Best Tips on Shooting a Springer!

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12 ft lbs is more than enough for a springer. Anything above 9ftlbs is enough for me. I should mention at this point I am a target shooter only and seated rested only. I just use one hand for shooting. Keep your left hand strictly out of it. The recoil is a constant thing if you leave it alone if you touch the forend in any way you will alter the recoil slightly each time and thus the point of impact Just tuck your clenched fist under the tip of the butt in your shoulder and alter the sights by clenching and relaxing you fist. This technique is obviously not much use for a hunter unless you can rest the rifle. Pics show 25 shots at 20 yards using this technique. Coin is a 5p uk smallest coin. Gun is my 77 shown with a Weihrauch Diopter and plastic clear circular front sight.
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olde grunt said:
I am in rather urgent need of some advice, concerning my FWB 300 SU rebuild.. i recently purchased weaver to picatinny adapters for my scope... Im kind of at my witts ends, i have had a heck of a time getting scope rings and now mounts to keep from moving as the adapter mounts are not posted. And the FWB doesn't have a post hole either. Im almost have tempted to get someone to weld a 1\4" piece of steel on the top of the dovetail in the rear... I've purchased at lest half a dozen different ring sets, and they are all cheap aluminum or not tall enough for what i need. Now the adapters gave me perfect height but they move.. getting kinda discouraged and expensive.. If anyone has any ideas im all ears? Please sound off.
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Show me A pic of above the scope and rail and sideways showing as best you can under the scope. I may have the easiest and best fix which takes no longer than removing the scope and replacing it.
 
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Telephonepete said:
12 ft lbs is more than enough for a springer. Anything above 9ftlbs is enough for me. I should mention at this point I am a target shooter only and seated rested only. I just use one hand for shooting. Keep your left hand strictly out of it. The recoil is a constant thing if you leave it alone if you touch the forend in any way you will alter the recoil slightly each time and thus the point of impact Just tuck your clenched fist under the tip of the butt in your shoulder and alter the sights by clenching and relaxing you fist. This technique is obviously not much use for a hunter unless you can rest the rifle. Pics show 25 shots at 20 yards using this technique. Coin is a 5p uk smallest coin. Gun is my 77 shown with a Weihrauch Diopter and plastic clear circular front sight.
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Not touching the forend at all makes perfect sense. I may have to try that.
 
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Deadeye Dick said:
Not touching the forend at all makes perfect sense. I may have to try that.
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It depends on the particular rifle. Some like to be held a little others not so much. Each one is different. Some like to be held forward others close to the trigger guard. Springers are like women none are the same, and you have to figure each one out.
 
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I recently started shooting my hw97 from a rest. I found that the less I touch the gun the better. Creating a slippery surface between the gun and the rest gave great results. I used Teflon tape on rest and stock. Making sure the resting surfaces are all parallel to the barrel allowed the gun to freely move without changing the aim point. Shoots fantastic groups that way.

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I have been shooting springers since 2011. I shoot field target Open WFTF with a Tx200. My advice in a springer is to always be exactly consistent with the hold. I put my finger on the screw hole on the side and make sure my for hand is always in the exact same position. And I pinch the grip with my thumb and forefinger exactly the same way every time.
Also when I can’t shoot. Just aim. I spent time just sitting in the shooting position just practicing holding the crosshairs on target with all my muscles relaxed. Don’t have to fire a shot. Do this sitting standing and kneeling all winter. Just see how long you can hold on the bullseye. At first it’s seconds. After a month you can take you trigger hand off and wave it around while holding on target.
 
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There are a many styles of shooting a springer and all proponents of any one style will tell you there is still experimentation required to find ‘what the gun likes’. Then the advice stops - do I need to shoot a group of every imaginable variation of hold? How to go about finding what the gun likes? This is the huge question directly behind the ‘answer’ of finding what the gun likes.

Here is an (my) answer and it only takes one shot to test a new hold. Follow through intently (which we all do perfectly every shot (wink)) and focus yourself on the crosshair moving against the target and ignore the actual shot. If the crosshairs stay on target through the shot cycle, that’s a good thing, try it again. If the crosshairs roll off center, jump up or down, try a different hold. Keep experimenting until you find a hold that keeps the crosshairs aimed well. Only then do I worry about group sizes with that hold. I’ve found that good holds keep the crosshairs on the target through the shot cycle.
 
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My best advice on shoooting springers is this.
1. Buy 2 or 3 different types of pellets and even a tin of slugs.
find out what she likes best.
2. Watch your breathing and when you shoot a springer. I learned that less is more.
What I mean by that is trying to hold the stock like shooting a 12 G.
Relax and let the recoil hit.
Just work on not unknowingly muscle through the shot. Don't listen to me.
I sometimes rant too much.
 
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