Re: I can't shoot a damn pellet gun...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: persistant7500</div><div class="ubbcode-body">an air rifle will show you your weaknesses. Consider this, you are shooting a springer type weapon with a totally different recoil action, this means that you need to learn how to manage that recoil differently than with a center fire rifle. Secondly your in barrel time is huge in comparison to a center fire rifle, this means that, that recoil is affecting your shot while it is happening. Third as a result of that in barrel time your follow through is so much more important. An air rifle will humble a very good rifleman for quite a while in the practice, after a few thousand rounds you will get the hang of it, and it will improve your center fire performance. I know most will argue with me on this, but I will put up in my defense that I coach the 3rd place Air Force national championship team and 13th place ROTC national championship team with 3 of the top 50 shooters in the US on my resume. Jeff.... </div></div>
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A model 34 RWS is owed much of my riflery skills. Most important with a spring powered air rifle is a clean trigger pull and following through with the shot. You have to try to be on target after the shot(though in reality the recoil pulse will cause the gun to pulse a little). You can't yank a good shot off consistantly like can be done by experienced firearms shooter. Prone can cause problems. My particular rifle required hand support or shooting across a pack/etc. to be accurate. If I was chasing accuracy I would buy a beeman gas piston if your stuck on a break action or RWS in a fixed barrel side/under lever. Scoping a break action in my experienced diminished accuracy. I have a theory that minor variations in lockup were magnified by using a reciever mounted optic vs an iron front sight that is pinned to the barrel and therefore somewhat self adjusts if the gun has minor lockup variations. I would go side charger or underlever if I was stuck on a scope, or just go precharged. I still pull mine out every so often after 18 years of use. It dispatches garbage raiding pests with ease and is cheap fun!
<span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">My experience has been like the above fellow shooters' experience. I tried three guns and numerous scopes and pellets to learn spring guns are hard to shoot and they jar hell out of scopes and mounts, and they need work and the right lubes to shoot well.
The piston chamber has to be polished carefully for consistent friction on the piston ring. Many piston rings are dinged from the clown at the factory forcing it into the chamber. The cocking lever slot in the cylinder has sharp edges that need sanded off. Break barrels tend to eventually change poi since the barrel and scope are on different parts as the pivot point wears. A side/under lever eliminates that problem. On the less expensive ones, the trigger is the weak link. They suck, and due to piston and projectile dwell time, that hurts a lot.
Get the .22 or .25 caliber if you will be exterminating squirrels. The .177 that I use isn't as drt. Instead, they end up in the neighbor's yard causing sneaking suspicions you are shooting their squirrels, but he was in your yard when you shot right through him with the .177. This Spring I all but exterminated gray squirrels from the area, as well as jay birds, House Sparrows, and European Starlings that destroy song birds' nests and overtake them.
Check out TedsHolder on Facebook. Watch this guy kill pigeons on grain elevators at 100 yards, inclined, in the wind.
A Benjamin Marauder goes for around $500+, or the Beeman AR15 upper pcp. One of them is on my Christmas list.
There are forums about air guns</span></span>
