A little more time with my TX200

[1BadDart]

Having the holidays behind and working off on long break Thursday afternoon I've spent a little time with the TX200. I changed the scope one night this week, removed a Hawke 3 or 4-12 and installed a Leupold VX3, 4.5-14 AO with a Varmint Hunter reticle. It's been unseasonably warm here for the last two weeks so yesterday I opened the shop and set up a target and zeroed the scope. It was pretty windy so I finished it today, a light drizzle was falling but virtually no wind. I feel I have broke over the top in the learning curve with this rifle. The last piece of the puzzle has been trigger control, if I concentrate and break it clean the rifle will almost shoot hole in hole at 25 yards, if my little mind drifts the groups will open up as seen in the photos below. I am learning though!



This is one of the older ten dimes challenge targets. I started out shooting five shots but changed to three after the first scoring target. After shooting it I went back and shot two more pellets into each target, all targets have five shots in them in the second photo. I purposely boogered the trigger pull on some targets, others I concentrated on a clean break.

 

[Yandeltx]

A lefty stock.......sweet!!!!

 

[HeyU]

lol that,s the 1st thing I noticed too,lol. And,what is that? a spotting scope?. Pls forgive me I don't get out much. I'm considering a high-end UL for my next purchase before I leave this world that is why looked at the post. So 1BadDart, how do u like your TX200? What pellets have you tried? AND,,have you noticed any difference in how tight your groups are between the 3 scopes. Have you left the TX200 stock? Do you think you'll make any changes to it? I'd really like hear your thoughts on the TX200.

 

[TiredRooster]

Good shooting........you'r getting along better with the TX. 

 

[AirShot]

Looking good, as with any springer, you just need to spend the time to find what she likes !!

 

[1BadDart]

HeyU



I use this bench to practice for 10 meter indoor bench rest matches that I shoot in the winter. They are shot with aperture sights, hence the spotting scope.



I’m liking the rifle more now that I’ve started to figure it out. It has a full power Vortek PG4 spring kit in it, the shot cycle is much better than with the factory spring. It likes H&N Baracuda Match 10.64’s best, although AA 8.4’s with a 4.52mm head are showing promise. It also shoots H&N FTT pretty good too. There is a list of pellets I’ve tried along with some chrono numbers on one of my other TX200 threads.



Ive tried three scopes on this rifle, a Bushnell Engage 6-18, the Hawke and now the Leupold 4.5-14 X 40 AO. The Bushnell was huge and made loading difficult, and the reticule is pretty busy, it has held up well though. The Hawk wasn’t sharp at 50 yards even after adjusting the parallax. It was doing some screwy stuff too. I made a three click adjustment to the left while shooting at 50 yards and the poi moved 4” down and 6” to the left on the first shot afterwards. With the following shots it started working it’s way back to the right and up. At that point I quit as there was no point wasting pellets. The Leupold Varmint Hunter reticle is my favorite, I have three 6.5-20’s with it on other rifles, two center fires and a rimfire. The 4.5-14 is much shorter and lighter and fits this rifle well. I’d made up my mind to buy one and just stumbled on one with the Varmint Hunter reticle. For what I’m planning on going with this rifle the magnification is good.



The TX200 is a fine rifle, expensive especially for a lefty. IMHO for what this rifle cost I shouldn’t have had to put a spring kit in it and the trigger should’ve been good out of the box. As it was the bottom sear where the adjustment screws ride looked like a wash board and felt that way too. With the work done to it my rifle is starting to show the accuracy that I’ve read about for years. I’ll admit there has been a getting to know each other period for me and the rifle. It’s like a new girl friend, you have to hold hands before you get to kiss her. We’re past the kissing stage and are working on a long term relationship now.



Would I buy it again? Maybe. If I had to wait four months again but could find a HW 97 in stock. No I wouldn’t.



Justin