Yesterday was one of those days when everything finally comes together. And I’m referring to the red wolf walnut high-power 22 that I bought this summer.
It’s not about competing in BR which I’ve never done officially. It’s not about competing in field target which I’ve done for 20 years.
Nope, It’s about finally pushing past the barrier, and having a day. There are many many more days where nothing spectacular happens, which is what makes a great day, great. It’s kind of like a good day fishing, if it happened every time you went it would be great, but it’s much better when it truly does happen, because it is so rare.
I bought a red wolf, new this summer. I have not bought a new air rifle in years, I usually buy slightly used. From everything I’ve read, I believed it was going to be a super accurate incredible machine.
I’ve had a bit of a tough time getting It to live up to that expectation. I’ve had some good days, shot some good groups, but overall I’ve been pretty frustrated.
And then I finally listened to a few people like yo. And tried some knockabouts. KOs
I tried them first at 115 yards. I was shooting on high power. And getting pretty nice groups. Then I turned it down to medium. And I shot one group. It’s the one with all the white space around it in the pictures. I was holding on a staple 8 inches above the group, it was now dropping significantly compared to high power. That group was well under a half inch.
For a few hours, (and it wasn’t dead calm). It was like shooting a 17 HRM, a really accurate 17 HRM. All of the groups are at 100 yards except the first one shot at 115
This is what I was looking for when I bought this rifle. The trajectory of the knock outs, is absolutely beautiful. No loops. No weird tails at the end. And very suitable in the wind. And repeatable.
I can’t wait to play more, and at longer range.
mike
Enjoy your shooting!
What keeps you coming back to the range?
It’s not about competing in BR which I’ve never done officially. It’s not about competing in field target which I’ve done for 20 years.
Nope, It’s about finally pushing past the barrier, and having a day. There are many many more days where nothing spectacular happens, which is what makes a great day, great. It’s kind of like a good day fishing, if it happened every time you went it would be great, but it’s much better when it truly does happen, because it is so rare.
I bought a red wolf, new this summer. I have not bought a new air rifle in years, I usually buy slightly used. From everything I’ve read, I believed it was going to be a super accurate incredible machine.
I’ve had a bit of a tough time getting It to live up to that expectation. I’ve had some good days, shot some good groups, but overall I’ve been pretty frustrated.
And then I finally listened to a few people like yo. And tried some knockabouts. KOs
I tried them first at 115 yards. I was shooting on high power. And getting pretty nice groups. Then I turned it down to medium. And I shot one group. It’s the one with all the white space around it in the pictures. I was holding on a staple 8 inches above the group, it was now dropping significantly compared to high power. That group was well under a half inch.
For a few hours, (and it wasn’t dead calm). It was like shooting a 17 HRM, a really accurate 17 HRM. All of the groups are at 100 yards except the first one shot at 115
This is what I was looking for when I bought this rifle. The trajectory of the knock outs, is absolutely beautiful. No loops. No weird tails at the end. And very suitable in the wind. And repeatable.
I can’t wait to play more, and at longer range.
mike
Enjoy your shooting!
What keeps you coming back to the range?
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