Prior to owning the Athlon Helos BTR I was always a holdover type of shooter and still do so. But with the Helos I’ve taken to dialing in the distance. I recently set up a 100 yard shooting station at home. So I’ve been sending JSB 18s to see what they do at that range. My best 5 shot groups so far have been from 1-1/2” to 2”. I arrived at the dairy and as usual the sparrows took off like they saw the devil. The pigeons were on the wired 100 range finder measured yards from the back of the hay wagon in the pic. I dialed 12 MOA for elevation and held off 1 MOA for the wind from my right. The first pigeon was facing away from me. Hit! Down it went into the cornfield stubble. The rest circled around and the second one landed on the wire facing me. Sent the shot, hit! Straight down it went. I only recovered the second pigeon because the first one was felled where I could not retrieve it. I also missed a 43 yard shot at a rats head. The pellet hit the berm right under its head... my bad. Now, that I know that under the right conditions pigeons are fair game at 100 yards. They are going to be in trouble. The zip tie with a piece of yarn, attached to the muzzle has been an immense help to my shooting. I am loving my wickedly accurate Bantam.
