Had a window to hit the 50 yard range today.
I shot the Zeus 16" the most today - about 50 rounds through it mostly off hand. Setup the target at 25 yard and noted that my zero from last time wasn't so spot on. It's either me or the scope, but this is a challenging airgun to shoot accurately. Heavy trigger and a lot of kick which pushes the whole gun up with each shot. I settled into a decent shot at 25 yards and then during cease fire moved it out to 50 yards. Things were not so good today at 50 yards - I think the high heat level and sun around 2pm EST had me a little off my game.
Some guys came in around the same time as me with some ARs and pistols and they setup a big 10" gong on the 55-60 yard berm. Popped over and asked if he minded if I took a few shoots at his gong. He was cool, so the fun was on. Took 6 shots to finally land one on the gong - still off hand here at around 60 yards. The 750 fpe hit with an AEA 500gr slug was impressive. Really moved the gong around in a way none of their 556 ARs were doing.
I'm really enjoying the Zeus and getting better with it. But heavy trigger and 16" barrel make this a beast of a gun. I'm enjoying the first shot off it at each new range session because it is louder than some of the SBR AR15s with their shorty barrels. Definitely turns all heads on the first shot. LOL.
The first outing with the BinTac B&W S45 was a little less satisfying. The gun was filled to 4000 psi - I loaded 2 mags with the NSA 196gr .45 ammo. Loaded first mag into gun and it shot very nicely. Spent that mag zeroing the red dot. First mag done @ 3000 psi so loaded the second mag. Fired it off and tweaked the red dot @ 25 yards. All good so far. Refilled with air to 4000 psi and reloaded 2 mags, this time with Apex Airgun Ammo 197gr slugs. Loaded the first mag. Took two shots and something bad happened on the 3rd. The gun did not shoot, but the bolt cycled and halfway loaded a 2nd round while at the same time proceeding to dump all the air through the barrel. ARGH! I couldn't clear the misfire as the range and had to back out 2 slugs from the chamber when I got home. I can't fill the gun - all the air leaks straight out through the barrel whether it's cocked or not. Going to reach out to BinTac and Survival Airgun on this one before I strip it down - don't want to mess anything up as this has the potential to be one of the most fun airguns ever for me.
I shot the Zeus 16" the most today - about 50 rounds through it mostly off hand. Setup the target at 25 yard and noted that my zero from last time wasn't so spot on. It's either me or the scope, but this is a challenging airgun to shoot accurately. Heavy trigger and a lot of kick which pushes the whole gun up with each shot. I settled into a decent shot at 25 yards and then during cease fire moved it out to 50 yards. Things were not so good today at 50 yards - I think the high heat level and sun around 2pm EST had me a little off my game.
Some guys came in around the same time as me with some ARs and pistols and they setup a big 10" gong on the 55-60 yard berm. Popped over and asked if he minded if I took a few shoots at his gong. He was cool, so the fun was on. Took 6 shots to finally land one on the gong - still off hand here at around 60 yards. The 750 fpe hit with an AEA 500gr slug was impressive. Really moved the gong around in a way none of their 556 ARs were doing.
I'm really enjoying the Zeus and getting better with it. But heavy trigger and 16" barrel make this a beast of a gun. I'm enjoying the first shot off it at each new range session because it is louder than some of the SBR AR15s with their shorty barrels. Definitely turns all heads on the first shot. LOL.
The first outing with the BinTac B&W S45 was a little less satisfying. The gun was filled to 4000 psi - I loaded 2 mags with the NSA 196gr .45 ammo. Loaded first mag into gun and it shot very nicely. Spent that mag zeroing the red dot. First mag done @ 3000 psi so loaded the second mag. Fired it off and tweaked the red dot @ 25 yards. All good so far. Refilled with air to 4000 psi and reloaded 2 mags, this time with Apex Airgun Ammo 197gr slugs. Loaded the first mag. Took two shots and something bad happened on the 3rd. The gun did not shoot, but the bolt cycled and halfway loaded a 2nd round while at the same time proceeding to dump all the air through the barrel. ARGH! I couldn't clear the misfire as the range and had to back out 2 slugs from the chamber when I got home. I can't fill the gun - all the air leaks straight out through the barrel whether it's cocked or not. Going to reach out to BinTac and Survival Airgun on this one before I strip it down - don't want to mess anything up as this has the potential to be one of the most fun airguns ever for me.
