I did my HW97KT with a synthetic stock with the stuff Timmy Mac sent me. Haven't shot over 10 M yet. The twang has really quieted down and the rifle seems a lot less hold sensitive. It still shoots the best with its balance point on the rest. The jury is still out on any improvement on accuracy until I can shoot some longer distances. The only downside is I lost about 10 fps on pellet speed. Overall I would say it is worth the effort.
Quote from: marty2 on December 08, 2015, 09:18:59 PMI did my HW97KT with a synthetic stock with the stuff Timmy Mac sent me. Haven't shot over 10 M yet. The twang has really quieted down and the rifle seems a lot less hold sensitive. It still shoots the best with its balance point on the rest. The jury is still out on any improvement on accuracy until I can shoot some longer distances. The only downside is I lost about 10 fps on pellet speed. Overall I would say it is worth the effort.Marty2, any thoughts on why the velocity dropped?
Quote from: kirkp on December 12, 2015, 03:20:04 PMQuote from: marty2 on December 08, 2015, 09:18:59 PMI did my HW97KT with a synthetic stock with the stuff Timmy Mac sent me. Haven't shot over 10 M yet. The twang has really quieted down and the rifle seems a lot less hold sensitive. It still shoots the best with its balance point on the rest. The jury is still out on any improvement on accuracy until I can shoot some longer distances. The only downside is I lost about 10 fps on pellet speed. Overall I would say it is worth the effort.Marty2, any thoughts on why the velocity dropped?I think that the FPS of only 10 FPS probably has more to do with the Chronograph and not the bedding! Any and all Chronographs fluctuate in FPS reading due to, Lighting, Temp, Humidity and time of day. If you read up on this most will tell you that it is usually more like 20 to 30 FPS in most cases, so I think the FPS is fine on the HW97KT. All though it could be possible it is more likely the Chronograph and I would not be to worried about it unless it was over 50 FPS difference.William
Quote from: William on December 12, 2015, 03:33:45 PMQuote from: kirkp on December 12, 2015, 03:20:04 PMQuote from: marty2 on December 08, 2015, 09:18:59 PMI did my HW97KT with a synthetic stock with the stuff Timmy Mac sent me. Haven't shot over 10 M yet. The twang has really quieted down and the rifle seems a lot less hold sensitive. It still shoots the best with its balance point on the rest. The jury is still out on any improvement on accuracy until I can shoot some longer distances. The only downside is I lost about 10 fps on pellet speed. Overall I would say it is worth the effort.Marty2, any thoughts on why the velocity dropped?I think that the FPS of only 10 FPS probably has more to do with the Chronograph and not the bedding! Any and all Chronographs fluctuate in FPS reading due to, Lighting, Temp, Humidity and time of day. If you read up on this most will tell you that it is usually more like 20 to 30 FPS in most cases, so I think the FPS is fine on the HW97KT. All though it could be possible it is more likely the Chronograph and I would not be to worried about it unless it was over 50 FPS difference.WilliamTried to figure it out this AM. Did a little testing and came up with......... I had moved my indoor shooting bench to a different location in my basement. When I set up my chrony I placed it about 18" closer than I had it before. I moved the chrony back out to the distance it was previously and the numbers came back to where they were before. William nailed it. Thanks
An update to my original post....... After spending some time outside the last two days with the HW 97 I can say that soft bedding did not improve the accuracy of the rifle. I still say it was worth the effort to soft bed as the rifle is much more pleasant to shoot now.
Quote from: marty2 on December 08, 2015, 09:18:59 PMI did my HW97KT with a synthetic stock with the stuff Timmy Mac sent me. Haven't shot over 10 M yet. The twang has really quieted down and the rifle seems a lot less hold sensitive. It still shoots the best with its balance point on the rest. The jury is still out on any improvement on accuracy until I can shoot some longer distances. The only downside is I lost about 10 fps on pellet speed. Overall I would say it is worth the effort.An update to my original post....... After spending some time outside the last two days with the HW 97 I can say that soft bedding did not improve the accuracy of the rifle. I still say it was worth the effort to soft bed as the rifle is much more pleasant to shoot now.
Quote from: marty2 on January 02, 2016, 08:39:02 AMQuote from: marty2 on December 08, 2015, 09:18:59 PMI did my HW97KT with a synthetic stock with the stuff Timmy Mac sent me. Haven't shot over 10 M yet. The twang has really quieted down and the rifle seems a lot less hold sensitive. It still shoots the best with its balance point on the rest. The jury is still out on any improvement on accuracy until I can shoot some longer distances. The only downside is I lost about 10 fps on pellet speed. Overall I would say it is worth the effort.An update to my original post....... After spending some time outside the last two days with the HW 97 I can say that soft bedding did not improve the accuracy of the rifle. I still say it was worth the effort to soft bed as the rifle is much more pleasant to shoot now.Marty,Did you use 1 layer or 2 layers? I got the stuff from Tim and it is 1/16" thick and in the original post he said to get 1/8" thick.
Quote from: BigTinBoat on January 03, 2016, 10:30:38 AMQuote from: marty2 on January 02, 2016, 08:39:02 AMQuote from: marty2 on December 08, 2015, 09:18:59 PMI did my HW97KT with a synthetic stock with the stuff Timmy Mac sent me. Haven't shot over 10 M yet. The twang has really quieted down and the rifle seems a lot less hold sensitive. It still shoots the best with its balance point on the rest. The jury is still out on any improvement on accuracy until I can shoot some longer distances. The only downside is I lost about 10 fps on pellet speed. Overall I would say it is worth the effort.An update to my original post....... After spending some time outside the last two days with the HW 97 I can say that soft bedding did not improve the accuracy of the rifle. I still say it was worth the effort to soft bed as the rifle is much more pleasant to shoot now.Marty,Did you use 1 layer or 2 layers? I got the stuff from Tim and it is 1/16" thick and in the original post he said to get 1/8" thick.One layer. Did you use 2 with better results?
Worked well on my 350 magnum, with my hand on the rest and forend on my palm I get the same poi as when the forend is rested directly on the rest. First pic is rested on my palm, second pic forend on rest. Has not hurt the accuracy either. 5 shots 20 yards.
Grabbed some Armaflex closed cell foam from the warehouse of my job and will try some on my D460 and TX200
Dang !! one month for delivery. I bookmarked it anyways just in case the one I bought ain't what it is supposed to be.Thanks