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I like to acquire new guns that fill some kind of hole in my collection. I was bidding on a match air pistol designed for 10m target shooting because I don't have anything that duplicates that kind of gun atm.
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Once I get something shooting well, next step is working and fathoming the wind.
Never boring but often surprising.
Never boring but often surprising.
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My system is for keeping it fresh is simple.
1) Shoot springers
2) Take zero notes
3) Cycle through them until I feel I've mastered that particular gun again and then move on to the next one
4) Tinkering helps.
1) Shoot springers
2) Take zero notes
3) Cycle through them until I feel I've mastered that particular gun again and then move on to the next one
4) Tinkering helps.
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Same here. I get bored printing group after group.
Mainly use paper to verify POI so I'm confident when that critter shows up.
Since your guns spend a bit of time sitting it might be interesting to document how they shoot that first shot with a cold barrel
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Mainly use paper to verify POI so I'm confident when that critter shows up.
Since your guns spend a bit of time sitting it might be interesting to document how they shoot that first shot with a cold barrel
First Shot Cold Barrel
Have a gun that's been sitting a while? Perfect! Pull it out and show us your first shot on paper/fur/feather/steel/etc. Or it could be your daily shooter. Show us the first shot you took today. Can be any airgun - rifle/pistol, any caliber, CO2, springer, multi-pump, PCP. Target can be any...
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This is a fun post and I dont know why it isn't added to every day. When I first saw it I thought it was going to be one of those things that kept going on here for hundreds of pagesSame here. I get bored printing group after group.
Mainly use paper to verify POI so I'm confident when that critter shows up.
Since your guns spend a bit of time sitting it might be interesting to document how they shoot that first shot with a cold barrel
First Shot Cold Barrel
Have a gun that's been sitting a while? Perfect! Pull it out and show us your first shot on paper/fur/feather/steel/etc. Or it could be your daily shooter. Show us the first shot you took today. Can be any airgun - rifle/pistol, any caliber, CO2, springer, multi-pump, PCP. Target can be any...
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I have gotten to that point with firearms. So I can relate on a certain level. Right now I am waiting for my finances to afford an air rifle that can keep up with me.
What is your current and most precise rifle?
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That is why I out out steel targets of different sizes at different ranges. You get bored hitting a 2" target at 100 yards.....move to the 1" and keep going. That to easy then move to 150 yards it a 3" target and so forth.
The most fun is a KYL rack at a 100 yards, to easy then add a barricade or some kind of prop to make things more difficult.
The most fun is a KYL rack at a 100 yards, to easy then add a barricade or some kind of prop to make things more difficult.
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I'll shoot an entire tins of CPHP's in a sitting with good beverages by my side, tunes pumpin' out the shop door and sunny skies overhead.
Teather the Luxfer up and go!
Teather the Luxfer up and go!
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I would be bored in five minutes shooting groups on paper. The only time I shoot from bench is to sight in the rifle. After that it's off hand, on sticks, or resting on something. I shoot reactive targets of different kinds and size. I believe this is better for practice in real world situations, hunting etc... I have never been bored doing this. And I usually shoot every day.
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We have open fields, tall trees, 100 or more nesting boxes. Target rich for starlings. Lots of HOSP's but they hide deep in the pines, you can hear them but can't see them.
The black caped budgies also frequent in the pines so I dare not shoot.
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I have always had a poor memory, I don't take notes other than recording dope on blue tape taped to the gun. I have several guns. This keeps it interesting. I have found that it is developing my overall understanding of the characteristics of shooting, so my skill level is greatly improving. This is what keeps me interested, along with the occasional varmint that presents itself.
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I shoot paper to get a gun dialed in. After that it is almost exclusively reactive targets.
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ThomasT
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Hello everyone,
Well I started shooting paper targets in my teens to improve my accuracy for powder burner competition. I turned 83 this month and still enjoy shooting paper targets almost every day but using mostly PCP's now. Cannot imagine ever getting bored while keeping my shooting skill
ThomasT
Well I started shooting paper targets in my teens to improve my accuracy for powder burner competition. I turned 83 this month and still enjoy shooting paper targets almost every day but using mostly PCP's now. Cannot imagine ever getting bored while keeping my shooting skill
ThomasT
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Hello everyone,
Well I started shooting paper targets in my teens to improve my accuracy for powder burner competition. I turned 83 this month and still enjoy shooting paper targets almost every day but using mostly PCP's now. Cannot imagine ever getting bored while keeping my shooting skill
ThomasT
Keep on keeping on Thomas!
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I'll just randomly set out soda cans filled with water throughout my property, and shoot the cans whenever I feel like it. Ranging anywhere from 50-250 yards. I can go prone on my front porch, shoot through the yard, over a not busy road, though a cow pasture to another tree line and get my 250 yard shot. Soda cans are definitely more fun than paper, my dad shoots PB at steel, and doesn't care about airguns when I'm shooting paper at the bench, but he's quick to come out and shoot the cans.
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I typically only shoot paper to sight in or test projectiles or tune. I enjoy shooting steel resettable targets or spinners the most.
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