Let’s see those 25 yd groups!

These are five-shot groups at 25 yards.









This is a ten-shot group at 25 yards-



And this is a five-shot group at FIFTY yards! The aiming spot is about 1/4" diameter, and the group measures .34" center-to-center.

NO FAIR... NOBODY can beat that!!! FANTASTIC shootin BTW... Yo!

That 50 yard group is insane!!

WOW! I can’t do that with a rifle. 

Very cool shooting.

So, not ever having shot in a competition.... — for posting those 25y groups — are there any rules, as in "off-handed shots only" —

or off-handed with a somehow "sanctioned hold" —

or can we submit groups shot with a rested pistol?



Sorry to ask, 'tis all new 2 me.

Matthias

Really nice groups guys. Pistol shooting is an art. 

Just FWIW, I don't consider this thread to be a competition. An opportunity to BRAG, yes; a competition, no.

Not knowing if JungleShooter was asking about this thread or actual air pistol competitions, I'll answer his questions as regards shooting competitions. NRA air pistol silhouette competitions are all shot from offhand. AAFTA air pistol field target competition is done almost completely from sitting positions as described in the AAFTA rulebook (at aafta.org), with most FT competitions also including a few offhand shots (typically no more than 10% of the shots in any given match). 

As I am often asked if a phenomenal group in photos I post was shot offhand (like those in my post above), my usual reply is "NO. I'm a great shot; not superhuman!" Very few offhand groups (by anyone) are very "photogenic". Matter of fact, from what I deduce from the airgun forum(s), very few airgunners ever shoot more than a few offhand shots ever so often, before taking refuge on the shooting bench! 

Lastly, don't let these phenomenal groups fool you. It's all due to the exotic air pistols... In reality the shooter really sucks!

AirNGasman,

thanks for your brutal honesty, refreshing, really. Thank YOU! 

I explain: After cruising the forums for a couple of years I have come away with a distinct perception of my shooting ability... — expressed in a 5-letter word, beginning and ending with the letter s — and a ck chucked in there somewhere....



Struggling to consistently produce 3 moa groups at 100 yards and 2 moa groups at 50y, with China guns.... — well, it seemed like I was the only guy that struggled with that, and everybody else seemed to be struggling with 1  moa groups at 100y....



Anyhow, thanks for being transparent about the rarity of off-hand shots, for being honest about the importance of the equipment, and for being wildly humble (we men don't particularly like that word, but it's a great quality, especially if you have achievements to be proud of ).



It's people like that who make these forums so enjoyable. And their worth can't be measured in green accuracy dots.

Matthias

What a great post! Legionair, what caliber is your Alecto? They are fantastic pistols. Here’s mine, and I’ll post groups later. Nice shooting by the way, I can get good groups like that but I have to use two bags. Are you using three pumps? I almost like shooting pistols better than rifles in a way. AirNGasman your groups are outstanding as are your pistols! I’m going to post my best attempts later on. This is fun.

"My Alecto is a .22 using 3 pumps at 25 yards." Okay LA, spill your guts! I just gots to know what pellet and velocity. That's an excellent group, Bud!

I got the silencer on the classifieds on the yellow forum a few years ago. I think they are around $100, but not sure. The adapter is the 1/2 UNF. I got the barrels from a guy in the UK, not cheap. They are around $120 a few years ago. The .177 barrel is my favorite for flat shooting, but the .22 is better for pests. The silencer makes three pumps just a tiny pop. I found I like it better without the hand rest mostly just because I shoot off of bags and I can snug it into the rear bag nicely. I’m dying to shoot groups but it’s blowing like crazy here. I think I’ll put a scope on it for the groups. I know just what you mean about it being a different type of joy to shoot. Can you imagine having that thing as a boy?

Speaking of pellets... just curious airngasman do you sort pellets? Also are you using exotic pellets as well? I know your guns are fantastic and exotic. I’ve always wanted a Tau B. 

Well the wind finally died down here and I got to shoot some groups at 25 yards...actually I can only get 23 yards. All groups were shot off of two bags and a solid bench, rifle scopes on the pistols. I tried at least 8 groups of 7 or 8 shots per group using the Webley Alecto .22, that’s a lot of pump strokes...at least 168!! Legionair, I’m betting you know where an Alecto blister forms!! lol! Your group shines, but I just couldn’t duplicate it, and I put on a scope! And you are using a reflex or red dot type of sight. Your excellent group shows how much you shoot that pistol. It takes great skill and focus to hold a dot sight that accurately. So I failed to shine with the Alecto, but check out the HW44 .177 groups, and the Steyr LPS groups. These pistols are incredibly accurate and so much fun to shoot. 

270,

I used to sort pellets only for State and National Championship field-target competitions; but since I'm no longer shooting FT, I no longer sort pellets. I've shot JSBs almost exclusively since they came out.