Ignorance is bliss (D350 related)

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blackdiesel

blackdiesel

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I have a buddy who never shot a springer. I have taken PCPs over to his place and shot before and he grasp that pretty fast. He has a fence about 75 yards away that we normally shoot small objects off and he does very good. He has a Cedar siding house and last winter some squirrels damaged several boards and it cost him over $500 to replace the boards so he asked to use an airgun to get rid of them. He wanted to use a springer so he wouldn't have to deal with air supply. I loaned him my D350. I zeroed it at 35 yards because that's near the center of his back yard. I instructed him about using a light hold and explained hold over with a relatively low power gun. That was two weeks ago. I talked to him today and he said that he have shot 5, but there are a couple more he needs to get rid of. I asked if he had trouble hitting them and he said that he has only missed a couple of shot because they moved at the last second. When I asked where they was shot he said he shot them off the fence. I said that's 75 yards away. and you have only missed two shots. Long story short, he wasn't aware that he was making epic shots so I didn't tell him.
 
Cool! Your friend obviously took your guidance well and must be a good instictive shooter. I have both an RWS 350m in .22 and a Beeman R1 Laser in .20, both hard recoilers. They require a light and very consistent hold to group well. I remember being very frustrated with the R1 when I first got it in the 90's; the tighter I held it, the worse it shot! I finally heard about 'the artillery hold' and things instantly got better for me.
 
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i let a tripod do the "artillery hold" for me. :)

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blackdiesel said:
I have a buddy who never shot a springer. I have taken PCPs over to his place and shot before and he grasp that pretty fast. He has a fence about 75 yards away that we normally shoot small objects off and he does very good. He has a Cedar siding house and last winter some squirrels damaged several boards and it cost him over $500 to replace the boards so he asked to use an airgun to get rid of them. He wanted to use a springer so he wouldn't have to deal with air supply. I loaned him my D350. I zeroed it at 35 yards because that's near the center of his back yard. I instructed him about using a light hold and explained hold over with a relatively low power gun. That was two weeks ago. I talked to him today and he said that he have shot 5, but there are a couple more he needs to get rid of. I asked if he had trouble hitting them and he said that he has only missed a couple of shot because they moved at the last second. When I asked where they was shot he said he shot them off the fence. I said that's 75 yards away. and you have only missed two shots. Long story short, he wasn't aware that he was making epic shots so I didn't tell him.
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I have a tree rat problem but not for long. My new Hatsan 25 pcp arrived last week.
 
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