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| Doc Sharptail |
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Neglected my .22 rifle for almost 9 months- it HAS been a while.
Pump and Dump 22-89 with 4-12X 40mm A/O Legend aboard. Intent of the gun was a lobber- hence the disco hammer spring, 24" Cr. bbl., Crusty's flat top piston, and valve faced off and re-worked/re-sprung by me. There's even an extended probe bolt in there, and a breech band. Bbl is free float, courtesy of the breech band. It has a 22-50 XT trigger spring and adjustable guide. Scope rings are the always excellent and totally reliable all-steel Burris rimfire rings.
Off-hand at 12 meters (46 ft). Do I need a coffee or what?  That isn't even the gun's favorite pellet. 14.3 gr. Crosman Field/Hunting point.
How sweet it can be.
Shootin for fun. That pull ring tab rivet is excellent practice for small game head shots.
It only took one shot from kneeling at 12 meters.
Dent occurred after impact. Actual p.o.i. is the smallish hole below and right of the rivet. Tab was distorted bouncing around inside the can after impact.
Ripped exit hole shows what 14.3 grains at 720 fps is capable of. I have yet to recover any .22 pellet from taken game with this rifle- they're all pass through's...
I oughta do this more often.
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:15 am |
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| packrat |
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| So, which was it??? 12 meters OR 46 feet? Nice groups at either yardage.. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:33 pm |
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| Mark5043 |
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Pretty good off hand shooting there Doc....  |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:38 pm |
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| fritz |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:09 pm |
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| broommaster2000 |
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| Doesn't look bad at all. |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:04 am |
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| Doc Sharptail |
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| packrat wrote: |
| So, which was it??? 12 meters OR 46 feet? Nice groups at either yardage.. |
Actually, it's 12 M= 39.6 ft. That error was my bad- I had been thinking 40.6 feet somewhere along the line, and it got worse from there. Quick eye there, packrat.
I've done a lot better off-hand with wadcutters. There's been a tendency of late for me to yank one or 2 out of the group- probably bench-itis. I need to get in good form for small game season, so more off-hand practice...
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Doc Sharptail |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:16 am |
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| Maybe meters/yards is a better way to measure range distance? Then you're globally in the right area. 12 mters/13 yards is a negligible difference imho. |
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