It's that time of year again. Early sunsets, cool temps, and 10meter springers in the garage, at 10 meters.
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't spend the whole winter shooting in the garage, but a couple times a month I'll have a short little offhand session. And these two are the guns of choice for such action.
Top one is an FWB300, stamped with Daisy markings. OEM diopter sights, other than a round ring in the front end, rather than the typical post. Quite accurate method, centering the round rear ring with the round front ring all with the bull concentrically placed in the middle. Essentially lining up three circles. Makes my OCD happy, and the brain and eye coordination just want to do it.
Bottom is an FWB300s "Mini" with a compact little 4x UTG scope that'll focus down to 5 yards. Perfect for this.
With the diopters (no magnification) I can't see how I did til I go up and check it out. I'm typically pleased.
With the 4x on the Mini I can pretty well tell where they're landing.
I'm no Olympic level offhand shooter, but I do enjoy a laidback session like the above-described. Usually only take 20-30 shots from each gun, and that's how it went this evening. Good fun.
Upper left was the 300, upper right was the 300s Mini.
And the paper pulled back to show the fresh cardboard target backer tells the tale a bit better.
If I was an urban prisoner, with the typical 30 yard max back yard, and with no field target of any sort within driving distance, I think I could be perfectly content with these two and a much more simple airgun experience, sans tanks and high end optics and shot counts and magazines and dope and sidewheels and bipods and shooting sticks and hamsters and harnesses and compressors and fittings and gauges and moderators and shrouds and hoses and fill stations and orings and every pellet and slug known to man.
Simple is good (sometimes).
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't spend the whole winter shooting in the garage, but a couple times a month I'll have a short little offhand session. And these two are the guns of choice for such action.
Top one is an FWB300, stamped with Daisy markings. OEM diopter sights, other than a round ring in the front end, rather than the typical post. Quite accurate method, centering the round rear ring with the round front ring all with the bull concentrically placed in the middle. Essentially lining up three circles. Makes my OCD happy, and the brain and eye coordination just want to do it.
Bottom is an FWB300s "Mini" with a compact little 4x UTG scope that'll focus down to 5 yards. Perfect for this.
With the diopters (no magnification) I can't see how I did til I go up and check it out. I'm typically pleased.
With the 4x on the Mini I can pretty well tell where they're landing.
I'm no Olympic level offhand shooter, but I do enjoy a laidback session like the above-described. Usually only take 20-30 shots from each gun, and that's how it went this evening. Good fun.
Upper left was the 300, upper right was the 300s Mini.
And the paper pulled back to show the fresh cardboard target backer tells the tale a bit better.
If I was an urban prisoner, with the typical 30 yard max back yard, and with no field target of any sort within driving distance, I think I could be perfectly content with these two and a much more simple airgun experience, sans tanks and high end optics and shot counts and magazines and dope and sidewheels and bipods and shooting sticks and hamsters and harnesses and compressors and fittings and gauges and moderators and shrouds and hoses and fill stations and orings and every pellet and slug known to man.
Simple is good (sometimes).
I am loving it!