Hahaha yep way ahead of ya Sean I have 4 tins of 44.75s due to arrive today with a New Aztec Emerald Scope, they are both on the mail truck for delivery today but I have a feeling that I should order some more..
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RAW REPORT
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Well, all I can say is WOW!!! I finally tried the Mk II pellets through my Polygon barrel, in the waning sunlight for the day today. At first I wasn’t all that impressed-then I realized my parallax wasn’t set correctly. Once I dialed that in, and learned to not shoot when I had scope shadow evident, the pellets were stacking in the .125-.25” CTC range! Mind you: it is 37F out right now, and the winds are blowing at 22 mph ssw, with gusts over 30 mph!
Here’s a sample target: the first shot I shouldn’t have taken because I had scope shadow-I should have adjusted my eye position. The remaining 4 I corrected that-and WOW! Same thing for the target down lower-first two shots my eye position was off, threw one left, and one right. Then I fixed my eye position and the remaining 3 shots were at .125” ctc. All groups are 5 shot at 50 yards.
4 shots: .25”
3 shots .125”:
This is all with me laying laying on my deck, shooting from a bipod too...
Once I practice better shooting discipline (ensuring sight picture), this thing is going to be drilling it!
Sean
Here’s a sample target: the first shot I shouldn’t have taken because I had scope shadow-I should have adjusted my eye position. The remaining 4 I corrected that-and WOW! Same thing for the target down lower-first two shots my eye position was off, threw one left, and one right. Then I fixed my eye position and the remaining 3 shots were at .125” ctc. All groups are 5 shot at 50 yards.
4 shots: .25”
3 shots .125”:
This is all with me laying laying on my deck, shooting from a bipod too...
Once I practice better shooting discipline (ensuring sight picture), this thing is going to be drilling it!
Sean
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Very very nice Sean oh and good shooting too looks like a couple .45 caliber holes...It was nice here today also, about the same as you 5:17pm 37* out, it’s a heat wave...
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Nice shooting Sean,
I'll be basking in 44 degrees tomorrow. If I can I'll get some longer groups in. I would like to do 75 and 100 yards. We'll see
Craig
I'll be basking in 44 degrees tomorrow. If I can I'll get some longer groups in. I would like to do 75 and 100 yards. We'll see
Craig
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Thanks. Normally I wouldn’t get excited about a group on paper like either of those, but honestly, the first shot (and first two shots for the other group) were where I couldn’t figure out why the focus wasn’t quite clear, and then the 3 & 4 shots were all consecutive-dropping one right on top of the other. It was really something to see.
I forgot who it was that urged me to try the Mk II pellets before swapping my barrel out, but I’m sure glad they did, because this barrel seems to love those pellets!
I also found that, now that the power is a higher, the gun seems to like me pulling it in tighter to my shoulder-a firmer Contact. I’ve heard the same is true for .30 cal also.
it should be nice tomorrow for me as well-in the mid 40’s. Will be doing some more chainsaw work, clearing Buckthorn from the forest.
Sean
I forgot who it was that urged me to try the Mk II pellets before swapping my barrel out, but I’m sure glad they did, because this barrel seems to love those pellets!
I also found that, now that the power is a higher, the gun seems to like me pulling it in tighter to my shoulder-a firmer Contact. I’ve heard the same is true for .30 cal also.
it should be nice tomorrow for me as well-in the mid 40’s. Will be doing some more chainsaw work, clearing Buckthorn from the forest.
Sean
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I have a couple chainsaw but unfortunately sometimes I think that I’m the only one in my house that knows what they are for, teenagers what can I say hahaha.
My 4 tins of 44.75s showed up today...
My 4 tins of 44.75s showed up today...
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Glorious morning here today!!! 41F and 5-10 mph winds-going to have to sneak in a few groups today....
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Here are 5 groups 5 shots each from my HM1000X .25 cal poly barrel this morning at 50 yards.
33.95 JSB MII pellets, 5-9 mph right to left wind. I was sitting on my butt with a bi-pod as the front rest.
I think that I am ready for ground hogs this year. This gun amazes me every time I have it out.
33.95 JSB MII pellets, 5-9 mph right to left wind. I was sitting on my butt with a bi-pod as the front rest.
I think that I am ready for ground hogs this year. This gun amazes me every time I have it out.
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Crusher,
Have you received any word on your forest green .25 cal?
If I remember correctly around the beginning of the year you were at 12 weeks
Craig
Have you received any word on your forest green .25 cal?
If I remember correctly around the beginning of the year you were at 12 weeks
Craig
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Well guys was not able to put some data on my gun. Weather sucked, rained throughout the entire time. Could no wait to shoot so I set up a shooting shack at my house. This at 75yds while raining and light breezes. I don' think I ever seen results during rain. Would have expected horrible shot groups. 27 rounds went through this hole at 75yds. The top whole is my friends .177. For some odd reason he decided to shoot that one shot on my paper. 3 shots opened her up to 2 inches. But it was raining decent. But 3 shots that' all!!! During rain!!!! Wth!!!! 
23 of 27 shots in an inch during rain!!!! Today was a surprise. Did not get any data though.
23 of 27 shots in an inch during rain!!!! Today was a surprise. Did not get any data though.
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Nice shooting!"Rey"Well guys was not able to put some data on my gun. Weather sucked, rained throughout the entire time. Could no wait to shoot so I set up a shooting shack at my house. This at 75yds while raining and light breezes. I don' think I ever seen results during rain. Would have expected horrible shot groups. 27 rounds went through this hole at 75yds. The top whole is my friends .177. For some odd reason he decided to shoot that one shot on my paper. 3 shots opened her up to 2 inches. But it was raining decent. But 3 shots that' all!!! During rain!!!! Wth!!!!
23 of 27 shots in an inch during rain!!!! Today was a surprise. Did not get any data though.
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please keep those pics coming love those groups ,sux leaving for work its dark and getting home its dark ,,,great shooting men cant wait for the weather to get better ,,been so busy at work its been a long heating season ,,never have i seen so many frozen houses ,,at least the days are getting longer craig whats your 25 cals favorite food
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Groups weren’t quite as good as I wanted this morning, but not terrible either. I don’t sort my ammo (yet), so perhaps there’s something to be had there-who knows. 50 yards, 5 shots. Didn’t measure them yet. Polygon barrel, Mk II pellets.
Later I put on my .25 non-Polygon barrel on and tried both versions of the heavy peeets through it-I seemed to get tight groups, but inexplicable flyers-wasn’t sure why-if it was the barrel, parallax setting, or what. I didn’t end up being as impressed as I expected. Perhaps a good cleaning of both barrels is in order since the polygon barrel has never been cleaned, and it’s been a LONG time for the LW barrel. Or perhaps the alignment of the transfer port was off, affecting the shot to shot consistency?
I ended the day doing a ‘speed swap’ back over to the .30 cal setup. Despite making a couple mistakes, and asking my youngest daughter to double check the alignment of the barrel before tightening the barrel into the block, I did the swap in 10 minutes flat-and could have done it in half that time. Simple!
in any case, it was great to get three of my kids behind the trigger when it was setup with the polygon barrel. They were all smacking the spinners, every shot, out at 70 yards-and having a blast in the process. Here’s my youngest two...
Sean
Later I put on my .25 non-Polygon barrel on and tried both versions of the heavy peeets through it-I seemed to get tight groups, but inexplicable flyers-wasn’t sure why-if it was the barrel, parallax setting, or what. I didn’t end up being as impressed as I expected. Perhaps a good cleaning of both barrels is in order since the polygon barrel has never been cleaned, and it’s been a LONG time for the LW barrel. Or perhaps the alignment of the transfer port was off, affecting the shot to shot consistency?
I ended the day doing a ‘speed swap’ back over to the .30 cal setup. Despite making a couple mistakes, and asking my youngest daughter to double check the alignment of the barrel before tightening the barrel into the block, I did the swap in 10 minutes flat-and could have done it in half that time. Simple!
in any case, it was great to get three of my kids behind the trigger when it was setup with the polygon barrel. They were all smacking the spinners, every shot, out at 70 yards-and having a blast in the process. Here’s my youngest two...
Sean
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Thanks guys. Shooting in the rain was weird. Pellet about 1/2inch in any direction. Shot better and more predictable when a wind was present. No wind: I wasn't sure which way it was going. But it was still good enough to hit 1inch spinners all day.
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sean great post super pics of your clan , your daughter looks as though shes having a blast ,,and the concentration of your son..great photos .... they know to keep their eye off the scope ,,,nice ,,keep the photos and adventures coming,,,,pat
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