how to get the most accurcy out of a gas ram or ''springer''

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The cans are for focusing only not shooting at . The more magnification you have the better each yard will focus in to . I have a sightmark triple duty 10-40x56 with a side parallax wheel and from close range 10 to 100 yards I can easily mark each yard on a 100mm wheel . I just added a new wheel and I'm in the process of marking each yard . I will take some photo and show you that I can focus and mark a 90 yard distance and each yard out 100 yards will have its own mark on the wheel and it will focus at each yard . I just opened the window and ranged with my range finder a 94 and 100 yard trees and focused and marked on my new wheel . I put a piece of clear tape over my tape because this was just a quick marking . I still have a lot of wheel space left to focus in to down to my marker is where the wheel stops . I did have a 5 inch wheel on this scope just I took it off and moved it to another scope so the smaller 100mm wheel does have less space between markings but still enough to mark out to 100 yards for every yard . I will take photo's of each pop can between 90 and 100 yards to show you that the pop can in front and behind the one your focusing in on will be out of focus and only the pop can your focused on will be in focus and that you can mark each yard on the 100 mm wheel . I should have worded my first post a little better and said mark the distances you can focus in on and mark on the wheel or bell you have . My point was to shoot a lot ,get to know your gun, know your pellet flight, know how hot adjust your scope ,know how to focus your parallax and repeat your actions until you can't group your pellets any smaller . myridevlx600, on Flickr[/url]
 
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Thanks for the correction and clarification! It does make sense that you can use soup cans for focusing, my bad!There is a high scoring shooter at the THAGC club I attend that told me he could range find within a yard at 55 yards with his Sightron 10-50x60 which I found incredible so I'm very astounded that you can "easily mark each yard on a 100mm (roughly 4" diameter) wheel from 10 to 100 yards" .

Anywhoo.......thanks for the correction and feedback!
 
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I went on a 2 year search for a scope I could use out to 100 yards and beyond . One of my main criteria along with a bunch of other thing was the scopes ability to focus out to 100 yards in 1 yard increments . I did a 100 yard test with the sightron 10-50 and the parallax was good from 10 to 60 but from 60 to 100 was very bad . I called that company and they said it was made for 10 to 60 yards and the in and out of focusing between 10 and 60 were smaller and more exact ,you could probably focus in on each foot with scope less than 60 yards but a longer distances it was really spaced out even at 50 power 60 and 70 yard objects were no difference in focus . He told me that scope was made for field target use . The scope I have will focus in and out of focus in 1 yard increments out to 200 yards and maybe more ,I will check tomorrow to see how far it will put objects in and out of focus . I can focus on my neighbors flowers pot on there porch which is 200 yards away and the door behind it will be out of focus and I can focus on the door and the pot will be out of focus and the pot is about 1 yard from the door . But trying to mark that would be to close together . The sightmark had the best parallax adjustment of all the scopes I handled . You can see in the photo there is enough space to put a few more marks between the two lines . I know this scope will focus in one yard increments out to 100 yards easily because I did the pop can one yard spacing and marking on my 5 inch wheel and there was a lot more space between 90 and 100 yards on that wheel . It was just to big to take hunting and I rarely shoot at animals over 100 yards with my Hatsan . Also the gun shoots a 14.3 g pellet at 950 fps giving it 28.65 fpe . There is a 6 inch drop in the pellet between 90 and 100 yards so knowing the exact distance out to 100 yards is very important if you want to hit what your aiming at .
 
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harbywyatt12There is a lot of stuff that could make accuracy poor for a springer like pellets and how your holding the gun. just wanted to know how you guys have got thru this process of how to get the most accuracy out of a springer. 


Well if you have used different pellets and are happy with the one you are shooting? Then most of the time its just shooting shooting and some more shooting.
There are other things like breaking down a rifle and cleaning and polishing the inside parts. And at times it can just be "how good a rifle is it". I have a TX200 that is great up too 50 yards. And a older gamo whisperer that is great up too about 30 yards. Both will hit things at longer distances but if I'm shooting at target bulleyes that's where I stop.

It will still be shoot a lot and you will get as good as the rifle allows you to be?
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"nced""Where did you get those steeped posts for your side stock screws?"
I turned them from steel rod with my bench top lathe, then blackened them by heating red hot and quenching in used motor oil three times.
When fitting to the stock I found that the c-bores in the stock were uneven depths so each cup was custom fit to a tight press fit in the wood.
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Its always the good things that are custom made...Lol, I did score some hand made goodies on ebay recently.
 
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