When I built my Ol' Homegrown field target pistol in 2011 from a 1960's vintage Crosman Co2 rifle, I dreaded ever having to go back into her for reseal or any other reason. Thankfully she served her purpose beyond all hopes and imagination, until developing a very slow leak through the firing valve in the last year. I procrastinated the major surgery long as possible, until finally exhausting all "higher priority" excuses a couple days ago. The surgery was a complete success.
Though I usually don't bother accuracy testing air pistols at 35-50 yards in anything less than very light wind conditions, with my afflicted love healthy again, I couldn't resist at least sighting her in at my 35 yard zero despite medium winds.
The first five-shot group across the top of the white aiming dot measured .50" center-to-center. Four clicks elevation adjustment brought the next five-shot group closer to perfect zero; that group measures .60" C-T-C. And while it usually takes groups that size at 50 yards to excite me with Ol' Homegrown, that she did that on her first efforts at 35 yards in medium winds tells me she's back to her old, lovable self.
I'll drink to that!
Though I usually don't bother accuracy testing air pistols at 35-50 yards in anything less than very light wind conditions, with my afflicted love healthy again, I couldn't resist at least sighting her in at my 35 yard zero despite medium winds.
The first five-shot group across the top of the white aiming dot measured .50" center-to-center. Four clicks elevation adjustment brought the next five-shot group closer to perfect zero; that group measures .60" C-T-C. And while it usually takes groups that size at 50 yards to excite me with Ol' Homegrown, that she did that on her first efforts at 35 yards in medium winds tells me she's back to her old, lovable self.
I'll drink to that!
