sandog
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For maybe 2 years now I've been wanting to get an Hw30 after hearing so much good about them, but I've been distracted by new PCPs and Co2 guns.
Had I known what I was missing, I'd have not waited so long.
My previous break barrel rifles were "magnum" ones, not great for a springer newbie.
A Diana 48 years ago, more recently a Hatsan 95 and a Springfield .22 M1A underlever.
All were big and heavy, and the last two were no more accurate than a couple BB rifles I have.
I like the stock better on the Beemans so I bought an R7.
Been shooting it for an hour each morning, some groups then some plinking.
I'm just about thru the first tin of pellets.
I still like using iron sights on ocassion but it has to be a peep rear, even then some mild 1.5x safety glasses help.
I put the irons away for now as the front sight ghost in the scope was bugging me.
I was scope rich a couple months ago but sold several that I wasn't using.
I happened to see a Beeman 2-7x AO for sale the next town over.
Nice scope, except for the numbers on the parallax scale not jiving with the actual distance. If shooting at 15 yards, I set the objective ring for 25 and the image is parallax free.
I have quite a stock of .22 pellets and some .25, but haven't had a.177 for a long time.
I picked up several tins of Vogel wadcutters at Walmart after I tried a tin.
I can shoot a 3/8" or so group consistently at my 44 foot backyard range.
The Vogels seem like soft lead and fit snugly in the chamber, skirts are nice and round.
Someone gave me two tins of Crosmans as they no longer had a .177 rifle.
I didn't plan on shooting them because of the harder lead thing, but figured a couple groups wouldn't hurt.
The CPHP grouped about 3/4" at 15 yards but a few were so fat they wouldn't chamber.
The others were copper plated 10.5 grain.
They hit 3 inches low in a 3 inch group.
No more Crosmans for this Beeman.
I will order some AA 7.33 Falcons, some 7.8 JSB and maybe some H&N FTT soon.
I have the trigger breaking at 1 lb.
After shooting a group, I aim at the little numbers for the scoring rings, then the staples on the target, and if a fly lands on the target he is fair game too.
When I do my part, the pellet goes right where I was aiming.
I took the R7 along a few days ago when I went up to the high country to fish.
On the way home set up the bench in a nice meadow to try some 25 and 50 yard shooting.
My first group was decent, then pellets were landing 2 inches in every direction.
My stock screws were very loose and I didnt have my good fitting screwdrivers along.
When I got home, I degreased the 3 stock screws and their holes, used blue Loctite and torqued to 14 in.lbs. for the back trigger guard screw, 38 for the front, and 22 for the big screw in front.
The automatic safety was annoying the first time as I forgot to push it off.
Now it is natural to push it off as I'm lining up the shot, even for a lefty.
The target below was from my first range session with the new Beeman.
I wanted to see how hold senstive it was.
The 3 dots on the left, top to bottom were fired with a light artillery hold.
The middle 3, top to bottom was using a normal hold , and the 3 right dots were with a very firm grip.
I didn't see a lot of difference in the 3 holds from that target, but I've improved my technique and the groups have improved too.
I now just use the artillery hold.
When plinking the steel sihouettes in my gallery, I found it too easy to do body shots on the little rams, pigs and chickens.
Now I call the shot and do head shots only.
I'm looking forward to letting my 3 grandsons shoot this R7, one day one of them will inherit it.
Had I known what I was missing, I'd have not waited so long.
My previous break barrel rifles were "magnum" ones, not great for a springer newbie.
A Diana 48 years ago, more recently a Hatsan 95 and a Springfield .22 M1A underlever.
All were big and heavy, and the last two were no more accurate than a couple BB rifles I have.
I like the stock better on the Beemans so I bought an R7.
Been shooting it for an hour each morning, some groups then some plinking.
I'm just about thru the first tin of pellets.
I still like using iron sights on ocassion but it has to be a peep rear, even then some mild 1.5x safety glasses help.
I put the irons away for now as the front sight ghost in the scope was bugging me.
I was scope rich a couple months ago but sold several that I wasn't using.
I happened to see a Beeman 2-7x AO for sale the next town over.
Nice scope, except for the numbers on the parallax scale not jiving with the actual distance. If shooting at 15 yards, I set the objective ring for 25 and the image is parallax free.
I have quite a stock of .22 pellets and some .25, but haven't had a.177 for a long time.
I picked up several tins of Vogel wadcutters at Walmart after I tried a tin.
I can shoot a 3/8" or so group consistently at my 44 foot backyard range.
The Vogels seem like soft lead and fit snugly in the chamber, skirts are nice and round.
Someone gave me two tins of Crosmans as they no longer had a .177 rifle.
I didn't plan on shooting them because of the harder lead thing, but figured a couple groups wouldn't hurt.
The CPHP grouped about 3/4" at 15 yards but a few were so fat they wouldn't chamber.
The others were copper plated 10.5 grain.
They hit 3 inches low in a 3 inch group.
No more Crosmans for this Beeman.
I will order some AA 7.33 Falcons, some 7.8 JSB and maybe some H&N FTT soon.
I have the trigger breaking at 1 lb.
After shooting a group, I aim at the little numbers for the scoring rings, then the staples on the target, and if a fly lands on the target he is fair game too.
When I do my part, the pellet goes right where I was aiming.
I took the R7 along a few days ago when I went up to the high country to fish.
On the way home set up the bench in a nice meadow to try some 25 and 50 yard shooting.
My first group was decent, then pellets were landing 2 inches in every direction.
My stock screws were very loose and I didnt have my good fitting screwdrivers along.
When I got home, I degreased the 3 stock screws and their holes, used blue Loctite and torqued to 14 in.lbs. for the back trigger guard screw, 38 for the front, and 22 for the big screw in front.
The automatic safety was annoying the first time as I forgot to push it off.
Now it is natural to push it off as I'm lining up the shot, even for a lefty.
The target below was from my first range session with the new Beeman.
I wanted to see how hold senstive it was.
The 3 dots on the left, top to bottom were fired with a light artillery hold.
The middle 3, top to bottom was using a normal hold , and the 3 right dots were with a very firm grip.
I didn't see a lot of difference in the 3 holds from that target, but I've improved my technique and the groups have improved too.
I now just use the artillery hold.
When plinking the steel sihouettes in my gallery, I found it too easy to do body shots on the little rams, pigs and chickens.
Now I call the shot and do head shots only.
I'm looking forward to letting my 3 grandsons shoot this R7, one day one of them will inherit it.
