Brand new HW97k .20, gotta love the twanggg!
Before test firing I thoroughly cleaned the barrel first with a couple of denature alcohol saturated patches, followed by a couple dry, a couple more with alcohol, then a BoreTech Rimfire blend soaked patch which I let "soak" in the barrel for 15 minutes before running several dry patches through until clean.
Took several shots, lots of dieseling, then ran a couple more patches through to clean away the dieseling byproducts remaining in the barrel. Sightron SIII 10-50 FT scope mounted, and after a quick 15 yd sight in, I got it roughly dialed in for 55yds. Here is a 5 shot group I shot this morning at 55yds using H&N FTTs from a seated, FT position, with the foreend rested in a padded Anschutz glove (worn on supporting hand). The potential is there. So is the twang and buzz of a new HW
, which has a loose guide and no tophat.
The last two pics were taken last night: My wife had no problem whacking the kill zone on my 55yd resettable on her first try. Don't ya love it when a spring gun honeymoon starts off on the right foot?
I can only imagine how it will shoot once the powerplant/internals are taken care of properly...The stiff factory trigger also needs to be adjusted for a lighter break...And I'd like to add some weight to the buttstock to better balance the rig to my shooting style.
55 yard, 5 shot group. Held off to the right about 1.5" due to wind
Wood board under target:
A moment to stretch the legs and back, and appreciate the new toy:
Did Krale save the best for last? After ordering this one, .20 cal 97ks are out of stock for the time being.
One shot, one 11.4 gn FTT in the KZ, way to go babe!
Before test firing I thoroughly cleaned the barrel first with a couple of denature alcohol saturated patches, followed by a couple dry, a couple more with alcohol, then a BoreTech Rimfire blend soaked patch which I let "soak" in the barrel for 15 minutes before running several dry patches through until clean.
Took several shots, lots of dieseling, then ran a couple more patches through to clean away the dieseling byproducts remaining in the barrel. Sightron SIII 10-50 FT scope mounted, and after a quick 15 yd sight in, I got it roughly dialed in for 55yds. Here is a 5 shot group I shot this morning at 55yds using H&N FTTs from a seated, FT position, with the foreend rested in a padded Anschutz glove (worn on supporting hand). The potential is there. So is the twang and buzz of a new HW
, which has a loose guide and no tophat.The last two pics were taken last night: My wife had no problem whacking the kill zone on my 55yd resettable on her first try. Don't ya love it when a spring gun honeymoon starts off on the right foot?
I can only imagine how it will shoot once the powerplant/internals are taken care of properly...The stiff factory trigger also needs to be adjusted for a lighter break...And I'd like to add some weight to the buttstock to better balance the rig to my shooting style.
55 yard, 5 shot group. Held off to the right about 1.5" due to wind
Wood board under target:
A moment to stretch the legs and back, and appreciate the new toy:
Did Krale save the best for last? After ordering this one, .20 cal 97ks are out of stock for the time being.
One shot, one 11.4 gn FTT in the KZ, way to go babe!
