I love Hard Air Magazine, but come on...10-yard targets (albeit 10 shots) to determine accuracy for an FX Wildcat? Same thing with AOA's 20 yard proof of accuracy target I got with my FX Impact purchase. I laughed and tossed it in the garbage.
Do you drive a Ferrari (or any high-end PCPs) at 30mph to test a car that has a top speed of 200mph? Are will still back in 1980s? When will this "safe-space" mentality or face-saving by the dealers, and reviewers stop? When will airgunners demand more instead of having to contend with such patronizing "proof" of accuracy?
I know that as distance increases the probability of finding less accurate rifles in a given group of PCPs increases significantly. I do not think anyone expects to receive a 100-yard target card of 1 inch groups with every high-end PCP....or a large majority of PCPs would never be able to be sold by the dealer. But there must be a reasonable and fair testing distance for a $2K rifle vs a $80 Walmart springer.
I see Charlie from Georgia Airguns testing his rigs at 40 yards (albeit only 5 shots). RAW, I believe, tests theirs all the way to the full distance of the intended model's range (i.e. 100 yards). If I would send my gun to a tuner, I would certainly not accept a 10-yard target card as proof of accurizing. When you buy a used $2,000 PCP and the seller assures you that it shoots single hole at 10 yards all day long...what are you going to think?
LATE EDIT : Please do not think I want to be critical of Hard Air Magazine, I really like their dedication to the hobby and I think they are a quality publication. Just found this one issue on the 10-yard PCP accuracy test of questionable utility.
FX Wildcat Air Rifle Test Review .22 Caliber.[/QUOTE]http://hardairmagazine.com/reviews/fx-wildcat-air-rifle-test-review-22-caliber/embed/
Do you drive a Ferrari (or any high-end PCPs) at 30mph to test a car that has a top speed of 200mph? Are will still back in 1980s? When will this "safe-space" mentality or face-saving by the dealers, and reviewers stop? When will airgunners demand more instead of having to contend with such patronizing "proof" of accuracy?
I know that as distance increases the probability of finding less accurate rifles in a given group of PCPs increases significantly. I do not think anyone expects to receive a 100-yard target card of 1 inch groups with every high-end PCP....or a large majority of PCPs would never be able to be sold by the dealer. But there must be a reasonable and fair testing distance for a $2K rifle vs a $80 Walmart springer.
I see Charlie from Georgia Airguns testing his rigs at 40 yards (albeit only 5 shots). RAW, I believe, tests theirs all the way to the full distance of the intended model's range (i.e. 100 yards). If I would send my gun to a tuner, I would certainly not accept a 10-yard target card as proof of accurizing. When you buy a used $2,000 PCP and the seller assures you that it shoots single hole at 10 yards all day long...what are you going to think?
LATE EDIT : Please do not think I want to be critical of Hard Air Magazine, I really like their dedication to the hobby and I think they are a quality publication. Just found this one issue on the 10-yard PCP accuracy test of questionable utility.
FX Wildcat Air Rifle Test Review .22 Caliber.[/QUOTE]