Another tale of the 20

[Franklink]

This was shot over a year ago and I think I shared it in my ongoing Veteran .20 discussion but it seems relevant for this topic.

Shot at night with minimal thermals. Crude dots made with marker for aim points.

I haven't tried to repeat this, so don't know how much of an outlier this 5 group collection of 5 shots each represents, but I'd suspect it's on the better end of the bell curve.

 

[beerthief]

I am in a very illusive hunt for a HW77 long in .20 . Close to the same as winning the lottery right ?

 

[Franklink]

And another example of .20/15.89 on paper. (also previously shared elsewhere)

This was at 135 yards in 8-12mph winds. One magazine at each sticker. 30 consecutive shots.

(not trying to steal your thread Bob, just adding to the discussion of the .20/15.89)

 

[Motorhead]

For those who use this caliber in Field Target ... >20 fpe being OPEN or HUNTER class. YUP our speed with JSB 13.73's @ 800-810 giving just phenomenal consistency & very manageable wind drift correction.

Can't speak of the heavier 15.9 due to very limited use of them.

 

[Emu]

The 20 cal pellet gun has been popularized in the 80s by Robert Beeman and many attribute the continued existence of it to him. As far as I know, it was first introduced with the creation of the Sheridan A Model in 1945. From what I can remember, the designer chose the 20 so that no inferior ammo would be used as was common with the 177 and 22 of that era. He was striving for the best air rifle of that time. All Sheridans models have used the 20 cal since.

Fast forward quite a bit... I purchased 5, 5mm LW barrels that were left over from the Sterling springer rifle project when it was moved to the USA, then quietly faded... I seem to remember it being in the late 90s. A couple of years ago, I fitted one to @Franklink's Vet Short and he has been quite happy with it and has documented it well.

Sooo... I decided to use one to try on my Delta Wolf /Ghost. I fitted it so that the 22 bolt and magazine would be used. To say it is amazing is a bit of understatement.

So on Saturday , a friend came over to plink and we had a great time with a number of air rifles, including this 20 in the DW. At the end of the fun, I put 5 standard clay pigeons out at 208 yards on a sand dune in my range. We shot at them a LOT with several 22s with MRD's, my 30 cal Safari w 51 gn, and this 20. Now the wind on my range is QUITE tricky because of the tree spacing and wind direction but I'm sure we lobbed well more than a hundred rounds at those 5 pigeons. Both the 22s and the 30 would group around them but randomly have 1 that was FEET away. It was somewhat frustrating actually, but we were determined. The little 20 w 15.89s was the only one that kept them tight around the pigeons and the final was 4 for the 20 and 1 for the 30.

Now I've related some impressive long range shooting with Wally, my RW, but on this day, even Wally was throwing them out feet away on frequent occasions. Keep in mind that ALL of these were quite good on that day at 100.

I'm definitely not trying to convince anyone of the need for a 20 or that it should be a long range consideration... just relating an IMPRESSIVE display of predictability and consistency.

It was a fun day
Bob

Me, my brother and my cousins owe MANY hours, weeks and months of happy shooting and hunting to the Sheridan.

I can remember the first time I took a rabbit with it and many years latter a jackrabbit.

On those days I couldn’t imagen that I would be able to take deers and jabalina, coyotes, wild turkeys with an air rifle….

Or that we would be talking about shooting accurately with air rifles at 200 yards ….

I have said that my must accurate air rifles at 190 are the Sidewinders .25 and .30.

I have some .25 and .30 Daystate and AGT to compare with.

I really do not know if your success with the .20 Cal depended on the caliber or a combination of the rifle/barrel and the Caliber.

 

[orangeokie]

Just had my Huntsman Regal .20 out on the back porch today. Routinely took every sparrow and starling that showed up in my backyard treetop, 25 yds distance and 24 feet up. Neighbor two houses down has a huge oak tree in their back yard that has suffered terribly since the arctic freeze we suffered here in Oklahoma City two years ago. The tree is easily over 75 feet high and 50 yards away. Well, there was a sparrow perched high in the bare branches and I decided to give it a go. Squeezed off the shot and "thwack" . . . dropped dead as a door nail into the neighbor's yard. These Daystate's are incredibly accurate and reliable.

 

[zx10wall]

Cleaned my last TEXtreme Pistol course with the .20 LW barreled BRK Commander P that @Arzrover cut for me. Sick pistol

Created: 01/17/23 09:43 PM
Description: Commander P
Notes 1: JSB .20
Notes 2:
Distance to Chrono(FT): 1.00
Ballistic Coefficient: 0.040
Bullet Weight(gr): 13.73
Temp: N/A °F
BP: N/A inHg
Altitude: 120.00
# FPS FT-LBS PF
12 804 19.71 11.04
11 808 19.91 11.09
10 805 19.76 11.05
9 805 19.76 11.05
8 807 19.86 11.08
7 806 19.81 11.07
6 808 19.91 11.09
5 804 19.71 11.04
4 802 19.61 11.01
3 802 19.61 11.01
2 807 19.86 11.08
1 809 19.96 11.11
Average: 805.6 FPS
SD: 2.3 FPS
Min: 802 FPS
Max: 809 FPS
Spread: 7 FPS
Shot/sec: 0.1
True MV: 807 FPS

 

[zx10wall]

We need Daystate/BRK to produce offering in .20 once again

 

[Franklink]

Shot some NSA .20 slugs this evening from the Ghost and that's another .20 tale that I'm VERY excited to share! I'll get it composed and posted over in the ongoing Ghost review sometime in the day or so.

 

[orangeokie]

Still waiting for your report!

 

[Franklink]

Still waiting for your report!

BRK Ghost Review

Wasted air out the muzzle is a big cause for inaccuracies and I can only assume a balance valve eliminates that. If not, what's the advantage of it? Most will say that one of the benefits of a balanced valve is lighter cocking effort.

www.airgunnation.com

 

[Dairyboy]

We need Daystate/BRK to produce offering in .20 once again

I'd get behind that!