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Air Gun Home Forum Index » General Air Gun Questions and Topics » Help with decision Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic    Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:53 am cheez Member Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 24 Location: Chattanooga, TN sniper wrote: you will find that the bipod will damper accuracy. it will provide overstability. spring guns need to "rock and roll' during the shot cycle. sandbags off the bench without forward hold are best. that one is on my wishlist btw. The bipod and scope are not coming with the gun. Even if it were I would remove it. I'm too fat and old to lay on the ground to shoot. Never have liked prone shooting.   Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:13 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Still a sweet set up! I used to have the black one and I did use it with a bi-pod. It worked pretty nice actually. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:39 am donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area sniper wrote: you will find that the bipod will damper accuracy. it will provide overstability. spring guns need to "rock and roll' during the shot cycle. sandbags off the bench without forward hold are best. that one is on my wishlist btw. It looks to me like the bipod is attached to the stock. If so would it still effect the rock and roll since (I think) the barrel is floating?   Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:54 am sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho A springer needs to "dance" on it's own. you know, like a drunk chick at a party. let her do what she wants and she will hit your target. no weight or hold on the forward part of the rifle. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:15 am donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area sniper wrote: A springer needs to "dance" on it's own. you know, like a drunk chick at a party. let her do what she wants and she will hit your target. no weight or hold on the forward part of the rifle. If I understand you correctly you are saying the weight of the bipod would reduce the movement?   Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:39 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands I used to use a "loose" bipod, so the gun could move around. There's another reason why you don't want to use any spring powered sidelever while lying down. Your arm won't be able to make it all the way back to cock it. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 12:46 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho donec wrote: sniper wrote: A springer needs to "dance" on it's own. you know, like a drunk chick at a party. let her do what she wants and she will hit your target. no weight or hold on the forward part of the rifle. If I understand you correctly you are saying the weight of the bipod would reduce the movement? I believe it would. the way I shoot springers is with the front of the stock resting on an open hand. no hold at all. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:54 pm donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area broommaster2000 wrote: I used to use a "loose" bipod, so the gun could move around. There's another reason why you don't want to use any spring powered sidelever while lying down. Your arm won't be able to make it all the way back to cock it. I have not tried it but the Tech Force 58 has a ratcheting feature (you can cock it part way and change hand position and finish coking) that the manufacture says is supposed to make it easier to cock while in the prone position.   Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:06 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands donec wrote: broommaster2000 wrote: I used to use a "loose" bipod, so the gun could move around. There's another reason why you don't want to use any spring powered sidelever while lying down. Your arm won't be able to make it all the way back to cock it. I have not tried it but the Tech Force 58 has a ratcheting feature (you can cock it part way and change hand position and finish coking) that the manufacture says is supposed to make it easier to cock while in the prone position. Well, maybe it's possible with that particular rifle, it seems to have a shorter cocking arm. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:38 pm cheez Member Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 24 Location: Chattanooga, TN Well my new to me RWS 48 arrived this morning. The scope arrived on Monday and the pellets got here Yesterday. I'll get scope mounted tonight and snap a pic or two. Should get it sighted in tomorrow morning. Hopefully the targets will be worthy of a pic as well.   Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 2:58 pm oddtodd Silver Status Member Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 2029 Location: Richmond, IN USA The squirrels will now fear you! Inflict death on each and every one that shows it's furry face!! Umm did I just hit submit after writing that? _________________ Airguns: Two starlings talking "Larry, did you hear that? Larry?? LARRY!!!!"   Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 3:15 pm cheez Member Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 24 Location: Chattanooga, TN oddtodd wrote: The squirrels will now fear you! Inflict death on each and every one that shows it's furry face!! Umm did I just hit submit after writing that? no worries mate. This gun was bought with killin in mind. Soon as she u is sighted in something is going down. Prolly be a starling from the wife's bird feeder but that's ok for now.   Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:17 pm walter Veteran Member Joined: 12 Nov 2010 Posts: 181 Location: towson md. sounds like fun. i guess the cold and snow has scared away all my squirrel targets of late. no one at the bird feeder and i have been looking often. when they show they are going to get it. _________________ modified 1377c. first gen. Beeman hw97k. 177.cal.   Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:45 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands One more thing, it's pretty hold sensitive. So you really wanna shoot it. A lot. It's not like riding a bicycle. _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:31 pm cheez Member Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 24 Location: Chattanooga, TN Ok guys I got the sweet little 48 sighted in this morning. I was in a hurry and running about 2 hours behind but I just HAD to shoot the gun at a target. I grabbed a box of cphp's and set a target at 10 yards. Propped up on the toolbox of my welding trailer and commenced firing. Bout 6 shots later I was ragging out a hole and one happy camper. I fired 2 more three shot strings and got two more ragged holes. I didn't measure any of the groups since I was in a hurry but none of them were over 3/8 inch. Not great by many standards but dang good to me. Especially considering I didn't focus the scope and was propped up on a metal toolbox with a new gun. Sorry that I did not take pics. I will make up for it next week when I get home and can take some time to fire this amazing gun from a bench. As it is now there is no legal game or varmint safe near my house. Yeehaw! 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