Recent content by thomasair

Wind drift squares with distance....twice the distance equals 4 times the drift. Mike

The local Rimfire group has found an effective way to deal with me. They deemed my air rifle an unfair advantage and created a class for me to shoot by myself. Mike

It's one I made. Mike

They are equally accurate if you have things right. Wind drift and ease of shooting is 30 for sure at 100, anyway.

Trying the Aea 50gr at 100y out of a Thomas. Been asked for a long time to make a 30 caliber gun for 100y. The JSB 30s were never anything to shout about. These are really easy to keep near the middle. 25 shots each. Mike

Stock bedding, or the lack of it causes fun stuff like this. Most airguns have no semblance of bedding. Mike

https://hardairmagazine.com/ham-columns/vertical-deflection-for-pellets-in-crosswind/

It's not caused by magnus effect. Even though most Rimfire and pellet twist to the right...the vertical effect is opposite. This is due to the placement of the center of pressure in relation to the center of gravity. Pellets have a fairly forward cg, while Rimfire is rearward. Mike

With the swivel heads, you don't worry about how level the stand is. That's what the swivel head is for. Mike

Thanks....this isn't a rail gun though. Just a regular BR gun. Mike

Fold the flagging tape over 3 times.

Just a brass grommet kit from the hardware store

Thanks Dan

Looks pretty stupid.

Pssst...That's kind of the noise this makes with the suppressor. 91 fpe 22 cal slug gun. 750 47x You can see how much the poi went down when I added the suppressor in the bottom sighter on first card. The gun will shoot another 8-10x without it ...but for those that want to shoot in the...