A little update, I've been doing it all WRONG with an air rifle... At least the things that matter most for accuracy with an air rifle...
I think I wrote earlier I have no experience with air rifles at this distance, nor with air rifles in competition, I have an Armada in 177 and a Gamo Springer I used for pest control, now I have two FX, one Brocock and a Leshiy... I do have some experience shooting PBs and was very good at it... I know about sight picture and sight alignment, breathing and trigger squeeze... Even my heart rate...
Here's the main things I was doing correctly: I fitted my rifle to me, I installed and zeroed my scope correctly and I learned how to tune my air rifle for speed with a chronograph... That's about it...
Here's what I learned in one afternoon, maybe this will help someone else...
A PCP Air Rifle is not a powder burner, it has little to no recoil and doesn't require the same hold as a high powered, centerfire, bolt action rifle... Let the AIR RIFLE do it's thing...!!! Don't muscle it... I've been doing it all wrong... I've been using the same grip I used when shooting PBs... Not any more...
Adjust your trigger correctly, I was pulling myself right every shot, I could see it with my scope and reticle... Just lightening my trigger pull tightened up my groups A LOT...
And since I just mentioned my scope and reticle, turning the magnification power down at shorter ranges tightened up my groups even more... Not sure this will apply to EBR...
Shooting another members FX Bobcat 22 at 40 yards and putting 18 rounds into one 1/2" ragged hole yesterday (after applying what I learned) tells me I can still shoot, it wasn't even my rifle...
So, even a blind old man with a busted back can learn to shoot again... Or did I just learn to shoot air guns for the first time...??? Thanks Douger...
I hope to do some more 100 yard groups as soon as my parts come from FX USA and I get my Crown shooting again... I may use my Dream Tac instead...
Ken