Originally Posted by
chutesnreloads
You are correct about the air guns and chronograph. By now I've come to understand the chronograph readings and what is learned
from it are more a math equation on paper than real world application. I have the chronograph so use it, now more to compare
power compared to manufacturers stated claims and against other known air guns. I plan to post chronograph numbers collected by the end of all this. I think it may be useful to some new at this to decide on purchases and to not be disappointed with what they do get.
After making inquiries elsewhere it appears my hopes of using a sizer to get more variety in useful pellets will not pan out.
I'd hoped a couple pellets in particular could be made to shoot without the wild fliers that mess up what appears to be nice groups.
From what I've learned the sizer helps those benchrest types wanting to shave a fraction off the itty bitty groups they are already shooting.
No help to the rest of us average folk.
BTW, I'm sure I spend less time "fun" shooting than others so I've not found the hand pump to be such a burden. However I do plan on getting either a tank or compressor eventually. For me, once I've found what a gun likes to be fed, I'll set up targets at known distances and shoot
a few groups to confirm zero and see that yes, I can still do that. Or set up targets at unknown random distances (rather I shoot from random unknown distances) to learn where a particular pellet/load combination hits at different distances so I will know proper hold over/under to
place my shots where needed. This latter is particularly helpful with springers to know what happens with different shooting positions as we
know they can be quite hold sensitive. A lot of practice initially but later pays off taking guess work out of making clean shots on critters