I have this BSA Lightning GRT in .25 cal. I don't really know why I get so much pleasure out of this rifle. It doesn't shoot very hard. It isn't terribly accurate. I really enjoy the feel of the rifle in my hands. It is a short, handy rifle and accurate enough to hunt squirrels out to about 40 yards. Given it's power level that's about right. It is just a handy, practical rifle for shooting squirrels in deep woods. It would also be a good choice for people who want to keep pests down in suburbia. It is a 40 yard rifle.
It really is very consistent rifle, even though I say it isn't accurate. Here is a chrony test I took about a month ago. The weather was warmer and the gun was shooting about 20 fps slower than it is now that we have cooler weather.
Anyway, I decided to sort a tin of H&N FTTs and run the test with that rifle. Here are the results of that test. Just the data and everything you need to duplicate the test if you so desire. Bin #1 only produced 22 pellets and Bin #5 did not produce enough pellets to even be included in the shoot.
I sorted the pellets into bins which were 9mm wide, just a millimeter or so longer than a pellet. I collected these pellets into five bins. I arranged things so the largest number would drop into bin three. That resulted in a nice normal curve centered on bin three, exactly what I needed.
I then waited for calm or nearly calm conditions and shot 4 targets with five, five shot groups on each target. I photographed those 4 targets and pulled them into my On Target software so that I could construct aggregate groups for each bin.
It appears to like the pellets that roll into bin four, doesn't it?
Here is the pertinent bits of that data graphed.
YMMV
It really is very consistent rifle, even though I say it isn't accurate. Here is a chrony test I took about a month ago. The weather was warmer and the gun was shooting about 20 fps slower than it is now that we have cooler weather.
Anyway, I decided to sort a tin of H&N FTTs and run the test with that rifle. Here are the results of that test. Just the data and everything you need to duplicate the test if you so desire. Bin #1 only produced 22 pellets and Bin #5 did not produce enough pellets to even be included in the shoot.
I sorted the pellets into bins which were 9mm wide, just a millimeter or so longer than a pellet. I collected these pellets into five bins. I arranged things so the largest number would drop into bin three. That resulted in a nice normal curve centered on bin three, exactly what I needed.
I then waited for calm or nearly calm conditions and shot 4 targets with five, five shot groups on each target. I photographed those 4 targets and pulled them into my On Target software so that I could construct aggregate groups for each bin.
It appears to like the pellets that roll into bin four, doesn't it?
Here is the pertinent bits of that data graphed.
YMMV
