No matter how much you spend, there will be guys like AirNGasman who will beat you with an old Crosman......
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Brocock Sniper XR for HFT?
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No matter how much you spend, there will be guys like AirNGasman who will beat you with an old Crosman......
The Sniper HR is a SOLID rifle and will be as good as anything for HFT. The scope will be important for success, though... there are lots of threads about that.
One different thought on the high dollar stuff... a LOT of us use any excuse to try the "best" stuff. Sometimes it can make a difference but there is a thing called "placebo effect"
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In the end, reliable equipment that fits you is all it takes.
Bob
One different thought on the high dollar stuff... a LOT of us use any excuse to try the "best" stuff. Sometimes it can make a difference but there is a thing called "placebo effect"
.In the end, reliable equipment that fits you is all it takes.
Bob
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With my ears burning for some strange reason(s)
, I feel inextricably compelled to "contribute" to this thread again.
Now a year older than my first "contribution" to this thread, I (belatedly) realize I own a Sniper XR myself and LOVE IT! Of course mine has a WOOD stock. It also being .22, it's not for HFT. But it serves me well in 35 Foot-Pound Class (on power level 3) in my TEXtreme Bench-Rest Silhouette competitions. No doubt a .177 Sniper would be a great choice for HFT. Also, any time that VERBOTEN subject comes up ("If you could own only ONE"
), my Sniper easily makes the top THREE.
As for my HFT rig(s), with my age (now 69) starting to catch up with me, the heavy heft of my well-decorated RAW TM1000 has become a liability on standing and kneeling lanes due to my Daniel Boone-ish, TRUE offhand form. Hence, I've obtained a lighter HFT alternative.
Correction- THREE lighter alternatives!
However the statement "He ain’t using archaic equipment any longer!!" isn't true. ALL my HFT rigs wear long out of production Weaver V16 (front-focusing) scopes, I don't own a side-wheel, I don't bracket, still use the American Airguns Trajectory Calculator exclusively, use the OLD-school "point-blank" aiming method (holding LOW between 15 and 40 yards), and my only bubble-levels are my eyes.
, I feel inextricably compelled to "contribute" to this thread again.Now a year older than my first "contribution" to this thread, I (belatedly) realize I own a Sniper XR myself and LOVE IT! Of course mine has a WOOD stock. It also being .22, it's not for HFT. But it serves me well in 35 Foot-Pound Class (on power level 3) in my TEXtreme Bench-Rest Silhouette competitions. No doubt a .177 Sniper would be a great choice for HFT. Also, any time that VERBOTEN subject comes up ("If you could own only ONE"
), my Sniper easily makes the top THREE.As for my HFT rig(s), with my age (now 69) starting to catch up with me, the heavy heft of my well-decorated RAW TM1000 has become a liability on standing and kneeling lanes due to my Daniel Boone-ish, TRUE offhand form. Hence, I've obtained a lighter HFT alternative.
Correction- THREE lighter alternatives!
However the statement "He ain’t using archaic equipment any longer!!" isn't true. ALL my HFT rigs wear long out of production Weaver V16 (front-focusing) scopes, I don't own a side-wheel, I don't bracket, still use the American Airguns Trajectory Calculator exclusively, use the OLD-school "point-blank" aiming method (holding LOW between 15 and 40 yards), and my only bubble-levels are my eyes.
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“Masochists Monthly” is a fine publication. Spring gun FT will appreciate the article “Alcoholism - It Ain‘t So Bad” in the last issue. Uj
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You've gone soft and you know it!! Long passed the Crosman and cowboy Koreans.With my ears burning for some strange reason(s)
Now a year older than my first "contribution" to this thread, I (belatedly) realize I own a Sniper XR myself and LOVE IT! Of course mine has a WOOD stock. It also being .22, it's not for HFT. But it serves me well in 35 Foot-Pound Class (on power level 3) in my TEXtreme Bench-Rest Silhouette competitions. No doubt a .177 Sniper would be a great choice for HFT. Also, any time that VERBOTEN subject comes up ("If you could own only ONE"
As for my HFT rig(s), with my age (now 69) starting to catch up with me, the heavy heft of my well-decorated RAW TM1000 has become a liability on standing and kneeling lanes due to my Daniel Boone-ish, TRUE offhand form. Hence, I've obtained a lighter HFT alternative.
Correction- THREE lighter alternatives!
However the statement "He ain’t using archaic equipment any longer!!" isn't true. ALL my HFT rigs wear long out of production Weaver V16 (front-focusing) scopes, I don't own a side-wheel, I don't bracket, still use the American Airguns Trajectory Calculator exclusively, use the OLD-school "point-blank" aiming method (holding LOW between 15 and 40 yards), and my only bubble-levels are my eyes.
I wouldn't brag on not using an anti-cant bubble, cause that's just a straight, well............Ron Robinson move. Kinda like kicking a cactus because it poked you!!!
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"Kinda like kicking a cactus because it poked you!!!"
Oh, like NOBODY ELSE does that!
However I'd bet good money I've done things in a cactus-patch that no-one else has. It involves bobcat love
. Correction- bobcat lust
.
It leaves you... Correction- it leaves me looking and feeling like a badly road-rashed pin-cushion.
But worth every minute!
Correction- Worth every SECOND!
Don't you recall my answer every time you've asked, "What happened to your arms, Bud?".
Oh, like NOBODY ELSE does that!
However I'd bet good money I've done things in a cactus-patch that no-one else has. It involves bobcat love
. Correction- bobcat lust. It leaves you... Correction- it leaves me looking and feeling like a badly road-rashed pin-cushion.
But worth every minute!Correction- Worth every SECOND!
Don't you recall my answer every time you've asked, "What happened to your arms, Bud?".
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I like the article from the previous month: "Top 3 Ways to Waste your Money and Life - Golf, Heroin, Piston WFTF"
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