Haven't touched my compact in two years. Shoots knockouts. Still working on my 30. I guess your shooting slugs. My goal is having a 30 that pops past 100. My 22 compact is lights out.
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Alright.So I am toying with moving away from air rifles.
After spending a good amount of money I am getting frustrated with the results. Love the challenge but wow, I get beaten every time. Frustrating to say the least.
Went top of the line but even that, FX, has let me down, too much tweaking.
Someone want to talk me off the ledge?
Hello EagleEyes,So I am toying with moving away from air rifles.
After spending a good amount of money I am getting frustrated with the results. Love the challenge but wow, I get beaten every time. Frustrating to say the least.
Went top of the line but even that, FX, has let me down, too much tweaking.
Someone want to talk me off the ledge?
So I think you and I are on the same page. It was fun and then not, then again, then not... Just struggling with my ROI since I went full on with the rifle I have.Hello EagleEyes,
Sounds like to me that you are actually asking yourself if you still enjoy shooting airguns “enough” to overlook the hassle required. I feel your pain, because I also used to shoot rimfire competitively and how straight forward that activity is. Today I own and shoot for pure fun PCP air guns, but to be 100% truthful, it is out of necessity. I cannot go to the shooting range everyday that is 30 miles from my home and I cannot shoot powder burners here on my property. So to fulfill my love for target shooting, I have adopted the sport/hobby of air gunning. At times it can be really frustrating and other times it can be so much fun and offer so much enjoyment and fulfillment for the effort that I put into it. May I humbly suggest that you put your airguns aside for a given amount of time and then reevaluate whether or not to keep or sell. Good luck.
ThomasT
Agreed, I don’t shoot competition, but I have a grin ear to ear hitting .308 and .223 casings at 50 yards with either my AGT Uragan standard or my Daystate Revere. Stellar performers.probably just expecting too much man .. its easy to get caught up in internet fantasy land where everything 'has to be' full high end competition lol .. that crap aint real unless you dedicate everything to it .. a conservative midrange gun and plinking chicken eggs off fence posts at 80, thats more realistic without breaking out in hives and pulling your hair out coz you cant hit a dime at 400 like the fake youtube superhero does lol ... ive shot all kinds of guns for over 50 years now and hey, if i can hit a shotgunshell at 50 its a dam good day heheh .. what pcp 'cant' do that? .. not many that wont .. so lighten up, who needs competition level accuracy for everyday shooting life, i certainly dont .. thats what the net does though.. makes people feel inadequate ...
Certainly lot of good suggestions from the members on the board but as a rifle marksman, I have a bit of a different take on things.So I am toying with moving away from air rifles.
After spending a good amount of money I am getting frustrated with the results. Love the challenge but wow, I get beaten every time. Frustrating to say the least.
Went top of the line but even that, FX, has let me down, too much tweaking.
Someone want to talk me off the ledge?
For those that love shooting but are stuck in the burbs with limited time for the range, backyard plinking is much better than not shooting. Last 5 years I have cycled through a dozen airguns to keep my trigger finger happy. Now down to a handful of regulars. I setup a 10m range in my basement and added a club grade pistol and rifle to my herd, best shooting investment yet. Next is the HW44, becoming a huge fan of its eye of chipmunk accuracy out to 30 yards. Just before reading this I snipped the heads off of two flowers at 32 yards with my .177 Impact. Yesterday it turned a handfull of gumballs into powder. It was a PITA$$ getting it dialed, but damn...it is so quiet, accurate, and convenient for my application. Haven't touched a dial on it for over a year and several tins of JSB 13.4's.Hello EagleEyes,
Sounds like to me that you are actually asking yourself if you still enjoy shooting airguns “enough” to overlook the hassle required. I feel your pain, because I also used to shoot rimfire competitively and how straight forward that activity is. Today I own and shoot for pure fun PCP air guns, but to be 100% truthful, it is out of necessity. I cannot go to the shooting range everyday that is 30 miles from my home and I cannot shoot powder burners here on my property. So to fulfill my love for target shooting, I have adopted the sport/hobby of air gunning. At times it can be really frustrating and other times it can be so much fun and offer so much enjoyment and fulfillment for the effort that I put into it. May I humbly suggest that you put your airguns aside for a given amount of time and then reevaluate whether or not to keep or sell. Good luck.
ThomasT
I guess I am seeing a little of my OCD come out. In this last shoot groups were about an inch with some severe flyers. I laid out flags, trying to read the wind, and that didn't work.What size groups at what yardage are you getting? Not sure y so many people pick on fx the results at rmac speak for themselves.
I shoot a similar event, we call it the sniper match at our local club, Small targets at 50, 75, 100, 150 and 200 yards, 50 yard targets are 1 ide by 2 inches tall and the 200's are 4 tall by 3 wide.Certainly lot of good suggestions from the members on the board but as a rifle marksman, I have a bit of a different take on things.
The smaller and lighter both the rifle is and the ammo you are shooting..... the more that mistakes in shooting fundamentals are amplified.
Here is an example...... easily ringing the gong at 300 yards is pretty easy with a .308 rifle, a little tougher with a .223 and you gotta pay attention with a .22lr. In fact the biggest improvement I get in my skills is when a shoot a bulk round on a windy day with a low caliber rifle. I already know what the .308 and the .223 are dialed in at because of the consistency of the round. The .22lr i a whole other ball game.
Jumping over to air rifles is even one step further with bulk produced ammunitions' and shooting with air pressure that varys. Seeing some of the pictures posted on the forum....some of the airgun guys have taken precision shooting into an art form.
There is a pretty good series on youtube called sniper 101 by Trex. Some of the stuff does not apply to airguns but a lot does. Body mechanics and postition, breathing, optics are really all part of being an excellent shooter.
If you own a Ruger 10/22 rifle go shoot the appleseed event (it's taught by former snipers) then come back and jump on the airgun with your new knowledge......you'll be impressed.
HK