Air Arms How accurate is a springer- really

[beerthief]

Have seen my friends TX200 do MOA all the way out to 50yds with some winds. They are stupid accurate which is why they are so widely used in Field Target and benchrest comps all over the world. Love my HW97 but that TX200 is just more accurate. Can get pictures if needed but im sure many many TX owners can attest to the same. From a bench of course.

Springers are very accurate if kept inside their engineered parameters .

 

[EquivalentDelta]

MOA at 50 yards is 1/2”. It happens, but not consistently for me. I will take the blame for that.

Hard to get representative groups at 50. Even a gentle wind is moving most pellets on the magnitude of inches at that range. If the wind switches even once, your group goes from 1 moa to 2-3 moa

 

[MDriskill]

This was done long ago...off a rest indoors at a mere 10 meters...but by an iron-sighted recoiling gun wielded by old guy, LOL. Note it's 8 shots.

Used a Walther LGV "Olympia" made in the 1960's.

 

[GoldenStateAIRGUNer]

Hi all. This is my attempt to answer the age old question of what practical accuracy can be expected from a springer, quirks included. With no wind to speak of and my TX shooting well it seemed like a good time to see what it could do from my favorite position, sitting using a set of old Stony Point Shooting sticks. My personal standard for good accuracy is anything less than 2 MOA, which is approximately 0.50” at 25 yards or 0.70” at 35 yards.

I started off shooting from 25 yards, and as expected with that rifle, the first shot went a bit low. The other four shots went a little high and right. The second group continued that trend with a reasonably tight cluster high and right. Groups three and four showed nice tight groups, still a bit right but lower. POI shifting a bit lower after ten shots is not unexpected with that rifle, and one of the “quirks” I was referring to. The tendency to hit a bit right may be simply the result of how I timed the shot, or something else, who knows.

After finishing at 25 yards, I moved to 35 yards to confirm my zero. The group made the cut at under 2 MOA, but was a bit high and just a little left. Why was it a little left instead of right like I had seen at 25 yards? Might have been a wind effect, might have been me, who knows.

The take away I think is that a good springer can be very accurate at short ranges, but may subject to a little more POI drift than a regulated PCP or a high quality rimfire. And of course there is the problem of position sensitivity. I would expect to have to adjust my zero were I to shoot the same rifle from the bench. A PCP or rimfire might show some shift in POI depending on position, but nowhere near as much in my experience.

Have a good evening.
Chuck
View attachment 557821

" After finishing at 25 yards, I moved to 35 yards to confirm my zero. The group made the cut at under 2 MOA, but was a bit high and just a little left. Why was it a little left instead of right like I had seen at 25 yards? Might have been a wind effect, might have been me, who knows."

It could be your scope/mount and your rifles bore aren't in absolute alignment. More of a issue with break barrels though.

 

[EquivalentDelta]

" After finishing at 25 yards, I moved to 35 yards to confirm my zero. The group made the cut at under 2 MOA, but was a bit high and just a little left. Why was it a little left instead of right like I had seen at 25 yards? Might have been a wind effect, might have been me, who knows."

It could be your scope/mount and your rifles bore aren't in absolute alignment. More of an issue with break barrels though.

Could also just be a bit of canting the gun left or right.

But at these short ranges, I’m more inclined to believe it’s just the wind shifting directions.

 

[Motorhead]

Great shooting to all .. with a "As they say" no stink in that kitchen