I just recently acquired an HW 97k in .22 cal. I shot it with ok results with H&N FTT a little while I waited for my JSB test pack. I shot it less than 75 shots got the JSBs and decided to test which pellet were best. It was late in the day and I had already been shooting other guns for a while, I did not expect much, but wanted to see if there were any obvious standouts. I shot four groups of 5 each horizontally at 25 yards. I was mildly shocked and pleased that all the pellets were very accurate. The best was the exact jumbo heavy 18.1 grain at 5/16" ctc average. If not for the 'blown' group with the monsters that pellet was 5/16" average also.
I was pleased to find pellets that shot well with the gun but really surprised that I would get such accuracy with a 'new' gun and that it was accurate across all four pellets and 15 groups. I am not bragging just happy to have 'cracked' the springer rifle accuracy goal I had set for myself and that I see you others talking about - 15 of 16 groups under a dime. Yeah!
( The splatterburst targets make the groups look bigger than they are. I tried to be accurate. Even if I am off with measurements it's still my best 16 groups in a row.)
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I was pleased to find pellets that shot well with the gun but really surprised that I would get such accuracy with a 'new' gun and that it was accurate across all four pellets and 15 groups. I am not bragging just happy to have 'cracked' the springer rifle accuracy goal I had set for myself and that I see you others talking about - 15 of 16 groups under a dime. Yeah!
( The splatterburst targets make the groups look bigger than they are. I tried to be accurate. Even if I am off with measurements it's still my best 16 groups in a row.)
