A while back I posted a video a of a 33 shot group at 50 yards that I was pretty pleased with. (32 of the 33 shots fit under a dime I've been waiting for what feels like months for a calm morning on my day off to shoot at 100 yards. No video this time, just pictures.
It feels like it's been a windy summer here in Southern Maine and it seems like I haven't had many opportunities to shoot in optimal conditions. Of course I'd describe optimal as being able to shoot inside, but I don't have that available to me so I'll have to settle for little to no wind. I feel like this morning was as close to no wind as I could hope for.
The Royale 500 is shooting at about 890 fps with the JSB Kings, 25 grain. As you can see in the picture, it isn't a professional bench I'm shooting from haha. For what it's worth, I can't really recall the last time I cleaned the barrel. The gun seems to be just as accurate with the JSB Heavies, both the MKI and MKII's although I haven't done extensive testing to confirm that.
The scope is a Hawke Airmax 6-24 and while I really like the scope, I can't help but think the extra magnification from an 8-32 might help a bit when shooting at distance. Aim small, miss small and all that.
I've seen a lot of people post amazing groups over the years at around 100 yards and while I'm sure a lot of them are legit, I also think a percentage of them are cherry picked, under perfect conditions, pellet sorting, professionally tuned guns, etc. I'm sure some people are even just downright dishonest about their results. Seeing those results used to make me feel a bit disappointed when I was only getting 1.5" groups on average at 100 yards. I've learned to take it with a grain of salt now and I'm pretty pleased with the results I get. I can, probably half the time, hit a 2.5" metal spinner 10 out of 10 times at 100 yards when there is zero wind and I don't think I can ask more than that without putting in 90% more effort for 10% better results.
I will say though that I did just re-watch Ted's review of the Impact and I'm really intrigued by his statements at the end about how he was able to tighten up his 2" 100 yard groups by simply adjusting the velocity of the pellets a bit. The finite adjustability of the Impact really has me curious and I would LOVE to see FX make a rifle that has those capabilities. I can't help but be really curious about how much more I might be able to squeeze out of this gun if that were the case.
Anyway, these are my real world results, with a gun straight out of the box. (no tuning but it has a couple thousand rounds through it at this point). Pellets are straight out of the tin, no sorting, shot straight from the magazines. I'm always happy to answer any questions anyone has and I hope you enjoy!
My 100 yard range out the back window on the 2nd floor of my house. I feel like a nice benefit to shooting from the second floor is that my gun is always pointed downward at my target so any misses go right in the ground behind the target. And no mosquitos or sunburns and I can shoot in the winter! Talk about splitting the uprights haha
Pics taken with a Samsung Galaxy note 4. This is taken with the digital zoom at 8x.
I'm shocked I was able to hold both the rangefinder and the phone steady enough at the same time to get this picture haha Any of you that have tried this will probably know what I'm talking about.
Annnd... the target. The top six groups are 5 shot groups. The bottom three groups are 10 shots each. Those coins are American Quarters.
I took the paper off to get a better visual of the groups. The groups in the top left and right were the best and can almost be covered with a quarter.
The smallest group in the top right.
Top left
Bottom right, 10 shot group.
Bottom left, 10 shot group.
Middle left group.
It feels like it's been a windy summer here in Southern Maine and it seems like I haven't had many opportunities to shoot in optimal conditions. Of course I'd describe optimal as being able to shoot inside, but I don't have that available to me so I'll have to settle for little to no wind. I feel like this morning was as close to no wind as I could hope for.
The Royale 500 is shooting at about 890 fps with the JSB Kings, 25 grain. As you can see in the picture, it isn't a professional bench I'm shooting from haha. For what it's worth, I can't really recall the last time I cleaned the barrel. The gun seems to be just as accurate with the JSB Heavies, both the MKI and MKII's although I haven't done extensive testing to confirm that.
The scope is a Hawke Airmax 6-24 and while I really like the scope, I can't help but think the extra magnification from an 8-32 might help a bit when shooting at distance. Aim small, miss small and all that.
I've seen a lot of people post amazing groups over the years at around 100 yards and while I'm sure a lot of them are legit, I also think a percentage of them are cherry picked, under perfect conditions, pellet sorting, professionally tuned guns, etc. I'm sure some people are even just downright dishonest about their results. Seeing those results used to make me feel a bit disappointed when I was only getting 1.5" groups on average at 100 yards. I've learned to take it with a grain of salt now and I'm pretty pleased with the results I get. I can, probably half the time, hit a 2.5" metal spinner 10 out of 10 times at 100 yards when there is zero wind and I don't think I can ask more than that without putting in 90% more effort for 10% better results.
I will say though that I did just re-watch Ted's review of the Impact and I'm really intrigued by his statements at the end about how he was able to tighten up his 2" 100 yard groups by simply adjusting the velocity of the pellets a bit. The finite adjustability of the Impact really has me curious and I would LOVE to see FX make a rifle that has those capabilities. I can't help but be really curious about how much more I might be able to squeeze out of this gun if that were the case.
Anyway, these are my real world results, with a gun straight out of the box. (no tuning but it has a couple thousand rounds through it at this point). Pellets are straight out of the tin, no sorting, shot straight from the magazines. I'm always happy to answer any questions anyone has and I hope you enjoy!
My 100 yard range out the back window on the 2nd floor of my house. I feel like a nice benefit to shooting from the second floor is that my gun is always pointed downward at my target so any misses go right in the ground behind the target. And no mosquitos or sunburns and I can shoot in the winter! Talk about splitting the uprights haha
Pics taken with a Samsung Galaxy note 4. This is taken with the digital zoom at 8x.
I'm shocked I was able to hold both the rangefinder and the phone steady enough at the same time to get this picture haha Any of you that have tried this will probably know what I'm talking about.
Annnd... the target. The top six groups are 5 shot groups. The bottom three groups are 10 shots each. Those coins are American Quarters.
I took the paper off to get a better visual of the groups. The groups in the top left and right were the best and can almost be covered with a quarter.
The smallest group in the top right.
Top left
Bottom right, 10 shot group.
Bottom left, 10 shot group.
Middle left group.