What springer did you shoot today?

[.20calguy]

This evening I shot the Webley Vulcan in a wind storm.

Hint: .177's at 75y aren't the best choice for wind storms.
In any event, I was wondering if I'm just a lucky shot?
My first shot, not remembering if my zero was set at 75 or 30, was more pointed than aimed. So I pointed high in the 75y back stop and fired. I hit the dime sized reset on my Marksman trap.
That meant I was set for 75, but was shooting low.

Because of the wind and the fast approaching darkness, I shot it as is, using the hanging, Ibuprofen bottle at apx 73 yards.

I had a great hit percentage, about 1/3 or so with it swinging hard in the wind.
My favorite miss on the swinging bottle hit the #2 left paddle on the Marksman trap!
Crazy! Fun!

 

[bustachip]

This evening I shot the Webley Vulcan in a wind storm.
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Hint: .177's at 75y aren't the best choice for wind storms.
In any event, I was wondering if I'm just a lucky shot?
My first shot, not remembering if my zero was set at 75 or 30, was more pointed than aimed. So I pointed high in the 75y back stop and fired. I hit the dime sized reset on my Marksman trap.
That meant I was set for 75, but was shooting low.View attachment 527903
Because of the wind and the fast approaching darkness, I shot it as is, using the hanging, Ibuprofen bottle at apx 73 yards.
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I had a great hit percentage, about 1/3 or so with it swinging hard in the wind.
My favorite miss on the swinging bottle hit the #2 left paddle on the Marksman trap!
Crazy! Fun!

Does the marksman reset by itself?

 

[.20calguy]

Does the marksman reset by itself?

It has a magnetic bar connected to the dime sized reset paddle in the middle. The quarter sized paddles stick to it when they go down. The reset is pretty tough. At thirty Yards I would shoot the paddles down with my HW 75 pistol, then have to use my Sheridan to reset it.

 

[bustachip]

It has a magnetic bar connected to the dime sized reset paddle in the middle. The quarter sized paddles stick to it when they go down. The reset is pretty tough. At thirty Yards I would shoot the paddles down with my HW 75 pistol, then have to use my Sheridan to reset it.View attachment 527910

Can you reset it at 75 yards using your rifles?

 

[.20calguy]

Can you reset it at 75 yards using your rifles?

I just put it out there and haven't got any real shoot time on it as yet.
A cold front is establishing and the wind has not offered any precision shooting.
I hit the reset by accident with the Vulcan .177, but there wasn't anything to reset, so it went down and came back up easy.