon invaded my TX or scope. I will overcome on the 'morrow! Orv.

 

[Danman]

Thanks for your reply, but I leave my FFP scope on 10X consistently as I'm shooting paper at 25 yards. I think that a demon invaded my TX or scope. I will overcome on the 'morrow! Orv.

That's mighty strange.... If you can't figure it out do you have a different scope you can mount up and try instead? The turrets are capped on the airmax so you can probably rule out accidental movement, shots are high so velocity shouldn't be the issue, and the TX is solid.....hmm what distance were you shooting at?

 

[Hoppalong Doc]

DAN: I was zeroed in at and shooting at 25 yds. Tomorrow's another day. Orv.

 

[PasadenaMike]

Clean the barrel maybe?

 

[Farmplinker2]

Scope died? Change in pellets at the factory? Just enough leading in the barrel?

 

[Pumacarl]

Any change that big and I would clean the barrel, check the breech oring, and hopefully try some previously used tin of pellets of known accuracy. After that, it would be new piston seal and spring. Good luck!

Of course, all that is after that I had determined that it wasn't just the scope or the mounts. And fyi, it use to be that when problems like this showed up to me, that it was always the mounting system, and not the scope itself.

 

[jps2486]

Are your pellets all banged up with deformed skirts?

 

[Jaabaa]

I can imagine the frustration.

 

[Hoppalong Doc]

Everything is properly torqued down. Tomorrow I'll run a couple of Balistrol impregnated patches through the barrel and then re-zero the scope. If all this doesn't get me shooting straight, I'll start tearing what little hair I've got left and screal out into the desert. At least I won't be heard out there. Grrrr. Orv.

 

[PasadenaMike]

Time for a pcp

 

[PasadenaMike]

I’d chronograph it too

 

[Hoppalong Doc]

Mike: chronographing my TX will be valuable, thanks for the reminder. Well, tomorrow's another day. I have a couple of shooting buddies coming over on Thursday, one shoots a RAW and the other an FX. You know I"m a loyal springer guy, but Thursday will bring temptation. Orv.

 

[PasadenaMike]

Mike: chronographing my TX will be valuable, thanks for the reminder. Well, tomorrow's another day. I have a couple of shooting buddies coming over on Thursday, one shoots a RAW and the other an FX. You know I"m a loyal springer guy, but Thursday will bring temptation. Orv.

Just Messing with ya of course. Yeah I’d be interested in chronograph numbers. If that’s consistent I’d take the scope off and maybe either shoot without the scope or try and known good scope and see what happens .

 

[BenjeneerJohn]

I read this really fast so I apologize is you have already done this!
I would suggest cleaning the barrel. Just a few pull through patches. Just to check to see if there is anything there. I have had a piece of lead come off a pellet and get stuck in the rifling and cause accuracy issues like you describe.

Good luck!
John

 

[Pesty3782]

For me when I shoot my TX and it shoots high, it is my cheek pressure on the stock. Once I realize what I am doing wrong, it is back on target.

Tony P.

 

[Hoppalong Doc]

That's a good piece of advice, Pesty. I try to keep all of my shooting postions the same, which can be difficult over a lengthy shooting session. Stress definitly gets ahold of me as i attempt to to
keep each shot in the black. Orv

 

[Pesty3782]

Well did you figure it out?

Tony P.

 

[Hoppalong Doc]

Unfortunately, we're traveling for the next couple of weeks. We travel in our motorhome, so I do have my airguns with me. We're staying on the base at Ft. Huachuca, AZ, so I'll be looking for a place to shoot. I'll try to share as I can, Orv.