[Disclaimer - this is not meant to be a comprehensive / definitive comparison between the accuracy of the Leshiy 2 vs. the Impact . . . instead, it is more of an illustration of how I behave behind the trigger of the Leshiy 2.]
I had a quick 30 minutes to kill before the in-laws were coming over for dinner so I wanted to do a quick shoot-out between the three rifles I've been shooting most regularly:
All three rifles have been shooting really consistently so the hope was to put up three solid back-to-back-to-back 5 shot groups with each rifle at my 35 yard target to show that, at this range where I will be mostly shooting the Leshiy 2 at, it is every bit as accurate as my Impacts. I was shooting the targets from right to left, resting the rifle on a couple of throw pillows stacked on top of my makeshift shooting table. Conditions were somewhat breezy with the wind going right to left. The bullseyes are 0.5" in diameter and I was aiming at the white center of each bullseye.
It started off well enough, the 0.25 pellet Impact was first and groups were pretty decent with me pulling a shot here or there. The 0.22 Impact was next and this has been the rifle I've been shooting most accurately and groups were again pretty decent but I'm starting to rush a little bit because wife keeps poking her head into my office asking me to finish my to-do's for the meal. Both Impacts did well enough . . . not going to win any competitions with those groups but passable given how quickly they were shot.
Then, it's the Leshiy 2's turn. I don't know if it my wife rushing me or ability of the L2 to go semi-auto or both, but the first three groups were probably fired off in 1/3rd the time it took me to shoot the Impact groups and it showed in the results as the groups opened up noticeably! I told myself to slow down and the 4th group got a little better. Reminded myself yet again and the 5th group became more acceptable - showing that the poor groups were the result of the shooter, not the rifle!
Keep in mind that this L2 has been shooting groups very much on par with the Impacts at this 35 yard target so it is far more capable than these groups today show. I wasn't going to post these groups and try to redo the shoot-out when I had more time and not be so rushed. But I decided to post anyways because this is a funny (and honest) reminder of what the semi-auto function does to your mindset: you can definitely get trigger happy and forget about good shooting fundamentals!
Again, no need to scrutinize the groups below and make any real conclusion on the accuracy of one rifle versus another. I'll redo the shoot-out when I'm not in such a hurry and will have each rifle properly mounted on the Mid-Evil tripod I just got. Hopefully that will provide a more accurate 35 yard comparison between these rifles!
I had a quick 30 minutes to kill before the in-laws were coming over for dinner so I wanted to do a quick shoot-out between the three rifles I've been shooting most regularly:
- Leshiy 2 0.25 350mm w/ factory long silencer shooting 25.4g JSBs at 800fps
- Impact 0.25 500mm w/ Superior liner shooting 25.4g JSBs at 900fps
- Impact 0.22 600mm w/ Slug liner shooting 24.8g NSA 218 slugs at 950fps
All three rifles have been shooting really consistently so the hope was to put up three solid back-to-back-to-back 5 shot groups with each rifle at my 35 yard target to show that, at this range where I will be mostly shooting the Leshiy 2 at, it is every bit as accurate as my Impacts. I was shooting the targets from right to left, resting the rifle on a couple of throw pillows stacked on top of my makeshift shooting table. Conditions were somewhat breezy with the wind going right to left. The bullseyes are 0.5" in diameter and I was aiming at the white center of each bullseye.
It started off well enough, the 0.25 pellet Impact was first and groups were pretty decent with me pulling a shot here or there. The 0.22 Impact was next and this has been the rifle I've been shooting most accurately and groups were again pretty decent but I'm starting to rush a little bit because wife keeps poking her head into my office asking me to finish my to-do's for the meal. Both Impacts did well enough . . . not going to win any competitions with those groups but passable given how quickly they were shot.
Then, it's the Leshiy 2's turn. I don't know if it my wife rushing me or ability of the L2 to go semi-auto or both, but the first three groups were probably fired off in 1/3rd the time it took me to shoot the Impact groups and it showed in the results as the groups opened up noticeably! I told myself to slow down and the 4th group got a little better. Reminded myself yet again and the 5th group became more acceptable - showing that the poor groups were the result of the shooter, not the rifle!
Keep in mind that this L2 has been shooting groups very much on par with the Impacts at this 35 yard target so it is far more capable than these groups today show. I wasn't going to post these groups and try to redo the shoot-out when I had more time and not be so rushed. But I decided to post anyways because this is a funny (and honest) reminder of what the semi-auto function does to your mindset: you can definitely get trigger happy and forget about good shooting fundamentals!
Again, no need to scrutinize the groups below and make any real conclusion on the accuracy of one rifle versus another. I'll redo the shoot-out when I'm not in such a hurry and will have each rifle properly mounted on the Mid-Evil tripod I just got. Hopefully that will provide a more accurate 35 yard comparison between these rifles!
even in .177.
