Thanks for the comments guys.
We dont all have to agree with each other but it helps in the venture not to look publically uninformed to have facts when posting comments such as;
"the distance of 200 yards being beyond reasonable for an air gun", Is it?...really? If we all had an attitude like that we would still be stuck in the stone ages throwing stones at our dinner then eating it raw because rubbing two sticks together for 30mins seemed unreasonable to have the resulting fire..
The ideology of aspiration for quality and progressive innovation is what eventually leads to technology progression and new industry standards that eventually we all can enjoy.
"just seeing the videos of people doing the long ranger competition @ 200 yards, you generally see 8-10 or more misses which all would be wounded+running animals that you would never be able to get a follow up shot on" I have been shooting 200+ yards with PCPs for 10+ years.. this is not something new. I am from a background of 1000y+ F class shooting and own many powder burners that are not even zeroed until 500y. Have you seen videos of guys shooting groups under 2" with pellets at 200 yards before? please post links if you have as Im interested to see them. Hitting a golf ball at 200y with currently available production airguns is nothing more than the law of averages.. eventually if you put enough pellets in it direction you will hit it. Doing this 5 out of 5 times however installs a little more faith in your platform.. and yes I have shot several 5 shot groups under 1" at 200y with this setup.
Brians group of 1.69" at 200y in light winds on vid was some great shooting also.
I have shot hares out past 200y with both .22 and .25cal PCPs and both dropped on the spot. something I know you dont realize is that at 200y the 34gr pellet is still carrying 27ftlbs of energy.. that is about the same as your average .22cal pcp at the muzzle. The B.C is so good on this pellet when shot from the right twist rate at 900fps that it still holds 17.5ftlbs at 300 yards. This combo is more comparable to a .22LR and demands the same respect.
Putting disclaimers on everything for the uninformed is not in my nature, if you know yourself that you are not comfortable putting critters down past 50 yard then dont do it.
For those that like to push boundaries and their own personal bests then the technology has now been made available for you to do that.
"Our diabolo pellets just don't have the BC to consistently hit a target out at 200 yards with any conditions other than completely calm / no winds" Again if you dont understand the basics of ballistics you may not want to post statements like that, the internet can be a tough place to gain respect.
It takes a lot more than just a high BC figure to constantly hit a target at 200y in any weather. But to satisfy your consistency apprehension of shooting this set up in the wind I have a quick 10 shots in high gusting winds for you at 230y. You will note I hold roughly the same point of aim to illustrate the variation of impact in extremely gusty conditions.
You will also note that all these pellets stay 100% stable and show only std wind drift from right to left with the bigger gusts also dropping the pellets about an inch lower.
An experienced shooter would have no problems reading the wind and keep these pellets on target at these ranges in high winds by doping for the various winds and avoiding firing during short gusts.
Please note... 10 shots zero flyers at 230y:
I think just showing .5" or better groups at 50 yards would suffice in proving an air guns accuracy. Not so, all my airguns will shoot .5" or better at 50y.. only 2 of them will shoot sub MOA past 200y, but if that is all the proof you need here's a typical 5 round group at 50 yards and 100 yards.
note: the squares on the paper are 1"
Heres 10 shots at 100y
