Hi everyone,
Just looking for some input on the HW90, I purchased one in .22 caliber about a month ago.
I had the chance to take it out this last weekend, and get some pellets through it at my friends house shooting targets in the back yard.
2" groups and fliers all the time at 30 yards, I have allot of pcp's, springers and a couple of other gas rams so it's not me its the rifle.
I shoot allot as well, so I knew this was about trying to sort the gun and pellets out.
I was slightly disappointed in the accuracy I was getting, it was all over the place. so I put it back in the case and just shot one of my other rifles.
I have been shooting it in the basement at 15 yards. still trying to find a pellet that it liked, and it was still going pretty rough.
Over the Chronograph it was at 21ftlbs with 18.1 JSB's this was the only pellet that even tried to group well.
After doing some reading I decided to drop the pressure, so I took the screw cover of and started gently tapping the schrader valve to lower the pressure.
I now have it shooting at 19 ftlbs and this looks so much better even with the other pellets I have tested, everything looks to be heading the right way now.
Its really pretty amazing how consistent the gas ram is, it has a 3-4 fps spread per shot over the Chrony, I have PCP's that aren't this repeatable lol
Doe's anyone have past experience or a recommendation on where the HW90 really performs the best?
I am going to order the fitting so I have a way to pump it up if I have too, but until that comes in I don't want to go to low.
Would 16 to 18 ftlbs be to low or should I stay higher?
Thanks
Mark
Just looking for some input on the HW90, I purchased one in .22 caliber about a month ago.
I had the chance to take it out this last weekend, and get some pellets through it at my friends house shooting targets in the back yard.
2" groups and fliers all the time at 30 yards, I have allot of pcp's, springers and a couple of other gas rams so it's not me its the rifle.
I shoot allot as well, so I knew this was about trying to sort the gun and pellets out.
I was slightly disappointed in the accuracy I was getting, it was all over the place. so I put it back in the case and just shot one of my other rifles.
I have been shooting it in the basement at 15 yards. still trying to find a pellet that it liked, and it was still going pretty rough.
Over the Chronograph it was at 21ftlbs with 18.1 JSB's this was the only pellet that even tried to group well.
After doing some reading I decided to drop the pressure, so I took the screw cover of and started gently tapping the schrader valve to lower the pressure.
I now have it shooting at 19 ftlbs and this looks so much better even with the other pellets I have tested, everything looks to be heading the right way now.
Its really pretty amazing how consistent the gas ram is, it has a 3-4 fps spread per shot over the Chrony, I have PCP's that aren't this repeatable lol
Doe's anyone have past experience or a recommendation on where the HW90 really performs the best?
I am going to order the fitting so I have a way to pump it up if I have too, but until that comes in I don't want to go to low.
Would 16 to 18 ftlbs be to low or should I stay higher?
Thanks
Mark