Greetings from sunny New Zealand and happy thanksgiving to all.
My RAW HM1000X is in country, Martin informs me it's the first to get here. There's a wee bit of a story to tell concerning this. Mine was ordered just before .30cal ordered his, so it arrived in Seattle where it had to wait for my arrival. Well the hunting trip, a bit of shopping, and following Martin's advice on removing the air behind me I headed home. I was able to show TSA that I had removed the fill port and the gauge pointed to empty, to which I was told okay this time but next time the air bottle would need to be removed. I found out the air bottle came out very easily when the air was removed. Martin also warned me not to dry fire it with no air in it "you WILL bend the
valve."
I had a little trouble getting her to hold air but upon more advice from Martin I managed to and after a night's sleep I found the pressure had remained up much to my relief!
Wednesday morning early [before the wind - which never came] I had the BSA and the RAW out at the range. Topped up the new one with the Hill's pump and set a target at 25 meters for sighting in the Aeon scope. Moved to the 50 meter for a 5 shot adjustment with the last two center side by side. Then off to the 100 meter where I fired 3 shots to see how much hold over was required. The bottom cross bar was the ticket for 100 m. The only 5 shot group I fired was, 4 measuring .76" with a single flyer 1 1/4" low right. The BSA was so tame after firing the 1000X I thought it wasn't firing. I enjoyed the feel of a little recoil, now I have to phone my cousin and see if there's any rabbits around his place.
My wood isn't as nice as .30cal's or the other one that went to Washington State, but I have no complains and believe that good things are always worth the wait. I have photos but I'm waiting for a simple upload system here at A.N. before I do send any. [Any chance of that team?]
Thanks for your support, those of you who helped me through this with my questions.
My RAW HM1000X is in country, Martin informs me it's the first to get here. There's a wee bit of a story to tell concerning this. Mine was ordered just before .30cal ordered his, so it arrived in Seattle where it had to wait for my arrival. Well the hunting trip, a bit of shopping, and following Martin's advice on removing the air behind me I headed home. I was able to show TSA that I had removed the fill port and the gauge pointed to empty, to which I was told okay this time but next time the air bottle would need to be removed. I found out the air bottle came out very easily when the air was removed. Martin also warned me not to dry fire it with no air in it "you WILL bend the
valve."
I had a little trouble getting her to hold air but upon more advice from Martin I managed to and after a night's sleep I found the pressure had remained up much to my relief!
Wednesday morning early [before the wind - which never came] I had the BSA and the RAW out at the range. Topped up the new one with the Hill's pump and set a target at 25 meters for sighting in the Aeon scope. Moved to the 50 meter for a 5 shot adjustment with the last two center side by side. Then off to the 100 meter where I fired 3 shots to see how much hold over was required. The bottom cross bar was the ticket for 100 m. The only 5 shot group I fired was, 4 measuring .76" with a single flyer 1 1/4" low right. The BSA was so tame after firing the 1000X I thought it wasn't firing. I enjoyed the feel of a little recoil, now I have to phone my cousin and see if there's any rabbits around his place.
My wood isn't as nice as .30cal's or the other one that went to Washington State, but I have no complains and believe that good things are always worth the wait. I have photos but I'm waiting for a simple upload system here at A.N. before I do send any. [Any chance of that team?]
Thanks for your support, those of you who helped me through this with my questions.