N/A First longer distance attempt with pcp - 144m / 157y.

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This morning wanted to shoot some gongs but it is getting boring to shoot the same groups at the same distances with the same results. So I wanted to stretch it a bit. I hanged a gong onto a tree branch and then measured it at 144 meter (157 yard). Shooting with the Artemis M22 and H&N Baracuda 18 pellets. As I was shooting other pellets before this over the weekend and adjusted the hammer spring for that, it measured average 957fps. I did not have the screw driver with me so decided to shoot just like that. I first adjusted the speed in Strelok and then confirmed zero at 50m and 100m. Then on to the 144 meter dong. I Aimed at the centre of gong, I could not see the X's. First shot there was light wind whirling in different directions, ping, then it died down and two more shots, ping-ping. The wind picked up a lot and while waiting I first wanted to go to look where it hit as I could not see it through the scope and the shade of the tree on the dong.

Here it is and I am quite happy with the results with this cheap rifle. The first shot was low, I blame it on the wind. :sneaky:Obvious, how else? The wind is now blowing harder and harder so I will wait for calm air before trying again.

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Edit: You can see the pellet hit the gong at an angle as the plate is not facing my shooting position straight on but at an angle.
 
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Klaas said:
This morning wanted to shoot some gongs but it is getting boring to shoot the same groups at the same distances with the same results. So I wanted to stretch it a bit. I hanged a gong onto a tree branch and then measured it at 144 meter (157 yard). Shooting with the Artemis M22 and H&N Baracuda 18 pellets. As I was shooting other pellets and adjusted the hammer spring for that, it measured average 957fps. I did not have the screw driver with me so decided to shoot just like that. I first adjusted the speed in Strelok and then confirmed zero at 50m and 100m. Then on to the 144 meter dong. I Aimed at the centre of gong, I could not see the X's. First shot there was light wind whirling in different directions, ping, then it died down and two more shots, ping-ping. The wind picked up a lot and while waiting I first wanted to go to look where it hit as I could not see it through the scope and the shade of the tree on the dong.

Here it is and I am quite happy with the results with this cheap rifle. The first shot was low, I blame it on the wind. :sneaky:Obvious, how else? The wind is now blowing harder and harder so I will wait for calm air before trying again.

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Nice shooting. I think a little shout out to Strelok, your gun and ammo and you is in order. Great job .
 
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Klaas said:
This morning wanted to shoot some gongs but it is getting boring to shoot the same groups at the same distances with the same results. So I wanted to stretch it a bit. I hanged a gong onto a tree branch and then measured it at 144 meter (157 yard). Shooting with the Artemis M22 and H&N Baracuda 18 pellets. As I was shooting other pellets before this over the weekend and adjusted the hammer spring for that, it measured average 957fps. I did not have the screw driver with me so decided to shoot just like that. I first adjusted the speed in Strelok and then confirmed zero at 50m and 100m. Then on to the 144 meter dong. I Aimed at the centre of gong, I could not see the X's. First shot there was light wind whirling in different directions, ping, then it died down and two more shots, ping-ping. The wind picked up a lot and while waiting I first wanted to go to look where it hit as I could not see it through the scope and the shade of the tree on the dong.

Here it is and I am quite happy with the results with this cheap rifle. The first shot was low, I blame it on the wind. :sneaky:Obvious, how else? The wind is now blowing harder and harder so I will wait for calm air before trying again.

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Edit: You can see the pellet hit the gong at an angle as the plate is not facing my shooting position straight on but at an angle.
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How big is your plate, and what are your average groupings at 50yds?
 
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While raining I took the opportunity to de-prime about 300 x 9mm cases for reloading.

It stopped raining but it was almost dark, I could just make out the 144m plate under the trees and out came the pcp. Through the scope I could see better. The first shot was a miss but when I immediately looked at the bubble level I had the rifle canted way to the right. Leveled it and shot another 10 shots. 8 hits and 2 misses. Just as I came into the house it started to rain again so I could not go to look at the results.
 
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This morning I was first doing things one do in and around the house. Just now I went to see what the target of yesterday late afternoon looked like.
First picture is showing the plate at the angle I see from my shooting position. The branch it is hanging from is not square to my line of sight. I took this picture after spraying the plate.

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The next picture is actually the first picture I took with the shots showing and the photograph was taken from almost straight on.
The 3 shots marked with black pen was the first 3 I showed previously.
The ones circled in red are the ones I shot before dark. I did a correction calculation to compensate for the angle.
There were 9 hits, I thought it was only 8.

Distance 144 meter - light breeze
Corrected group size = 83 mm = 1.98 MOA
Corrected group area = 53mm (W) x 67mm (H)

Not as good as the high end pcp's but for this cheapy it is OK, I think. I will NOT try to shoot pigeons at that distance with it but the plate target is dead already.

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Man-O-Man. I am starting to like this pcp thing more and more. If it goes on like this, one of these days I am going to sell the house and life in a tent to buy a high end pcp. :sneaky: :oops:

Shot this after sunset when the wind was only a breeze as during the day here was to much wind. When I came back home after going to take the photograph it was to dark to see the target from here. 12 Shots. This time I took the photograph at the angle as I see it from home.

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Klaas said:
Man-O-Man. I am starting to like this pcp thing more and more. If it goes on like this, one of these days I am going to sell the house and life in a tent to buy a high end pcp. :sneaky: :oops:

Shot this after sunset when the wind was only a breeze as during the day here was to much wind. When I came back home after going to take the photograph it was to dark to see the target from here. 12 Shots. This time I took the photograph at the angle as I see it from home.

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Good to read! You'd likely get better groups in day light!
 
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JaceSpace1369 said:
Good to read! You'd likely get better groups in day light!
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Through the scope I could still see the target quite well, so I don't know. I think this is about the limit for this rifle with pellets. That does not mean I will not keep on trying when there is no wind, I might just get a lucky group that might not be easily repeatable.

What I did not mention before is that the pellets was sorted by head size. Next time I will sort by head size as well as weight to see if that helps. As I see it, sorting pellets does not make the main group smaller but helps reducing the flyers.
 
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Through the scope I could still see the target quite well, so I don't know. I think this is about the limit for this rifle with pellets. That does not mean I will not keep on trying when there is no wind, I might just get a lucky group that might not be easily repeatable.

What I did not mention before is that the pellets was sorted by head size. Next time I will sort by head size as well as weight to see if that helps. As I see it, sorting pellets does not make the main group smaller but helps reducing the flyers.
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You could also try the heavier 21gr barracudas, some of the new jts pellets
 
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JaceSpace1369 said:
You could also try the heavier 21gr barracudas, some of the new jts pellets
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Funny, I did receive some of both. H&N 21.14gr and JTS 18.13gr.
I did not try it yet as now at 5:30 in the afternoon it is 32 deg. Celsius (90 deg Fahrenheit) and humidity in the high 70%. It was about 34 deg C earlier. Just going outside for 5 minutes and I am sweating like a pig. I do this for enjoyment and don't want to punish myself by walking 400 meters back and forth to the targets as I cannot walk in a straight line to it. I have camps for the horses and zebras I have to walk through. The wind is not to strong and would otherwise be a good day for shooting.
 
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