TargetTalk

I see that you have already spoken to Pippa. I know she is selling the Hi Tek kit, but she will work with you on getting almost anything to fit correctly. Pippa is one of those people who seem to be willing to go the extra mile to help you out. She has been really helpful to both my Daughter and sev...

Glad to see the OP has avoided that rifle. I am pretty certain that any dealer discribing that rifle as a 19 anything Anschutz rifle is saling pretty close to the wind. I know that it is not possible to see the muzzle in that photograph, but the fact that it has the barrel mounted scope blocks fitte...

I like the way Anschutz shooters talk about the 5018 trigger as being the "new" one. When it was introduced 35 years ago! The basic design is a bit older too, with the 5071 trigger being pretty much mechanically identical and being 40 years old now. But I suppose that a model series that h...

The issue is that the sensor is not actually measuring the angular error of the movement of the barrel, only the lateral or vertical displacement. As I understand the SCATT system to operate it uses a single IR source at the target position and an IR camera in the gun mounted sensor that tracks the ...

If you think about it the further the sensor is from the axis around which the rifle is rotating, for the angular error at least, the "bigger" the movement the sensor will show. Move the sensor further back and things like trace length will shorten, although as some have said you may get i...

I had a Kelly foresight and it was really good. I needed to add 5 or 6 clicks up and around 4 right to allow for the cant. I lent it to someone who wanted to make something similar and the guy vanished with it. John also made a really nice rear sight that would not develop backlash, and the trigger ...

Dude I recall seeing the details of the research on element colours that you referred to in Yuryev's book back when I had a copy. I have mostly used the Anschutz rose pink elements over the years as back when I bought mine the complete set in the box was only available in the pink. I have to say I c...

In that case you will need a 10mm rail fitted on the receiver that can take a rear sight and at the muzzle end you will want to have a dovetail block fitted that will be at pretty much the same height above the bore line as the rear 10mm rail. I would suggest getting one made up to match the specifi...

I guess it will depend on if you are only going to shoot the rifle at 50m or if you are planning on using it at other distances too. Gun fit will also make a bigger difference to the optimum positioning of the sight line. Most shooters find that they need the sights at differeing heights in each pos...

DO NOT use felt pellets in a rifle that has baffles in the shroud of barrel weight area to make them more silent as they will probably not make it out the end and get hung up inside the baffle area. I will also pull one lightly oiled patch through and then a clean dry one behind it to just leave a ...

For paper targets strips are a very popular target type at clubs over here. The NSRA our governing body for 10m AR domestically use either a 5 bull strip or a die like four corners and one in the center square target about 15cm square. As the strips allow for a constant aiming mark position they are...

I realise that it is necessary to use good quality targets for this system to work correctly. At the club my daughter and I shoot at we use Kruger 5 bull strips in a holder and an electric retrieval system. This allows for a constantly positioned aiming mark for each shot. Is it possible for this sy...

Stock size mostly. I also believe that the Junior normally comes with a shorter aluminum air cylinder than steel one on the full size rifle, although it still fills to 300 Bar. I'm also sure that the junior has an ambidextrous stock so can be shot by both right handers and lefties. As well as junior...

I prefer to use 4x or 10x fixed powers. I have a 4x on my .243 because it gives better magnification through the lens and you can view a little more around your object with it. So if you stay probably 4x or 10x power you'll be just fine. Scott the rules for 10m Running Target (used to be called 10m...

I've certainly seen the change in elevation with a side wind effect shooting at 100 yards. The real issue with seeing the effect is that by the time the wind is strong enough to see it you are into other problems. I cannot remember the exact year (it was the year the when the Fastnet yacht race had ...

If you shoot with lots of cant the sight aperture moves to the left (RH shooter) as you adjust the elevation. This will move the shots to the left as well. I am surprised you need the same movement on the windage as you do the elevation though. Normally 25 to 50 is not that much of an adjustment, on...

Actually in the situation where you want to use your scope at the extraordinarily close range of 10m you come up against the limitation of many AO scopes in that the amount of close adjustment available is limited. Unless specifically designed for the air gun market most AO scopes will not focus muc...

Almost all scopes are set up to be parallaxed at 100 yards/meters from the factory. Hawke, who are UK based but have all the scopes made in China, have a lot of their scopes set up to 30 yards/meters because the vast majority of the scopes that they sell are really designed for air gun use, and in t...

I guess one advantage of a fixed 4× scope when it comes to the better brands is that it is very unlikely to be a Chinese fake!

Alan

Well knowing what the budget is would help. The problem seems to be that most of the fixed 4×32 or 40 scopes available new are the very bottom end cheap Chinese stuff. I know that both Hawke and Nikko Sterling do have westen staff in the factories keeping an eye on QC so that quality doesn't slip to...