A few weeks ago I was reading through the "Whats your most onsitently accurate airgun?" thread. Regulator creep andcold shot accuracy was brought up. So this got me wondering and I decided to do a little test with my RTI Prophet Performance with a .25 RPB barrel installed.
I have my Prophet tuned to shoot JSB 33.95gr King Heavys at an average of 920 fps. My target board is set at 50 yards with 3 inch splatter targets.
I have been in and out as this is my busy season so here are 5 cold shots spread out from October 9th through today October 28th.
Cold shot #1. No site in or dry fire. Just load a pellet and take the shot.
Time, date and tempreture logged on target.
Cold shot #2
Cold shot #3
Cold shot #4
This was this morning and I was going to wait until I got back next week for the fifth shot, but then I thought about why I would be taking a cold shot in the first place.
I am not a hunter, but I did buy my first serious PCP to deal with raccoons that were killing my chickens after the sun went down, so I decided the fifth shot would be after dark.
I do not have a light on my Prophet, so I brought out my TalonP along with it for illumination.
and this is cold shot #5 from just a few minutes ago.
Yes, there are some very minor incosistancies between cold shots, but enough to be a problem? Not for me.
Anyone else care to join in on this little experiment?
I have my Prophet tuned to shoot JSB 33.95gr King Heavys at an average of 920 fps. My target board is set at 50 yards with 3 inch splatter targets.
I have been in and out as this is my busy season so here are 5 cold shots spread out from October 9th through today October 28th.
Cold shot #1. No site in or dry fire. Just load a pellet and take the shot.
Time, date and tempreture logged on target.
Cold shot #2
Cold shot #3
Cold shot #4
This was this morning and I was going to wait until I got back next week for the fifth shot, but then I thought about why I would be taking a cold shot in the first place.
I am not a hunter, but I did buy my first serious PCP to deal with raccoons that were killing my chickens after the sun went down, so I decided the fifth shot would be after dark.
I do not have a light on my Prophet, so I brought out my TalonP along with it for illumination.
and this is cold shot #5 from just a few minutes ago.
Yes, there are some very minor incosistancies between cold shots, but enough to be a problem? Not for me.
Anyone else care to join in on this little experiment?
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