I've been shooting lately and decided to try out again after a few days the D54 .20 Hector Special.
It was sighted in for 105 yards last time I shot it but I wasn't sure if I was to aim dead on or lower: I remembered the lower wire beneath the center wire of the Black Powder Traditions 3-10X meant something for point of aim but I hesitated thinking the lower wire was wrong because a rifle sighted in for 105 yards has a lower point of aim in between range.
BUT the air rifle or regular rifle sighted in for 105 yards can hit at 25-30 yards using the "high" hold to hit the CLOSER target! The arc of the pellet in .20 D54 JSB Heavy hitting at 105 yards in a backyard starts below the line of sight in the Diana Second Generation Zero Recoil Mounts is above bore closer than most Zero Recoil mounts or all made today, yet the trajectory of the Heavy JSB .20 Exact in the D54 Recoilless IS PERFECT for the scope and the shot across a lake!
What I am saying too fast to assimilate into ordered speech is this custom made .20 in a Diana 54 Air King with all the working parts put together by Hector Medina of Diana has become a permanent reliable air rifle to this day sighted in for the ranges I had it in and then lastly to the 105 yard across a lake shots.
It took time to actualize the notion that now it has been sighted in for 105 yards, the Traditions Black Powder 3-10X (discontinued long time ago but hoarded by Hector Medina for perfect glass and integrity of vision) scope hits at 25 yards using the next wire BELOW the centerwire sighted for 105 yards.
Now, there is ANOTHER lower wire in the scope and that accounts for blackpowder endeavors for ranges other than I set. I know the wires (horizontal wires, one vertical to all) can actually help me use this rifle with certain precision with the lower wires and higher wire for OTHER ranges I need to figure out.
I am a "buy the brand new rifle in the box and go from there" guy instead of the one who decides at some point to get a "racehorse" and win on all shots offhand.
At any pellet rifle range offhand against anyone with anything. That's me.
The D54 .20 Hector Special is the strongest .20 manual air rifle than any with consistent accuracy to shoot over 100 yards.
It's a big rifle and heavy compared to an HW50S, but the range it can handle makes it a one for all in all air rifle shooting. If a person is wondering about Custom Tuned (made) the choices are there and there are many who do excellent work!
I had some worry and fret getting the rifle exactly right for me and the airgunsmith which meant a send back to him to adjust.
Hector adjusted using some different piston and piston lubricant since the D54 in .20 creates plasma instead of hot air which is hotter and burns seals and lubricants trying to do the job to send a ROCKET .20 caliber out the muzzle of the D54 (The D48 is the same mechanism but is not recoilless ergo less accurate).
So it is a rocket rifle, and I do believe any air rifle lover would like to own at least one.
I could only afford one at the time and now it is priceless and the best.
I still enjoy my regular made rifles out of the box which are way too many to list, but I wish everyone a chance to get a custom made or tuned air rifle if they don't already have one!
Kindly,
It was sighted in for 105 yards last time I shot it but I wasn't sure if I was to aim dead on or lower: I remembered the lower wire beneath the center wire of the Black Powder Traditions 3-10X meant something for point of aim but I hesitated thinking the lower wire was wrong because a rifle sighted in for 105 yards has a lower point of aim in between range.
BUT the air rifle or regular rifle sighted in for 105 yards can hit at 25-30 yards using the "high" hold to hit the CLOSER target! The arc of the pellet in .20 D54 JSB Heavy hitting at 105 yards in a backyard starts below the line of sight in the Diana Second Generation Zero Recoil Mounts is above bore closer than most Zero Recoil mounts or all made today, yet the trajectory of the Heavy JSB .20 Exact in the D54 Recoilless IS PERFECT for the scope and the shot across a lake!
What I am saying too fast to assimilate into ordered speech is this custom made .20 in a Diana 54 Air King with all the working parts put together by Hector Medina of Diana has become a permanent reliable air rifle to this day sighted in for the ranges I had it in and then lastly to the 105 yard across a lake shots.
It took time to actualize the notion that now it has been sighted in for 105 yards, the Traditions Black Powder 3-10X (discontinued long time ago but hoarded by Hector Medina for perfect glass and integrity of vision) scope hits at 25 yards using the next wire BELOW the centerwire sighted for 105 yards.
Now, there is ANOTHER lower wire in the scope and that accounts for blackpowder endeavors for ranges other than I set. I know the wires (horizontal wires, one vertical to all) can actually help me use this rifle with certain precision with the lower wires and higher wire for OTHER ranges I need to figure out.
I am a "buy the brand new rifle in the box and go from there" guy instead of the one who decides at some point to get a "racehorse" and win on all shots offhand.
At any pellet rifle range offhand against anyone with anything. That's me.
The D54 .20 Hector Special is the strongest .20 manual air rifle than any with consistent accuracy to shoot over 100 yards.
It's a big rifle and heavy compared to an HW50S, but the range it can handle makes it a one for all in all air rifle shooting. If a person is wondering about Custom Tuned (made) the choices are there and there are many who do excellent work!
I had some worry and fret getting the rifle exactly right for me and the airgunsmith which meant a send back to him to adjust.
Hector adjusted using some different piston and piston lubricant since the D54 in .20 creates plasma instead of hot air which is hotter and burns seals and lubricants trying to do the job to send a ROCKET .20 caliber out the muzzle of the D54 (The D48 is the same mechanism but is not recoilless ergo less accurate).
So it is a rocket rifle, and I do believe any air rifle lover would like to own at least one.
I could only afford one at the time and now it is priceless and the best.
I still enjoy my regular made rifles out of the box which are way too many to list, but I wish everyone a chance to get a custom made or tuned air rifle if they don't already have one!
Kindly,