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Just a quick note in case I'm over-estimating the fact that DSF is common knowledge. DSF stands for Drop Scale Factor (I think) and it's basically a way to create a custom drag curve instead of relying on stock calculations based on BC, velocity, drag model, etc. In the Kestrel 5700 Elite, you...

I shot another PRS match today and I made two big errors. Error 1 - I never got a chance to set my DSF. Error 2 - I got the gun shooting how I wanted and then I tweaked it at the sight in range before the match. I went to the range a couple of days ago and got things shooting really nice at...

The new Shooters Global Pulse Pro is supposed to be shipping in a couple of weeks. I pre-ordered one but I'm a little concerned that none of the influencers have reviewed it yet, so I don't know if they physically exist at this time.

Very much so. To both.

I had some time this morning so I went to the range to shoot some confirmation groups. I started at full hammer spring and went down a half turn every group until I bottomed out. Here are some things I learned: 1. Don't take your bipod off of your main gun. Luckily I had a couple of bags in my...

Here's what I cam e up with for the QD Fox mags for the RAW HM1000X. Initially it was a single mag holder that I ziptied to the scope. It could also be attached to an m-lok rail. I started running out of real estate on the scope, so I made a double mag pouch with a belt attachment (Tek-Lok). I...

Hah! I just wrote out a novel explaining a bunch of stuff that doesn't need to be explained, and to back up my argument I did a little test that was completely counter to everything I wrote. I took a COF from a couple of weeks ago that I shot with my rimfire rifle. I took a stage that had a...

Good lord, if you are waiting for me to figure something out you are going to be too old to shoot. You'll have to go back to field target.

In case there was any question, zer0dev is a genius. I had a little range sesh to try using G7 in my Kestrel, it worked perfectly. I think the wind values are still high, playing around with the wind and yardages from my match on Saturday I'm getting a bigger wind hold and I was expecting a...

Yes, but just randomly. I'll set it to half and see what it looks like.

Playing around in Strelok and the Kestrel with MV and BC at known good dope for 90 yards (1.7 mil) and 217 yards (9.0 mil), I got good numbers with an MV of 981 and a BC of .18. Cloud told me he was getting .18 BC with these slugs in his RAW but I had it set at .16 for whatever reason. So this...

I might get lucky with tweaking the BC, but I'm pretty comfortable with DSF, so I'll keep that in my back pocket. I'm planning to tweak BC to get better wind values, if it happens to line up elevation-wise, that would be a bonus. But if not, I'm ready to hit it with the DSF stick.

Welp, that was a thing that happened. My PRS match went pretty much how I thought it would. I came in first and last place in air rifle division. Actually, it went better than expected, most of the misses were dope issues rather than accuracy issues. Started out hot with basically low wind...

This is the most informative shooting podcast out there. Except when they do a deep dive about re-sizing dies or neck turning. After their RMAC successes, maybe they will start talking about Corbin slug presses. That's reloading talk I can get behind.

Thanks, good info. I just plugged my data into the Kestrel and it looks pretty close to what was happening at the range. I'll calibrate it when I go to the match.

I stole a couple of tins of the magic Corbin slugs from Cloud, enough for a little testing but not enough to super fine tune if I want to have enough to shoot in a match. I went to the range today to see if I could use these for an upcoming PRS match. Short answer is: Yes. Here's the long...

I wound up not shooting the PRS match with the RAW because I didn't have time to setup DSF numbers in my Kestrel, plus that club doesn't support the Air Rifle division so I would have been shooting in Open class. I shot my Bergara, and I'm still having ammo issues where I'm getting low shots...

I went to the range today to further test the slow node and the fast node. As with most airguns, things can be great one day and terrible the next, so I wanted to test for repeatability. Unfortunately the range was very busy so I didn't feel like going downrange to hang targets on multiple...

Why are lube and sweat always in the conversation, you philistine?

I did some more tuning yesterday to see if a lower speed node would group better at 50 yards. This months course of fire has a lot of small targets from 43 to 65 yards, so I want to focus on the closer shots even if I give up a little accuracy at 100 yards. My method was to start at the most...