I've found the same thing you have. If you don't have an exact POA/POI, you'll give up points. Awesome shooting!Well I think I finally got a 200 with my new Caiman X tonight. I just started my third order of 1000 pellets through it. Plus others figuring out what it likes. Takes me awhile. I'm also attaching two other very recent targets so I can tell my story. But the 200 15X is what I'm submitting for the leader board. It was shot today in very low wind with my Caiman X which has an Arken EPL-4 6-24 set at 24X and shooting H&N Baracuda 18 pellets at about 910 fps.
I spent significant time over the last couple weeks sorting the Baracuda 18 pellets this gun likes and had myself convinced it did not like the 18.3 grain pellets. I only found 18.0, 18.1, 18.2 18.3 and 18.4 grain in the two tins I measured. I also checked head size and found three but could not see any difference in how they shot. Two small tests of the 18.3s suggested they were giving me 50% 10s. But in sorting the second tin I generated enough 18.3s to shoot a target and it was a 194 or 195 but more significantly the last 10 shots were all 10s. I think that was the target I let the gun go off reg which cost me at least 2 shots so it should have been better. Anyway, that brings us to the 197 target shot yesterday. On it I noticed my 9s were predominantly going a little high so I adjusted my point of aim to just under the 10 ring which I used on the subsequent 198 and 200 today. On the 198 I noticed my 9s were mostly to the right of the bull. So I clicked a couple clicks to compensate. After the first 4 shots on the 200 I took one of those away, I think I over compensated. I shot the last 20 targets with the same scope setting and aim point. I bring this up in case it may help somebody. I looked for a more complicated "solution" in pellet sorting when my big problem is my gun was not precisely sighted in. I went right past the simpler more basic requirement. Anyway, I'm glad I finally got a 200 out of this gun - after 4 199s, two with 17Xs. I also think it is a little ironic the 200 15X score matches my only other 200 which I shot last year with my P35-22. Another little goofy thing is the 197 17X is the most Xs you can have on a 197 target. I shot as many as 18 Xs last year with my P35-22 so I don't know why when I finally get a 200 it has to be 15Xs. But I will take it. Leaves room for improvement.
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