ernroe
HAM Sniper
I have only been fondling Airguns for about 2 years and have a lot to learn and have learned a lot. The forums and its members have been very helpful.I am active on two, one on each side of the Atlantic.
Murphy's Law states that, "if can happen it will happen" and having been on this earth for 79 years I can, based on experience, agree with Murphy. Below is my latest expample and is related to air gunning. This took place a few weeks ago and I have hesitated posting because of its implausibility. It is kind of like a Fishing story or Turkey hunting story. It sounds exaggerated or made up.
I have a back yard range and usually shoot from just inside the my garage side door. My 1st target is 30 yds downrange. On this day I was sighting in a Red Dot sight on my HW50S. I had no idea where it would shoot so I leaned a 1"thick laminated board against a tree 20 yds away so I would have a better idea of where it was hitting.I have used this board a lot but futher downrange. It is a shelving board from a storage cabinet, It consist of pressed board and is covered on each side by finished laminate.I used a reflective target. The first shot hit the target about 2 inches low and right.I heard the pellet hit the wood but then heard something that sounded like it hit metal behind me. Now, I have Meneier's disease and can only hear out of my left ear so I was not quite sure what or where that metal on metal sound came from. I made an elevation adjustment on the sight and shot at the target again.The pellet move up but again I heard wood and then metal on metal behind me. There was a metal cabinet about 5 yards behind me so I decided take a look and sure enough there laying on the floor were 2 crushed .22 pellets. It scared the hell out of me because those pellets had to have passed a minimum of 2 feet from head. After regaining composure and cleaning up I put a new target on a piece of drywall and moved it downrange to 30 yds and completed sighting in the red dot sight. I have photos below.
Murphy's Law states that, "if can happen it will happen" and having been on this earth for 79 years I can, based on experience, agree with Murphy. Below is my latest expample and is related to air gunning. This took place a few weeks ago and I have hesitated posting because of its implausibility. It is kind of like a Fishing story or Turkey hunting story. It sounds exaggerated or made up.
I have a back yard range and usually shoot from just inside the my garage side door. My 1st target is 30 yds downrange. On this day I was sighting in a Red Dot sight on my HW50S. I had no idea where it would shoot so I leaned a 1"thick laminated board against a tree 20 yds away so I would have a better idea of where it was hitting.I have used this board a lot but futher downrange. It is a shelving board from a storage cabinet, It consist of pressed board and is covered on each side by finished laminate.I used a reflective target. The first shot hit the target about 2 inches low and right.I heard the pellet hit the wood but then heard something that sounded like it hit metal behind me. Now, I have Meneier's disease and can only hear out of my left ear so I was not quite sure what or where that metal on metal sound came from. I made an elevation adjustment on the sight and shot at the target again.The pellet move up but again I heard wood and then metal on metal behind me. There was a metal cabinet about 5 yards behind me so I decided take a look and sure enough there laying on the floor were 2 crushed .22 pellets. It scared the hell out of me because those pellets had to have passed a minimum of 2 feet from head. After regaining composure and cleaning up I put a new target on a piece of drywall and moved it downrange to 30 yds and completed sighting in the red dot sight. I have photos below.
) and it's hard as a rock...shooting the Slavia (550fps-ish) often produces ricochets! I got a bunch of the leftovers and some is on my pellet trap. Needless to say when I shot the Ham 10Y challenge I used safety glasses. It was slightly terrifying. If shooting plywood with weaker airguns close range, I recommend half inch max and just the cheap construction grade stuff. Oh and this Chinese plywood? There is gravel inbedded in it, I kid you not. Keeps life interesting 
