Gas piston less hold sensitive my butt!

[chutesnreloads]

You're comparing a CO2 gun to a spring piston gun..... Apples to oranges
If you must have that much power and can't live with the hold sensitivity....spend the extra $$$ and get a PCP airgun

[W.R.Buchanan]

3B: Make sure you are not tilting the rifle even a little bit. Maybe one of those bubble levels mounted on the scope. For the level of accuracy you are trying for,,, you will have to do everything exactly the same way every single time. That's a tall order.

I once had a FWB 300. It was the most accurate gun I have ever owned. It was not possible to blame the gun for anything as it would put every pellet, (the expensive match pellets that come in a 100 round packages and you're not supposed to touch them with your fingers) in the same hole for as long as you could stand to sit there and do it.

I figured out quickly that if I missed it was entirely my fault. The absolute minutia of shooting all guns is amplified in Airguns simply because the the distances are not as great as with firearms. So it becomes a Aim Small, Miss Small routine. All Olympic Target Airgun Matches are shot at 10 meters. Some Field Target Matches are shot at varying distances from 10 to 50 meters. The Germans have had this stuff figured out for decades.

Both my .177 HW 35's have iron sights. The 35E has the stock open sights, and the EB has a Beeman/Williams Receiver Sight. I liek shooting those guns most as it is challenging to hit a 1.5" circle at 10 yards in my shop and more challenging to actually hit every shot well inside the borders of the black. I also am shooting off hand which you should start to do more of. Your gun shoots close enough and it appears you have plenty of varmints to shoot at so why not shoot offhand and take the scope off and shoot with the open sights on the gun It would add a new dimension to your shooting instead of chasing perfection which only results in frustration.

There is an excellent article in the current American Rifleman (with the Colt Python on the cover) about being a Rifleman and the different aspects of the different types of rifle shooting. It is a good read and covers Precision Shooting, Classic Shooting (Field Shooting) and Defensive Shooting. All of which use different skill sets to accomplish their intended end result. As I get older and more frustrated with our societal decay, I find myself enjoying Defensive Shooting more and Defensive Shooting with Shotguns most of all. I also shoot my rifles and pistols in those games, but I like the shotguns the best as they don't rely on pinpoint accuracy as much as they demand higher levels of gun handling. I also tend to regard accuracy in terms of my guns ability to hit a man sized target in a short period of time. A rifle that will do 2-3" at 100 yards is sufficient for this, and a shotgun that will put three slugs inside 4-6" at 50 yards is more than adequate for these purposes. Those skills also may come in handy in the future, which may result in a serious need for me to be able to employ those skills for the actual intended purpose.

Just a few minutes ago, I just barely missed a Mocking Bird in my back yard at about 15 yards from the sitting position. (Open sighted HW35E) But I doubt I'll see him again any time soon as he got the message. I consider that to be a win!

Randy

Then I missed it again twice, 10 minutes later, now I suck.

[Tripplebeards]

After lazer surgery I can see a country mile but close up is fuzzy. Open sights are not on my vocabulary any more. I still shoot my vaquero and self defense handguns with opens but I have to hold them as far out as possible from my eyes to try and see them clearly.

[W.R.Buchanan]

After lazer surgery I can see a country mile but close up is fuzzy. Open sights are not on my vocabulary any more. I still shoot my vaquero and self defense handguns with opens but I have to hold them as far out as possible from my eyes to try and see them clearly.

That's good because all you need to focus on is the Front Sight.

Hold the sight alignment in place with your cheek weld and then put the Front Sight on the target and let fly.

That's all there is to it.

Come on, you can try it? When have I steered you wrong?

Randy

[Tripplebeards]

It’s getting to that point. I just re sighted it in again about 20 min ago. It was an inch low again at 10 yards. I have it hitting in the exact same pellet hole again. If it shifts again the optic is coming off. It dose have fiber optic front and rear sights which will help.

[W.R.Buchanan]

The sights on that gun looked nice. You will have to accept a little less than perfect accuracy, but the satisfaction you get from shooting Iron Sights far exceeds that of using a Scope IMHO.

Randy

[rking22]

I tell folk that want to hunt with their spring guns that they need to sight them in and practice with them, from the same position they will use hunting. All recoiling airguns are “hold sensitive”, they will generally recoil away from the hold. The more solid the more it moves away. The up side, learn to shoot a “spring” gun and you will have the repeability in hold and the followthru to shoot most anything well. There is LOTS of barrel dwell time with springguns, and they are recoiling and moving while the pellet is in the barrel. Shoot, the gun recoils slightly to the rear before the pressure even starts to build, piston moving forward. Then the piston created enough pressure to begin slowing down while Starting to accelerate the pellet. Then it stops against the air cuss ion and the end of the tube giving the forward recoil. Pellet Still is in the barrel! Follow thru is mandatory, keep the sights on the target till the pellet hits the target. Consistent hold yields consistent “movement”. Practice and check zero from field positions, that’s the only group size that counts with a hunting gun.

[Tripplebeards]

I’ll see if it is still the same POA later today. I checked it a day ago after I re zeroed it in with an artillery hold and my hand about a half foot in front of the trigger guard. It seems to be holding so far. I took out some feathers at about 35 yards with it. I hit exactly where I aimed... in the neck. Hopefully I have it figured out with everyone’s advise.

The browning 800 express “spring” 22 cal pistol that has a spring built in for recoil absorption isn’t hold sensitive at all like my rifle.

[sutherpride59]

I gave up on break barrels the day I bought a 25 cal marauder. I’ll never mess with their hold sensitive @## ever again. Not worth the time or money.

[Tripplebeards]

I shot and missed the other day at some backyard feathered varmints. I noticed my hand was further up the stock. I made sure to correct the issue today. My hand is a couple inches away from the trigger guard. Two for two grackles on the ground. One was about 35 yards away and was free handed. If I am any further up my stock than 5 inches away from my trigger guard my POA I’ll be off. So I confident to say my optic is not the issue. Hitting feathers with the H&N terminators sound like a 4th of July snap cap exploding when connecting if not a little louder! I’m going to assume springers are like shooting an Poorly bedded rifle.

[Tripplebeards]

I just brained some fur at 20 yards with a free hand hold as I described holding the fore end a few inches away from the trigger guard. Firing up the croc pot! I’m finding out it hits exact POA when I’m not leaning against anything when using it for pest elimination.

[MT Chambers]

I'm over a month into my gas ram HW90 in .25 and have gone back to a normal hold on the gun and have gone away from the "loose" hold, between me getting better and the gun getting worked in, I think I have the bruiser figured out., I had to play with diff. bases and mounts just to keep the scope solid on the gun, and that was part of the problem. I think I'll order some of those Diana "spring" bases if there are any other probs.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Now you guys do know that your Scope Mount needs to have a stop pin that fits in one of the holes in the top of the receiver to stop it from moving,,, Right?

I try to use one piece mounts any time I can and UTG makes decent ones with the stop pin for about $12 from Pyramyd Air. 3 pinch screws so you can really reef on them if you feel the need to. Just get all three the same torque. You kind of need one of those Torque Wrenches to do this.

I used these individual mounts on my Bug Buster Scope because the one piece mount wouldn't fit on the scope due to the distance between the rings.. The rear one has a stop pin also. I took it off after I shot those good groups with the JSB and H&N pellets and shoot that gun with the stock open sights now as a practice gun.

All these mounts are nicely made,,, in China,,, but the quality is good enough to overlook their trying to kill us with the disease. The price is right. Besides I bought them several years ago when China was still our friend.

I see their US Market Share dropping dramatically from now on!

Randy

[Tripplebeards]

Yep, my rifle came with a scope ring stopper or should I say a scope stop.

[Forrest r]

Myself I'd put witness marks on where the bbl meets the receiver and make sure it's locking up correctly and staying that way.

You really should hold your rifle with your lead hand just in front of the trigger guard free floating everything in front of your hold.

What your actually seeing/experiencing is +/- 4/100th's of an inch of flex/movement in your bbl.

Hold left/pellet left
Hold right/pellet right

To find the amount of movement of your hold:

16 x (1"/360")

16='s bbl length
1" ='s amount of poi change
360" ='s # of inches in 10yds

good luck

[wildwilly501]

I gave up on break barrels the day I bought a 25 cal marauder. I’ll never mess with their hold sensitive @## ever again. Not worth the time or money.

Well put When things get back toward normal and I have a little extra $$ money thats what I'm going to do I'm bullheaded and have tried for years to make this work some days I'm amazed at how small my groups are and then when my technique is just a little off I amazed at how terrible they are.