What'cha doing air gun related today?

[Chief55]

Sighted in the Notos for rat hunting at the chicken coop tonight with green dot sight and red flashlight. Took the DNT Zulus 5x24 off the Bulldog M357, (too much power for close range deer hunting), and put it on the Airforce EscapeSS. Took a 2x7 illuminated reticle scope that I had forgotten about that used to be on the Element Max and put that on the Bulldog M357 for a wider field of view.

 

[PapaT]

Took NXG APX out to finish off tin of CPHP with some off-hand lead slynging at 25 yards. It wasn't going great, so started to move and set me up at 10 meters instead. The fates told me I was being foolish by knocking over my stand the silhouettes were sitting on. So I listened and cleaned them up. Finished the last 12 pellets by just shooting 25 yards off-hand at my ATFLBox 5-in-1. During that I swapped from 6 pumps I had been doing to 3 pumps. It seems that they share the same 25 yard zero, but I could watch the pellet come back down to it with 3 pumps.

Always something new to learn.

My 23 and me slynger setup. I cleared biguns on top row, hog on 2nd row, and 2 soldiers on 2nd row. So 11 targets with 21 shots...

 

[Scriv]

Re-zeroed the HW50S today. I had put a peep sight on the rear, and was playing with some globe front sights a few weeks ago. Put the post back in, and was low of course. Handy that you can fire a single pellet, make a correction, and be right on. Nice.

 

[Chief55]

Shot the M357 to sight in the 2x7 scope with pellets but debating on putting the 3x12 on it. Also shot the Airforce EscapeSS to sight in the Zulus with pellets. Kept getting the x and y axis confused so chased it all over the place for a while. This getting old thing is not working out very well. Oh well, still had a good time just shooting.

Just noticed that the .359 wadcutters have shipped, so I will be looking forward to resizing them and trying them out.

 

[PapaT]

Started my day reading up on the bills being proposed in Illinois and Washington, and making video about it. Then I restored my peace (and piece?) of mind by shooting "stretching it out" challenge with Hillbilly (my newest Red Ryder), Pinky (my Daisy Model 1998), and Marlin Brando (my Marlin Lever Action bb gun). 15 yards, 10 shots, and all of mine were shot off-hand with irons. On the topic of rezero or holdover, I chose holdover with my irons.
Hillbilly scored 94, 1X
Pinky scored 89.
Marlin Brando scored 93, 1X.

 

[Pumacarl]

A whole lot of shooting! The most I've done since last year. I figured out what I will be using in my FX long range gun, anything H&N .218 33gr and heavier, and AirMarksman 40.1gr. I shot tethered, so the lead was flying.

After that I switched gears and checked zero on all of my PCP airguns, offhand sitting with my back to a stonewall. No tripod or chronograph, just shooting at a reaction target 85y away. If I hit that, all is good. G1, MA2, P15, Mrod, 250z, AAA, all great and I love shooting all of them, and I just remembered that I forgot to shoot my TalonP and my Vectis is at work. That's what Sunday is for. It is a weird feeling to not have to work on any of them, because it has been so long since I've had to work on them I kind of forgot the details. It will be like working on a new gun the next time I've got to reseal one.

 

[PapaT]

A whole lot of shooting! The most I've done since last year. I figured out what I will be using in my FX long range gun, anything H&N .218 33gr and heavier, and AirMarksman 40.1gr. I shot tethered, so the lead was flying.

After that I switched gears and checked zero on all of my PCP airguns, offhand sitting with my back to a stonewall. No tripod or chronograph, just shooting at a reaction target 85y away. If I hit that, all is good. G1, MA2, P15, Mrod, 250z, AAA, all great and I love shooting all of them, and I just remembered that I forgot to shoot my TalonP and my Vectis is at work. That's what Sunday is for. It is a weird feeling to not have to work on any of them, because it has been so long since I've had to work on them I kind of forgot the details. It will be like working on a new gun the next time I've got to reseal one.

That sounds like an awesome day! And not working on any of my pcps is part of my problem, I have 4 that need leaks fixed. Another needs to be verified operating normal.

Instead I did a "stretch it out" challenge from 15 yards with the DX17, off-hand, factory sights. Scored a whopping 16/100!
Then I took advantage of the low wind conditions to check/find my hold for shooting 50 yards with Crosman Vapor Max. Ended up moving to the other side of the bush, so actually 48-49 yards, so that I could sit at table with rest for stability and lack of bush leaves blocking downward shots. Ended up with 49 (2X) for my 5 shot test group. Then I turned the camera on and shot the challenge. 90 (2X) is not bad, but worse than the awesome potential/ability I know it has. Not bad for a pumper (or any airgun) in my hands.

 

[duchunter007]

Shot in our Monthly 50 yard competition today and placed 3rd with a 628/750, .22 caliber max , was switching winds today, but I did improve by 25 points from last months shoot!!