So.....what did you shoot today?

[maraudinglizard]

I don’t mind sharing the not so great shot groups and not just brag on the stellar shot groups. Just keeping it honest, still got to shoot and it was still fun. Before lunch yesterday (a couple turkey sandwiches), I had 5 pretty decent 3-shot groups going with the LGU at 30 meters. Wound up taking a nap and afterwards I then sent 2 more JSBs at each group & it is what it is. Of course it was me, I couldn’t get completely comfortable, but I still got to shoot. Maybe later I’ll mark the existing shot holes and send 5 more at each for ten shot groups. 

Nice, keep it up you will get the ragged hole boredom soon enough.

[bReTt]

I don’t mind sharing the not so great shot groups and not just brag on the stellar shot groups. Just keeping it honest, still got to shoot and it was still fun. Before lunch yesterday (a couple turkey sandwiches), I had 5 pretty decent 3-shot groups going with the LGU at 30 meters. Wound up taking a nap and afterwards I then sent 2 more JSBs at each group & it is what it is. Of course it was me, I couldn’t get completely comfortable, but I still got to shoot. Maybe later I’ll mark the existing shot holes and send 5 more at each for ten shot groups. 

Looks good to me! 

It's great to have trigger time.

Thanks Brett. I used to say a bad fishing/hunting is better than a good day working. As for airgunning, I think it’s a better attitude to say: there are no bad days airgunning!

AMEN!

[bReTt]

R9 and Wildcat.  Shot a rat at the neighbors chicken house.

.....must have been a "treat"......

You silly man!  It is a TREAT to shoot a RAT!  Sneaking out soon to try again.  Wildcat again.  I absolutely love this compact pew pew! 

[Matchstickshooter]

R9 and Wildcat.  Shot a rat at the neighbors chicken house.

.....must have been a "treat"......

You silly man!  It is a TREAT to shoot a RAT!  Sneaking out soon to try again.  Wildcat again.  I absolutely love this compact pew pew!

LOL!!  that'll certainly do the job!

[Matchstickshooter]

 shot some paper with the .177 cal 2240 carbine

[bReTt]

Popped a couple rats last night at the neighbors coop.  Added a red lens to the flashlight made from a busted trailer tail light.  Cleaning out the garden I backed into the fence post cracking the light.  Still need to replace that.... 🤪

[Matchstickshooter]

  Wish I had some pesting to do! lol
 Tried a small variety of pellets through  the .177 (2240) carbine.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Tonight was "Go time" for the Off Season Casual Match... I shot my Listone Victor in the pistol entry.
Needless to say I was very VERY happy!

[Jshooter71]

Nice shooting, Scott!

[oldnamvet]

Practiced off hand shooting with my crosman 760 with rifled barrel and 4x BSA scope.  Quarter size 5 shot groups. Sooo much better off the bench. Range - 30ft in basement. Wish I had a bigger basement (and house too).

[mikeyb]

What did I shoot today (actually yesterday)?

Crosman Phantom NP 22: New old stock acquisition. Cleaned barrel and shot a few dozen CPHP using the factory open sights. Sweet shot cycle and good accuracy right out of the box. Interesting note... NP1 gas spring in this rifle is factory installed with shaft towards the shooter. That is the better option IMO.

Typical long creep old style Crosman trigger. My favorite one because it is easiest one for me to adjust to (almost) my perfect trigger.

Front sight is installed with a slight cant to the right. Rear sight is almost at right limit to compensate. I will likely remove and reinstall front sight to get rear sight roughly centered. I'm seeing this more frequently on lower cost springers and it is pretty annoying. Really sloppy quality control during assembly. Yes it is a minor complaint that is usually easy to fix, but I'm still disappointed that these rifles are thrown together with so little attention.

Plastic stock feels very solid and has no hollow resonances, but the comb is too high on this version for me to get a comfortable cheek weld with the open sights. Scope height will probably fix that. My overall rating, setting aside sloppy factory assembly, is EXCELENT bargain springer for $60 shipped.

Next up,

Norica Dragon GRS (gas ram system) Evolution Max 177: New old stock acquisition. Cleaned barrel and started shooting some Daisy wadcutters. Cocking effort seemed significantly higher than the coil spring version. Shot cycle was smooth with a nice solid THUMP and no twang. As expected from a gas-spring rifle.

Bad news... over two dozen shots all PAINFULLY loud going supersonic! Visible combustion products on every shot. Acrid burnt oil vapor stinging my eys and nose. This heavy dieseling means lots of factory lube still inside compression chamber. Taking rifle off-line to perform a cleanup and relube before the heavy dieseling causes any damage.

The low end Norica's typically have a VERY HEAVY direct sear trigger. This one seemed much lighter than I expected. Could be I was just distracted by the LOUD supersonic pellets. This rifle sports a shrouded barrel with a substantial built-in suppressor. Rifle itself didn't seem any louder than its plain barrel coil spring sibling. All the excess noise was from the pellets breaking the sound barrier. CRACK! and  SMOKE!

Picked up this air rifle for $57 shipped. Am NOT expecting anything special. I just really like the general shape and performance of the Norica Dragon series as a practical hunting rifle. Can't rate this one yet. Will need to stop the dieseling, shoot a bunch of pellets over a chronograph, and get a decent scope mounted to check accuracy. Its coil spring sibling shoots with superb accuracy once you get used to the 7+ lb trigger. Just hoping this one is similar.

Overall fun day of basement shooting

[LDamm]

I setup a couple electronic and knock down targets in the back yard and shot for a couple hours with a couple HW97K’s and a TX200.  The sun was out but it was 38 degrees.

[lefteyeshot]

My old .177 Tech Force  99 under lever. It was one holin' the Norma S-Target Match pellets wadcutters 8.2 gas

[Jshooter71]

My last day of vacation, and it was windy, but sunny and about 50*. So I pulled out the LGU and the target from the other day. I marked the previous 5 shot groups and put 5 more right on top at 30 meters, for 5 10-shot groups. The wind was 12-17 mph, left to right, sometimes I got it, sometimes not. I felt pretty good with the windage, so I shot spinners for a bit. Then I pulled out the AMO3 Stealth and shot spinners. I think I fared better with the spinners than paper. It was a good day.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Nice groups with that kind of side wind John!

[Lt. Dan]

Indeed John, good shooting.  I don't think I can remember if I ever came back to a target that I had shot the previous day. That in itself is impressive.  In theory it shouldn't matter I know but, different day, different light hitting the target, different wind, different clothes (LOL). I'M IMPRESSED.
I pray you had a pleasant and productive staycation.

[Jshooter71]

Thanks fellas! It was a good stay-cation, and had some good times shooting. I’m doing better at keeping a journal going. It’s all about leaning, while keeping it fun & practical, for me. 

[Sfttailrdr46]

I plinked in the basement with my D34 T-06 I forgot how smooth the cocking effort is with the buttoned piston. There is absolutely no drag just one smooth stroke from start to finish the buttons and Ultimox grease make for an awesome break barrel. I am really enjoying this rifle.

[Ultramarine]

Nice groups with that kind of side wind John!

Side wind ? What about a 60mph one, with even stronger gusts? But I'm used to that (it's called the Tramuntana here) and I stop plinking when, keeping solid on my legs, my rifle's barrel moves so much that it's getting hazardous.
Before this happened, I shot some of my modest ones for a while : Crosman Vantage NP, SPA LR 700W, Webley Rebel clone and finally, much closer to the target, a few pellets from the Crosman PC 1377 and the Beeman P17.
There won't be any pics of that, guess why...

[bReTt]

Been shooting rats at the neighbors chicken coop the past 5 nights.  Tonight will be night #6.  I've taken down 10 rats so far.  I'm using the Wildcat in 177 shooting JSB 8.4 grainers.  Pins them down no problem.