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Klaas said:
This morning wanted to shoot some gongs but it is getting boring to shoot the same groups at the same distances with the same results. So I wanted to stretch it a bit. I hanged a gong onto a tree branch and then measured it at 144 meter (157 yard). Shooting with the Artemis M22 and H&N Baracuda 18 pellets. As I was shooting other pellets and adjusted the hammer spring for that, it measured average 957fps. I did not have the screw driver with me so decided to shoot just like that. I first adjusted the speed in Strelok and then confirmed zero at 50m and 100m. Then on to the 144 meter dong. I Aimed at the centre of gong, I could not see the X's. First shot there was light wind whirling in different directions, ping, then it died down and two more shots, ping-ping. The wind picked up a lot and while waiting I first wanted to go to look where it hit as I could not see it through the scope and the shade of the tree on the dong.

Here it is and I am quite happy with the results with this cheap rifle. The first shot was low, I blame it on the wind. :sneaky:Obvious, how else? The wind is now blowing harder and harder so I will wait for calm air before trying again.

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Nice shooting. I think a little shout out to Strelok, your gun and ammo and you is in order. Great job .
 
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Klaas said:
This morning wanted to shoot some gongs but it is getting boring to shoot the same groups at the same distances with the same results. So I wanted to stretch it a bit. I hanged a gong onto a tree branch and then measured it at 144 meter (157 yard). Shooting with the Artemis M22 and H&N Baracuda 18 pellets. As I was shooting other pellets before this over the weekend and adjusted the hammer spring for that, it measured average 957fps. I did not have the screw driver with me so decided to shoot just like that. I first adjusted the speed in Strelok and then confirmed zero at 50m and 100m. Then on to the 144 meter dong. I Aimed at the centre of gong, I could not see the X's. First shot there was light wind whirling in different directions, ping, then it died down and two more shots, ping-ping. The wind picked up a lot and while waiting I first wanted to go to look where it hit as I could not see it through the scope and the shade of the tree on the dong.

Here it is and I am quite happy with the results with this cheap rifle. The first shot was low, I blame it on the wind. :sneaky:Obvious, how else? The wind is now blowing harder and harder so I will wait for calm air before trying again.

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Edit: You can see the pellet hit the gong at an angle as the plate is not facing my shooting position straight on but at an angle.
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How big is your plate, and what are your average groupings at 50yds?
 
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Klaas said:
Man-O-Man. I am starting to like this pcp thing more and more. If it goes on like this, one of these days I am going to sell the house and life in a tent to buy a high end pcp. :sneaky: :oops:

Shot this after sunset when the wind was only a breeze as during the day here was to much wind. When I came back home after going to take the photograph it was to dark to see the target from here. 12 Shots. This time I took the photograph at the angle as I see it from home.

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Good to read! You'd likely get better groups in day light!
 
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Klaas said:
Through the scope I could still see the target quite well, so I don't know. I think this is about the limit for this rifle with pellets. That does not mean I will not keep on trying when there is no wind, I might just get a lucky group that might not be easily repeatable.

What I did not mention before is that the pellets was sorted by head size. Next time I will sort by head size as well as weight to see if that helps. As I see it, sorting pellets does not make the main group smaller but helps reducing the flyers.
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You could also try the heavier 21gr barracudas, some of the new jts pellets
 
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Klaas said:
Funny, I did receive some of both. H&N 21.14gr and JTS 18.13gr.
I did not try it yet as now at 5:30 in the afternoon it is 32 deg. Celsius (90 deg Fahrenheit) and humidity in the high 70%. It was about 34 deg C earlier. Just going outside for 5 minutes and I am sweating like a pig. I do this for enjoyment and don't want to punish myself by walking 400 meters back and forth to the targets as I cannot walk in a straight line to it. I have camps for the horses and zebras I have to walk through. The wind is not to strong and would otherwise be a good day for shooting.
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You through me in for a loop there mentioning zebras lol. I thought you were in the states. I wish I had some of that warmth right now.
 
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I did try the JTS 18 today. First I checked the head size and they are very consistent, all at 5.55mm. I did not even wanted to shoot it as I was sure it will act the same as the JSB 5.54mm which don't want to shoot accurate. But, I have it, why not give it a try. First shots at 50 meter with the scope as zeroed for H&N. 3 shots, low and right but a good grouping. Without adjusting the zero I immediately dialed for 100 meter the same as I would for H&N and aimed at the X top left, assuming the POI will be low-right. Here is 5 shots at 100 meter, not to bad:

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That's fantastic for pellets! How fast were they moving?
 
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Klaas said:
Through the scope I could still see the target quite well, so I don't know. I think this is about the limit for this rifle with pellets. That does not mean I will not keep on trying when there is no wind, I might just get a lucky group that might not be easily repeatable.

What I did not mention before is that the pellets was sorted by head size. Next time I will sort by head size as well as weight to see if that helps. As I see it, sorting pellets does not make the main group smaller but helps reducing the flyers.
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add the roll test to sort the best (most even) pellets . easy to do .
 
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Klaas said:
I never did that. How ?
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You Tube is your friend 😎 IT is easy to build , piece of glass (cheap mirror ) . tape to make a L shape 90degrees on the glass . usually 6 or 8 inches a side . tilt the glass a small amount. mark a start point to place the head of the pellet , let the pellet roll to a place on the bottom tape and mark that . (you will have several "landing" marks . just pick out the pellets that land in the same place to shoot a target . this assures the all the pellets FOR THAT TARGET are the same head and skirt size . It does not matter what that size is ,just that all pellets are the same .
Some people like this (ME ) and some people say no . edit layer the tape to a thickness that will stop a rolled pellet
 
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