I've been busy lately, but we've had some nicer weather in SE Michigan and it was a chance to do a little shooting outside. Two rifles needed a little exercise, my TX200HC and my still fairly new FWB Sport. The TX had a scope die on it, and the FWB just came back from having its trigger repaired under warranty. Both needed to be sighted in. First up are the TX and FWB at my sight in distance of 35 yards.
Not too bad. I consider anything under 2 MOA average group size to be decent shooting. I don't shoot the FWB as often as the TX, and am pretty sure I could improve with a little more practice, although the trigger is a little heavier than ideal.
For those who only like to see best groups, here are a few from recent shooting.
Moving indoors, I tried my hand at 10 meters with the FWB.
My conclusion from all of this is that good springers are inherently accurate, but very challenging to shoot well. In fact if I were to rate difficulty, first would be anything offhand, and then springers. To show what I mean, here is a 10 shot group from a rimfire that I had just equipped with a new sight. The sight by the way is a FWB that I had fitted with a newly machined adapter for the purpose.
OK, not an amazing group, but achieving it was absolutely effortless, even from sitting with a new sight that hadn't been dialed in yet. Finally, here is a photo of the adapted sight for those who might be interested.
Not too bad. I consider anything under 2 MOA average group size to be decent shooting. I don't shoot the FWB as often as the TX, and am pretty sure I could improve with a little more practice, although the trigger is a little heavier than ideal.
For those who only like to see best groups, here are a few from recent shooting.
Moving indoors, I tried my hand at 10 meters with the FWB.
My conclusion from all of this is that good springers are inherently accurate, but very challenging to shoot well. In fact if I were to rate difficulty, first would be anything offhand, and then springers. To show what I mean, here is a 10 shot group from a rimfire that I had just equipped with a new sight. The sight by the way is a FWB that I had fitted with a newly machined adapter for the purpose.
OK, not an amazing group, but achieving it was absolutely effortless, even from sitting with a new sight that hadn't been dialed in yet. Finally, here is a photo of the adapted sight for those who might be interested.
