I have to ask;When you are shooting for accuracy

[JEFFPPC]

When you become a competent shooter you will know if the rifle is delivering properly or your not doing what is required to deliver good results. The former is usually easier to keep on top of than the latter. If I suspect a spring gun first thing I do is use the chronograph. It will give you clues pretty quickly.

 

[beerthief]

I shoot sitting, using a stool at a bench or table, a bipod, and NO rear rest, just my right shoulder and left hand supporting the butt.

If my first shot at 50 yards hits clean* inside the 10 ring of an N50 target bull, then that shot is accurate. I do that 24 more times and that is precision, meaning I am skilled, experienced, and knowledgeable enough to adjust my POA to compensate for conditions and each time get a clean hit inside the 10 ring.

I score by - number of clean hits inside the 10 ring divided by 25 bulls.

25 out 25 means I am a "Precision Shooter".

20 to 24 clean hits means I am an "Accurate Shooter".

19 or less means I wasted a day at the range.

* Clean; Pellet hits inside the 10 ring and does NOT touch the inner edge of the ring.

Hit is scored using a Freeland's plug of the same caliber as the pellet being shot.

By "10 Ring" l mean the thick ring.

Thankyou for saving me from typing all that ! i totally do the same thing .
Stan in KY

 

[trapdoor2]

Accuracy starts with eliminating the biggest variable in the room...the shooter. Once the test subject has passed thru a battery of objective and measured tests, the stats will tell the tale: what are its measured and repeatable capabilities?

Once its capabilities are known, my task is to test my own capability against the known. I usually fail...as I induce a lot of variability.

If you don't take yourself out of the equation, you don't know what your rifle is capable of.

 

[Racer88]

Precision is a small group.... anywhere on the target. Precision = consistency. Not necessarily accurate (which means not in the bullseye).

Precise AND accurate (never mind that flyer shot #5! ) :

And a similar example with my new air rifle:

 

[Troy Bakel]

Thankyou for saving me from typing all that ! i totally do the same thing .
Stan in KY

I use the following targets:

At 50 yards:

ARA PRO
ARA Factory
N50

At 25 Meters:

WRABF

I have of lately been using a 50 yard target drawn on card stock with 3 rings: 10, 9 , 8.

The center 10 ring has an inside diameter of just greater than the outside diameter of an AEA 45 Grain 30 caliber domed diabolo.

The distance between the outside edge of tge 10 ring and inside edge of the 9 ring is equal to the inside diameter of the 10 ring.

The same for the distance between the outside edge of the 9 ring and the inside edge of the 8 ring.

One shot per bull scored using the "Best Edge dot Worst Edge" method utilizing a 30 caliber Freeland's plug.

If the plug indicates my hit was dead center - Best Edge would be 10 and Worst Edge would be 10 or 10.10.

Possible scores are:

10.10
10.09
09.09
09.08
08.08
08.00
00.00

Add up the scores per shot, divide by number of shots. The goal is a score of 10.10.

10.09 to 10.10 = Precision Shooter

09.09 to < 10.09 = Accurate Shooter

< 09.09 = Just wasting air compressor time.

 

[orangeokie]

A dime sized group is sufficient for my style of shooting which is mainly Starling elimination.