What springer did you shoot today?

[Mycapt65]

Ron, AO can be very useful when hunting. Set it for 30 yards on lower power while walking in. That should give you sufficient depth of field for anything you walk up on. When you find a place to sit for a while. Use max power and the objective to rangefind a few trees, features, etc in your perimeter. Now you have a very good idea of range when game appears.
For me a nice light variable is worth the weight. The old Korean 3-9x32 Bushnell Sportview was great for this. Beeman sold them and some came as Blue Ribbon. (I'll never put an ugly blue scope on any gun of mine ). Nice clear optics.

we'll have to agree to disagree. I've never needed more than 4x for anything I'd be shooting with an Air rifle. I'm familiar with your technique but in practice I've missed far more opportunities than I care to admit to because the scope was on the wrong power and or parallax setting when something pops up at an unexpected distance. I can hit a 500 yard 10" plate with an AR with a 1-6X. A fixed 4X works (for me) for anything I should shoot with an air rifle.

 

[cjtamu]

Got this HW77 out to check zero now that the front sight assembly is fixed. All good. POI was wandering last time I shot it before things came loose so assume that was probably when it first started to loosen up. I know I’ve whined before about the current HW stocks, but man! If they still made them like this instead of the fuglysticks they turn out now I’d probably own a half dozen more than I do.

 

[crowski]

Got this HW77 out to check zero now that the front sight assembly is fixed. All good. POI was wandering last time I shot it before things came loose so assume that was probably when it first started to loosen up. I know I’ve whined before about the current HW stocks, but man! If they still made them like this instead of the fuglysticks they turn out now I’d probably own a half dozen more than I do.

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Nice gun. Crow.

 

[crowski]

Out with a gun second to none. A Pro Sport .22.

This one is a keeper. Crow

 

[beerthief]

Serial # 6691G listed as a Sheridan .20 , does not look right to me ? Anybody got a guess ?

 

[.20calguy]

I use a comparable powered 177 Hw50 for an offhand walking air rifle. I use a fixed 4X, non AO, mildot scope with a 25 zero. Most of my targets will be close enough to that 25 yards there's not much hold over or under to consider. It's point and shoot. If I stretch it out to 50 yards I'm at 3/4 mil and at 93 yards IIRC I'm at 3 mils. Its easier to remember no hold over for most practical shots and use the reticle for the longer stuff. I almost never shoot past 50 yards offhand with air rifles any way.

Non AO is a blessing in a hunting scope, as it is always in focus regardless of whatever distance a target suddenly pops up at. Fixed power keeps your hold overs from changing with magnification. Trying to remember holdovers is hard enough at one magnification. forget remembering the infinite amount of holdovers throughout your magnification range. Then add to that ten other rifles. That's why I have only one walking rifle with a simple fixed power scope. Less is more.

What caliber is your 35E. I know it isn't 20.

Yes true. The 35e is a .22 cal. I didn't even recall which .22 cal I used to zero it.

I learned that lesson many years ago when my accuracy took a major hit changing from my 3/4 inch tube Tasco 4x to a Weaver 1" tube 3x9x.
My ability to judge distance and holdovers was gone, and I learned what parallax was!

BTW I shot those cans at various ranges with only occasional misses with the 65 Sheridan, and I mfullI shot them full of holes.
I grew up carrying a Sheridan in the woods.

 

[.20calguy]

Nice gun. Crow.

I like the gun bag too!

 

[.20calguy]

Serial # 6691G listed as a Sheridan .20 , does not look right to me ? Anybody got a guess ?

Yup!
Made in July 1966.
Here's mine March 1972

 

[cjtamu]

Out with a gun second to none. A Pro Sport .22. View attachment 586475This one is a keeper. Crow

Nice. Hoping to join the club soon. Just waiting on the man to tell me it’s packed and where to send the money.

 

[cjtamu]

A 1967 HW30S that I accidentally bought about 3 hours ago. That story has its own thread with a couple quick pics.

 

[beerthief]

95 desrees /62% humidity , not to bad . did some shooting with the BSA break barrel .177 Tenex 4.51 8.2 gr , i should take this hunting squirrels . Very light weight gun and accurate 20 or 30 yards Irons sighted in @ 25 yards. If i sighted it in probably could do 40 yds . easily .

if i sighted in @ 40 . ( see the lake way down below this is my back yard range )

 

[crowski]

95 desrees /62% humidity , not to bad . did some shooting with the BSA break barrel .177 Tenex 4.51 8.2 gr , i should take this hunting squirrels . Very light weight gun and accurate 20 or 30 yards Irons sighted in @ 25 yards. If i sighted it in probably could do 40 yds . easily .View attachment 586632View attachment 586633 if i sighted in @ 40 . ( see the lake way down below this is my back yard range )

Knock me out. So cool. One day. Crow

 

[beerthief]

Knock me out. So cool. One day. Crow

i believe it is older than i am ?. I do not remember . SN#3997

 

[cjtamu]

95 desrees /62% humidity , not to bad . did some shooting with the BSA break barrel .177 Tenex 4.51 8.2 gr , i should take this hunting squirrels . Very light weight gun and accurate 20 or 30 yards Irons sighted in @ 25 yards. If i sighted it in probably could do 40 yds . easily .View attachment 586632View attachment 586633 if i sighted in @ 40 . ( see the lake way down below this is my back yard range )

What crow said. Wow!

 

[crowski]

i believe it is older than i am ?. I do not remember . SN#3997

Have to get you carbon dated. Crow
Shot my HW50 .20 again. Superb gun. Fly vaporizer. Crow

 

[beerthief]

Have to get you carbon dated. Crow
Shot my HW50 .20 again. Superb gun. Fly vaporizer. Crow

looked it up and found made between 1932 and 1937 , best answer so far .

 

[.20calguy]

95 desrees /62% humidity , not to bad . did some shooting with the BSA break barrel .177 Tenex 4.51 8.2 gr , i should take this hunting squirrels . Very light weight gun and accurate 20 or 30 yards Irons sighted in @ 25 yards. If i sighted it in probably could do 40 yds . easily .View attachment 586632View attachment 586633 if i sighted in @ 40 . ( see the lake way down below this is my back yard range )

Glad to see that you've got your pictures working again.

 

[beerthief]

Glad to see that you've got your pictures working again.

only computer cam and stored pictures .

 

[Oswald]

Shooting my Diana 34 EMS .177 with the Gas Cylinder modification. Here's the results, 3 shots, bench rest, 35 yards, open sights. Demolishes NECCO wafers at that distance too!
Love these Dianas and the Benjamin Pellets!

 

[cjtamu]

Sat in 99 degree 95% humidity with ZERO breeze and ran a couple guns across the chrono. Believe the vintage HW30 has what MDriskill in his write up called an “Accurized” tune. Now that it’s been shot a but the first few shots are AWFULLY snappy. Like 9+ FPE snappy! After a few shots it settles down and spread actually isn’t terrible. Clean and rebuild with ARH breech seal instead of leather and new spring kit in order I think. Did Kim’s HW50. That gun shoots JSB RS, which fit perfectly, at 9.5 FPE. It shoots H&N FTT at 11.5 FPE and very accurately, but you have to about seat them with a rubber mallet so Kim hates them. It’s always had a lot of buzz but always shot well so left it alone. That’s about to change. After I was done I shot my HW77 for a bit. Enjoyed it so much that after the sun dipped and it cooled off, I put the hunting peep on and shot it some more!