If you didn’t go to the Texas Airgun Show this past weekend, you missed a good show. Attendance appeared to be down a little from 2016, probably due to the weather.
I have talked myself out of buying a TX200 three times in the past, but I gave in this time and found a Mark III .22 with a Hawke 3-9 x 50 AO mil dot scope for what I considered a fair price and walked out with it. The seller told me it had a Vortec kit installed, but I have to take his word for it since I’m not taking it apart right now. Chronographed it in the shop with seven different pellets and then battled the rain and wind and found the best of the seven for accuracy. The JSB 15.89 at 686.7 fps and 16.6 fpe. Ten shots at 22 yards, best I could get due to rain and wind, went into .779”. Two shots were flyers, I called one but the other may have been wind or who knows what. Eight of ten were in .529” covered by a dime. I believe it will do better once I get better with the trigger. All shots were over a rest. H&N FTT and JSB RS both went 710 fps, but couldn’t match the JSB 15.89 for group. I may try them again later. The H&N did look promising. By the way, Hobby’s clocked 814 fps.
Even saw Joe there.
I have talked myself out of buying a TX200 three times in the past, but I gave in this time and found a Mark III .22 with a Hawke 3-9 x 50 AO mil dot scope for what I considered a fair price and walked out with it. The seller told me it had a Vortec kit installed, but I have to take his word for it since I’m not taking it apart right now. Chronographed it in the shop with seven different pellets and then battled the rain and wind and found the best of the seven for accuracy. The JSB 15.89 at 686.7 fps and 16.6 fpe. Ten shots at 22 yards, best I could get due to rain and wind, went into .779”. Two shots were flyers, I called one but the other may have been wind or who knows what. Eight of ten were in .529” covered by a dime. I believe it will do better once I get better with the trigger. All shots were over a rest. H&N FTT and JSB RS both went 710 fps, but couldn’t match the JSB 15.89 for group. I may try them again later. The H&N did look promising. By the way, Hobby’s clocked 814 fps.
Even saw Joe there.
