Author Topic: Springer - How many shots per session? (Read 10370 times))

oldedges · « **on:** April 06, 2014, 04:29:32 PM »

I am new to this hobby, my rifle is a Crossman/Benjamin NPSS single cock. I was out back today and after 70 or eighty shots in just over an hour I had had enough

I'm not a youngster anymore but I don't feel old either. I'm 57. So I'm wondering just how big of a whimp I am

How many shots on a single pump do you guys average?

BenjiHunter · « **Reply #1 on:** April 06, 2014, 04:35:34 PM »

About the same as you.
And I'm no wimp.

oldedges · « **Reply #2 on:** April 06, 2014, 04:38:47 PM »

Well then...So Far, So Good!

ptpalpha · « **Reply #3 on:** April 06, 2014, 05:07:22 PM »

Just came inside after shooting 110 shots in 2 hours (10-10 shot groups at 30 yards and 10 shots at the 60 yard spinner).
I'm 49, in good shape, and that was enough for me.

Frank in Fairfield · « **Reply #4 on:** April 06, 2014, 05:23:24 PM »

I will be 69 in August.
When I received my TX last summer, I shot 500 pellets the first day.
Now about 100 a day.
I will shoot more this week.
We have a FT match next Sunday.
I got my training shooting a Beeman R1 for 30 years.
The TX is a piece of cake, comparatively speaking.
Good exercise...

stevemag · « **Reply #5 on:** April 06, 2014, 05:32:47 PM »

ILL DO 200 OR SO OVER THE CORSE OF A FEW HOURS AND A COUPLE BEERS WITH A FELLOW SHOOTER. 70 AN HOUR IS A LOT OF SHOTS ...sorry for the all caps, that was for the hard of hearing...

yak · « **Reply #6 on:** April 06, 2014, 05:49:23 PM »

It depends on the day, but probably most days around 20, or so shots.

White Eagle · « **Reply #7 on:** April 06, 2014, 06:04:25 PM »

If I'm pressed for time, 50 shots is my minimum. I usually average around a 100 shots per session, but have done 250.

Booger · « **Reply #8 on:** April 06, 2014, 06:18:46 PM »

Depends on my mood. With a springer I use to shoot 500 pellets over the week end. Now that I do PCPs I may shoot 700 pellets, about 200 on the TX200 & D-34 combined. I just sit, shoot, smoke cigarettes, & drink coffee. Today it is raining so I practice the guitar (which I will never learn but enjoy trying).

GunnerAl · « **Reply #9 on:** April 06, 2014, 06:28:14 PM »

Little bit of a mixed bag so I guess I am not overly embarrassed over my poor effort.. It feels like I can load/fire a D34 as much as I feel,, just as long as I don't try to set any records in speed doing it. I begin to feel the burn after about 10 or more shots so I pace myself and although the burn doesn't go away, it gets only a wee bit worse over, well, approx 50 or more shots, as long as I take my time. I haven't really shot more than that in a session but it feels like I "could" keep going for a bit more. That's on an average warm to hot day and over a 1 & 1/2 to 2 hour seesion. Geez, where does the time go to so quickly.?? Ah well, I guess I was having fun...

I will be 57 in a couple of months time...

Not The Brightest Bulb · « **Reply #10 on:** April 06, 2014, 06:54:57 PM »

175 pellets today and I'm 6 days older than dust (77)

Frank in Fairfield · « **Reply #11 on:** April 06, 2014, 07:07:41 PM »

Quote from: Philidor on April 06, 2014, 06:18:46 PM

Depends on my mood. With a springer I use to shoot 500 pellets over the week end. Now that I do PCPs I may shoot 700 pellets, about 200 on the TX200 & D-34 combined. I just sit, shoot, smoke cigarettes, & drink coffee. Today it is raining so I practice the guitar (which I will never learn but enjoy trying).

Sounds fun Jesse.
My shootin' pardner is just north of you (ha ha) in Augusta, Kansas.
Too far to drive, even for me.
We don't smoke anymore but we do consume our share of Coors...

hogrider04 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 06, 2014, 08:18:01 PM »

Quote from: oldedges on April 06, 2014, 04:29:32 PM

Am am new to this hobby, my rifle is a Crossman/Benjamin NPSS single cock. I was out back today and after 70 or eighty shots in just over an hour I had had enough I'm not a youngster anymore but I don't feel old either. I'm 57. So I'm wondering just how big of a whimp I am
How many shots on a single pump do you guys average?

I like to shoot about 100 a day, then after that it's tinkering time. I just know I can make them shoot better.

Quote from: Not The Brightest Bulb on April 06, 2014, 06:54:57 PM

175 pellets today and I'm 6 days older than dust (77)

Guess that makes me dust.

Woops, thought you said six years.

Quote from: RETATCDUDE on April 06, 2014, 07:07:41 PM

Sounds fun Jesse.
My shootin' pardner is just north of you (ha ha) in Augusta, Kansas.
Too far to drive, even for me.
We don't smoke anymore but we do consume our share of Coors...

I live six miles south of Augusta. Wonder if I know him?

Jerry

Bryan Heimann · « **Reply #13 on:** April 06, 2014, 08:53:53 PM »

With a brand new air rifle, up to a tin a day. Usually, once I've figured out her quirks and have her dialed in, 50-100 shots in a session of plinking sounds about right. If i am punching paper, less than that because it's not as fun!

avator · « **Reply #14 on:** April 06, 2014, 08:55:58 PM »

I ran 100 thru the airhawk today after I did a tune on it. I'm also 57 and I can definitely feel it. I bought the 3rd FD-pcp just for this reason, I know either Betty Lou or I are going to wear one of them out and I made sure we had a back up before they were gone. With the Beeman, Nitro Venom and Airhawk I can feel it pretty good after about 50 shots. I can pop the Chinese springers and underlevers well over 100 before I feel it. The pumpers aren't too bad because we usually shoot them at 20' indoors and only pump 3,4 or 5 times. We've shot those for hours. I think the Nitro Venom gets me the most because it is so smooth and accurate that I have a problem quitting.

Sfttailrdr46 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 06, 2014, 09:01:41 PM »

When I'm shooting my springers maybe 150 or so between the 4 rifles with the PCP it is easy to do 100 in an hour just punching holes in paper at 20 yards in the backyard

jfrey · « **Reply #16 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:09:31 PM »

I'm a few months into my fifties and usually shoot 20 to 30 pellets in a session. Brushy Bill's 60 shot target challenge was the most effort I put into a single shooting session. More mental work than physical. My go to rifle stays in the basement and I'll pop off 5 or 10 shots whenever I walk by it. I'm trying to improve that very first shot to better simulate a hunting situation. Speaking of which, it's about 3 paces away and calling my name...

nced · « **Reply #17 on:** April 06, 2014, 11:03:51 PM »

Quote from: oldedges on April 06, 2014, 04:29:32 PM

Am am new to this hobby, my rifle is a Crossman/Benjamin NPSS single cock. I was out back today and after 70 or eighty shots in just over an hour I had had enough I'm not a youngster anymore but I don't feel old either. I'm 57. So I'm wondering just how big of a whimp I am
How many shots on a single pump do you guys average?

LOL.....guess it all depends on how hard the springer is to cock! I shot 175 continuous shots at one session while getting a handle on my pellet trajectory from 10 yards to 50 yards and with my R9 I had no "cocking fatigue", however the target does show the occasional "shooter concentration fatigue"!

DavidS · « **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2014, 11:43:58 PM »

Wow! The few springers I have shot where me out in 60 shots and I am a youngster.

Though i can shoot a Multi Stroke Pneumatic (Multi-pump) for 500 shots in a sitting, I just can not afford the ammo to shoot that much except on a rare occasion. Most days I have to limit myself to 64 shots do to money.

oldedges · « **Reply #19 on:** April 06, 2014, 11:51:02 PM »

Thanks for all the input guys! I guess I'm doing okay. Toward the end of the session I was working on cocking with my left...if I can get that down it would give me twice as many shots...

I think I'll get a PCP for when I'm feeling lazy

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