What springer did you shoot today?

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crowski said:
Been busy finishing my project (now on lower pond) of 6 years. So close. Had time to shoot my R7 .177. View attachment 494482This gun is as easy as bending your finger. Have 4 HW30’s and one on the way. They’re all fantastic shooters. Would like an older Beeman or 2 or 3, some day. Can’t wait to get shooting in my daily routine. High temp. today 55F. Crow
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That beautiful scenery is very distracting, not to mention the trim around the window. It's hard to look at the gun
 
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bustachip said:
Sand dwellers, different kind of people..lol.
Hey it can get unbearable in NC too, humidity is awful, ticks, snakes, spiders, skeeters. But no giant lizards. I got a buddy that lives in SC, I call him a sand dweller, he has to deal with armadillos tearing up his yard..lol, he says the HW50 will make them sleepy. I think we on the back side now, so cooler days are coming, but also the wind will pick up as the cooler north air comes in.
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South East Louisiana is crazy for shooting this time of year. I have hair dryer on my bench! What ever could a hair dryer be for in this heat?
It's to dry the sweat off of my gun, scope, and lenses. I have to keep my guns in a hot area to prevent them from sweating in the heat of the real La.
I use the .30 cal to put the armadillos to sleep.
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bustachip said:
Finally caught a afternoon with very little wind, so off to the range I go, nobody on the 100 yard range at 6:00pm, sweet. I shot 20, five shot groups with the prosport before dark, these are the best groups out of those, managed to get one under a inch today. Most averaged around 1.5" some bigger some smaller.
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I noticed the trigger pull is way more critical at 100 compared to 40 yards..lol. And if I did it right the pellets would touch or really close. If I did it wrong the pellet would land a inch or more from the main group, or not group as tight.
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I will keep trying for a really small group, I think it helps with my PB shooting as well.
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Nice setup 👍
 
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.20calguy said:
South East Louisiana is crazy for shooting this time of year. I have hair dryer on my bench! What ever could a hair dryer be for in this heat?
It's to dry the sweat off of my gun, scope, and lenses. I have to keep my guns in a hot area to prevent them from sweating in the heat of the real La.
I use the .30 cal to put the armadillos to sleep.
😃👍
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I got a couple of those need a sleeping pill
 
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ITACUD said:
I shot my new HW50S for the 3rd time. I'm almost through a 400 count tin. The front sight fell off. I guess it's time to check the set screws and buy some loctite..... It was ok though because I had just mounted my new scope..View attachment 272596 That looks similar to a sight I adapted to my old Diana 5. If so, there’s a bridge of metal limiting how tight it can clamp down, no matter how tight the screw. I had to saw out that metal bridge before the screw could pull the sides in enough to properly clamp onto the barrel
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Finally got a small shoot in the evening. Looking like I’m finally finishing this project this week. Had the furnace on for 2 weeks but back up high 70’s.
Woke up to this, this morning. 6;50am
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Started off with a HW97 .25. What a great plinker. Doesn’t get much better.
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Next up a rifle I just scored, a Walther LG55. Smooooth. It’s got a lot of dings, but shoots beautifully
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Put the red dot on it for now. Crow
My range has had no maintenhance since June, looks like a jungle.
 
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It got dark on me again, but I did manage to install the new BKL-260D7 mount, get zeroed, and shoot a few groups. My hunch was correct, with 8.44’s doing 850 fps @ 13.5 fpe a 19m zero gives me zero at 31m also, perfect. My PBR should be roughly 14m-35m…wonderful!! Btw, I really like this self centering BKL mount that also has elevation built in for a better optically centered scope.

While I’m an accuracy addict like the rest of you, my real purpose for this setup is a small game weapon. Especially, stalking squirrels in the woods. I believe I‘ve finally achieved the nearly ideal combination of power, weight, and accuracy with this 98 and Leupold. A SFP 4X is a wonderful all around hunting magnification choice. This 4-12x40 scope also has AO down to 16m at 12X, excellent! Did I mention this scope is light?
Enough gushing…what matters is that this gun shoots dimes @ 30m, is comfortable to cock and carry(at least for me), and happens to be pretty nice to look at.
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peaceful_ruler said:
It got dark on me again, but I did manage to install the new BKL-260D7 mount, get zeroed, and shoot a few groups. My hunch was correct, with 8.44’s doing 850 fps @ 13.5 fpe a 19m zero gives me zero at 31m also, perfect. My PBR should be roughly 14m-35m…wonderful!! Btw, I really like this self centering BKL mount that also has elevation built in for a better optically centered scope.

While I’m an accuracy addict like the rest of you, my real purpose for this setup is a small game weapon. Especially, stalking squirrels in the woods. I believe I‘ve finally achieved the nearly ideal combination of power, weight, and accuracy with this 98 and Leupold. A SFP 4X is a wonderful all around hunting magnification choice. This 4-12x40 scope also has AO down to 16m at 12X, excellent! Did I mention this scope is light?
Enough gushing…what matters is that this gun shoots dimes @ 30m, is comfortable to cock and carry(at least for me), and happens to be pretty nice to look at. View attachment 495276View attachment 495277View attachment 495279
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Very nice 98. Biggest sucker for thumbholes. My 98’s are bounty hunters for tree rats. So are the rest of my springers, for that matter. Crow. Nice setup.
 
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crowski said:
Finally got a small shoot in the evening. Looking like I’m finally finishing this project this week. Had the furnace on for 2 weeks but back up high 70’s.
Woke up to this, this morning. 6;50amView attachment 495264Started off with a HW97 .25. What a great plinker. Doesn’t get much better. View attachment 495265Next up a rifle I just scored, a Walther LG55. Smooooth. It’s got a lot of dings, but shoots beautifullyView attachment 495266Put the red dot on it for now. Crow
My range has had no maintenhance since June, looks like a jungle.
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Dings or not, that's one beautiful stock!
 
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