Hi there,
Heard that this forum is a solid resource for no BS info on air rifles. My father shoots a metric ton of air rifle and I primarily have shot centerfire sports (USPSA, PRS/NRL, etc.) and have decided to dip my toe in to possibly Field Target to use the rifle more. I picked up a Benjamin Armada and have swapped the stock and grip to make it feel more like my PRS rifle and basically use it in the back yard shooting into a pellet trap off a barricade for positional practice for PRS/NRL. That said, I know FT is a totally different game and looking to glean as much info as I can from the resources here. The biggies I know I need to do to the rifle:
- Change the scope. Reticle is mil-dots and that drives me bananas as I use a mil-has type reticle in my PRS rifle (Vortex Gen 2 Razor 4.5-27x w/ EBR-7c).
- I get about 70-80 nice consistent shots without big POI change, but at the shorter distances in the backyard, it hasn't made that much of a difference. I just need to get off my butt and see if the my Magnetospeed will pickup the pellet.
- Rifle. I don't think it really needs any tuning. Just go shoot and learn FT. The short version, I know gear isn't the limiting factor for a new FT shooter (in most cases).
- Pellets. 10.5gr AA or JSB pellets seem to be the ticket.
- Ancillary gear. Just don't know what I don't know, so when the next weekend match is I plan on showing up to see how it goes.
Any info is appreciated as well as any recommended tweaks to the Armada/Marauder actions. Like most things any serious modifications can probably wait, but if there are some baseline should-do's I'm open to it.
Thanks and looking forward to learning.
Rich
Heard that this forum is a solid resource for no BS info on air rifles. My father shoots a metric ton of air rifle and I primarily have shot centerfire sports (USPSA, PRS/NRL, etc.) and have decided to dip my toe in to possibly Field Target to use the rifle more. I picked up a Benjamin Armada and have swapped the stock and grip to make it feel more like my PRS rifle and basically use it in the back yard shooting into a pellet trap off a barricade for positional practice for PRS/NRL. That said, I know FT is a totally different game and looking to glean as much info as I can from the resources here. The biggies I know I need to do to the rifle:
- Change the scope. Reticle is mil-dots and that drives me bananas as I use a mil-has type reticle in my PRS rifle (Vortex Gen 2 Razor 4.5-27x w/ EBR-7c).
- I get about 70-80 nice consistent shots without big POI change, but at the shorter distances in the backyard, it hasn't made that much of a difference. I just need to get off my butt and see if the my Magnetospeed will pickup the pellet.
- Rifle. I don't think it really needs any tuning. Just go shoot and learn FT. The short version, I know gear isn't the limiting factor for a new FT shooter (in most cases).
- Pellets. 10.5gr AA or JSB pellets seem to be the ticket.
- Ancillary gear. Just don't know what I don't know, so when the next weekend match is I plan on showing up to see how it goes.
Any info is appreciated as well as any recommended tweaks to the Armada/Marauder actions. Like most things any serious modifications can probably wait, but if there are some baseline should-do's I'm open to it.
Thanks and looking forward to learning.
Rich
