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Sawney Bean replied to the thread 22 or 177 for hunting at 15 yards with sub 12 FT/LB air rifle?.I think that kinetic energy is important, but it's only one factor out of many. I always bring up momentum as a factor because I...- Sawney Bean replied to the thread What did you learn today - Airgun related.See if they have a multifill discount and talk it up with the staff, ask about dive classes and the like. Theres a decent chance...
- Sawney Bean replied to the thread N/A Springer bench rest contraptions.I'd try the pillow technique. I haven't experimented with it much yet, but I was sure shooting nice groups with a couple of spring...
- Sawney Bean reacted to JamieUK's post in the thread 22 or 177 for hunting at 15 yards with sub 12 FT/LB air rifle? with
Like. Glad someone said it ^^^^ You don't need penetration, you need blunt force trauma. At 12fpe a .177 wadcutter will make as much of a... - Sawney Bean replied to the thread N/A Springer bench rest contraptions.The way I see it is that recoil management needs to be incorporated into the design to basically replicate a human firing the gun.
- Sawney Bean replied to the thread Greetings from the PNW.I never fell quite so far down the axe rabbit hole as I did the airgun rabbit hole. I've got quite a few though and I still want a...
- Sawney Bean replied to the thread N/A Springer bench rest contraptions.This is it exactly. You can waste a ton of time and ammo trying to determine what pellets a gun shoots best when your own error opens...
- Sawney Bean replied to the thread The $2000 dollar gun..Acquiring better shooting skills has probably figured into only about 5% of my gun purchases over the years, if that. These days 90%...
- Sawney Bean replied to the thread N/A Springer bench rest contraptions.That is really interesting and is somewhat along the lines of what I was originally thinking. My idea was more along the lines of...
- Sawney Bean reacted to Longbow53's post in the thread N/A Springer bench rest contraptions with Like. Heres my post on "Free Floating Springer forearm"...might give you some ideas.Pete...
- Sawney Bean reacted to Nitrocrushr's post in the thread N/A Springer bench rest contraptions with Like. It was designed for the sole purpose of measuring the linear recoil on springers. I would doubt it would have been a tool you would...
- Sawney Bean reacted to Bedrock Bob's post in the thread N/A Springer bench rest contraptions with Like. I agree. It's not really the cushioning on the bag or rest that's the problem. It's how you hold the butt. At least that's my theory. A...
- I have found that resting the gun at its balance point on a soft bag, and shouldering the rear is about as good as you will get. For me...
- Sawney Bean replied to the thread N/A Springer bench rest contraptions.I really had very good luck today shooting off the pillows. They made for a surprisingly stable rest. I was shooting some of my most...
- Sawney Bean replied to the thread 22 or 177 for hunting at 15 yards with sub 12 FT/LB air rifle?.Yep. For 15 yards or less .25 would be the best of all.