Proper gun set up for competition

darticus · Post by **darticus** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:47 pm

Should each airgun be set up using a vise and firing multiple shots and adjusting sights so you know the gun is on. Than when you hold the gun in the proper position, on the target and fire, you should be right on, if you don't move? Is there a better way?Ron

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:00 pm

You should zero the gun out of your own hand.

F. Paul in Denver · Post by **F. Paul in Denver** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:55 pm

I agree with guest - each gun should be sighted in out of your hand. This will take into account your particular grip, head position, stance and many other factors which cannot be replicated on a vise and which will all effect your groups.

You will also find that even minor variations in lighting from one range to another will substantially affect your groups as well.

F. Paul in Denver

jrmcdaniel · Post by **jrmcdaniel** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:02 am

I am a 540/600 shooter on a good day and found that minor lighting really does have effects. I was shooting NRA targets (one shot per target on a 4-target sheet) and the lower right target was consistently one ring low and to the right. I finally realized that there was a dark area behind the trap that was "pulling" the pellet that direction. Once I realized the problem, I repositioned the target in the trap so there was more "white" space in that area -- that helped.

I believe it is vital for one to take several practice shots at all targets when warming-up to see if there are any lighting effects.

Best,

Joe

Nicole Hamilton · Post by **Nicole Hamilton** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:53 pm

If the sights were supposed to be adjusted so it'd group in the 10-ring from a vise, they could have done that at the factory and there'd be no need for adjustable sights at all! The reason for adjustable sights is because it's a man-machine system. Every individual's body and eyes are slightly different and will produce a unique interaction with the gun.

As long as you always do the exact same thing, so will the gun. So if you can focus and train on repeatably doing the same thing (whatever it is you do) every time, you will produce a very tight group somewhere. From there, it's just a matter of adjusting the sights to move that group around on the paper to center it on bullseye.