Posted: 12/11/2011 1:21:29 PM EDT
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Okay, I am not a great shot, but I can hold a 6" group offhand at 100 and a 1" from the bench.
I bought a high quality RWS 350 magnum pellet rifle for cheap easy practice. It is a break action, spring powered piston gun. I can't hit crap. I was trying to sight this thing in at 15 yards and I was getting a totally different poi when stnading compared to prone. Like 4" to the left. I also couldn't shoot a group worth a crap. I noticed that because of the double action of the recoil I was having a hard time keeping the trigger to the rear as the shot broke. In other words, unless I concentrated on applying additional force to the trigger as the shot broke the recoil of the gun would bounce my trigger forward. I don't know if this is causing the issue or not. So, any help in guiding me on what the issue could be would be great. |
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From a long time ar gun and rifle shooter.
How you hold the rifle is very important because the gun moves, due to the spring action, well before the pellet leaves the barrel. You may think that, if true, it is impossible to get a good group and that is false because if you hold the gun the same each time you shoot it, YOU become a large part of the rifle's accuracy. One of the important things is NOT to hold it very tight and let the rifle recoil naturally. Bracing it or resting it invites trouble. You have to let it recoil on its own. I have an RWS model 48 side cocking spring air rifle. I have taken it apart and honed the chamber, smoothed out all contacting parts and did trigger work . All these things made it an instantaneously better shooter but like all air rifles, you have to put about 500 shots through it and it will become progressively better as it goes. Not because you are getting better but because the gun itself gets better as the parts set in. Also make sure the screws that hold the action to the stock are tight, even though it is new. Those screws will back out due to the front and rear recoil coupled with spring vibration. The scope you use has to be hardened for air gun shooting. An air gun will destroy some of the best of them because it has a double movement both rear and forward ( spring action again) and most scopes are designed to take a sharp rearward motion only. RWS makes a rifle that slides on rails to absorb some of the recoil. It is a model 54 but you are going to spend nearly $500 to own one. I can repeatedly put 5 shots into a quarter size circle at 100 feet with my RWS 48. Don't give up and try the things I said. |
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akconvert,
If you are near Pocatello, we have a very active air rifle club which is a subset of Gate City Shooting Sports. A couple of our members are very good spring gun shooters. They can help those who do not shoot spring guns well to become better. There are also other kinds of air rifles that are easier to shoot, and we as a club are more than willing to let you shoot a sample of our guns. In fact, on the first Wednesday evening of each month, we hold a somewhat informal competition that we cal lInto to Air Guns. New shooters are more than welcome to show up to try our rifles and pistols. As the post above mentions, hold is very important to be consistent with spring powered air guns. The magnum versions are generally that much more difficult to shoot well, though they are capable of exceptional accuracy. It is not uncommon for spring gun shooters to have different sight settings based on the position they are shooting. |
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