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Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 08 5:35 pm Post subject:

tony.s wrote:

i've got a piece of ply at twenty metres with a bought in target,i fire my spring hw 99s at it with iron sights and embed the pellet well into the ply then the bsa ultra multi shot and it doesn't embed as deep.i use pellets as recommended for each rifle by manufacturer and gun shop.i can kill a rabbit at over thirty metres with hw on iron sights but not with new better improved bsa.tried everything, was infantry soldier for 7.5 years and know marksmanship principles in my sleep backwards in several languages etc etc.only been out once with new rifle only answer i come up with is it sights at 20m but over that nothing so is the power test wrong or barrel bent? thnx.

The only way to know the power setting for sure is to get someone to chronograph the projectile. One thing to check is that you're not resting the barrel on anything - the Ultra has a spindly barrel projecting from the heavy reciever that mounts the scope. If you're using a rest with the barrel on it it can put your shooting badly off, and it wouldn't show in the scope.

tony.s

Joined: 06 Oct 2008
Posts: 7

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 08 7:45 am Post subject:
thanks to lloyd,brownbear etc got some usefull info off of bsa owners site as well.looks like run off a couple of charges and a few tins of pellets to "bed in" the rifle and nothing to worry about.as a matter of interest if i hadn't bought the bsa and was asking for a reccommendation which rifle would you advise?

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 08 12:28 pm Post subject:

tony.s wrote:

as a matter of interest if i hadn't bought the bsa and was asking for a reccommendation which rifle would you advise?

Anschutz .17HMR.

tony.s

Joined: 06 Oct 2008
Posts: 7

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 08 1:46 pm Post subject:

just to let the people know who helped me out before, i shot my first pheasant the other day at a range of 25 metres.
dropped it out of the tree wings flutterring, by the time i'd legged it the 25 metres it was on the floor dead.
two days later when i plucked it i discovered i'd hit it where i thought, middle of breast and found the pellet inside with it's vital organs.
after all my initial worries on my BSA purchase it hasn't let me down and the pheasant was even enjoyed by my wife and 10yr old daughter.
wood pigeon next target, any suggestions on best way to cook, i casseroled the pheasant(well wife did)?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46238
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 08 2:54 pm Post subject:
avoid shots to the crop i cut the breast off woodies and roast in a hot oven larded with good bacon fat

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