My last air rifle was sold after the Police came round, to pay for a racing pigeon I'd hit with iron sights on the wing from our back yard. Not bad for a 14 year-old with a Webley Hawk, but Mother handed them a week's rent to pay the owner off and I had to repay her pronto. How do you expect a kid to see a leg ring at that speed and distance?
Four decades later, I'm hoping I'm fractionally more mature, so I've just bought a pre-charged .177 air rifle, no iron sights so a 4x fitted, and using a safe 25m measured outdoor plot mates and I have set up: no racing pigeons either. After about 100 rounds, I'm getting the brass cap of shotgun cartridges end-on two shots out of three from a bench today, which should be OK hand-held for ratting, and I'll progress anyway. We got talking, and wondered how big a Fig. 12 target should be at that range? I understand they're 19"/475mm across the shoulders up close, so I've tried doing sums but I'm just confusing myself and Google is not my friend on this one. I suspect the paper targets from the gunshop are a little large, but I can't get a mate to stand at 300m while I point a gun to measure his width on my 'scope.
PP 32-34 of the NRA handbook was no use to us, either. Any advice out there, please?
I can then print or buy in the exact proportionate target for us. Or, please, just tell me the sums and I'll take it from there. Cheers, m'dears.
Four decades later, I'm hoping I'm fractionally more mature, so I've just bought a pre-charged .177 air rifle, no iron sights so a 4x fitted, and using a safe 25m measured outdoor plot mates and I have set up: no racing pigeons either. After about 100 rounds, I'm getting the brass cap of shotgun cartridges end-on two shots out of three from a bench today, which should be OK hand-held for ratting, and I'll progress anyway. We got talking, and wondered how big a Fig. 12 target should be at that range? I understand they're 19"/475mm across the shoulders up close, so I've tried doing sums but I'm just confusing myself and Google is not my friend on this one. I suspect the paper targets from the gunshop are a little large, but I can't get a mate to stand at 300m while I point a gun to measure his width on my 'scope.
PP 32-34 of the NRA handbook was no use to us, either. Any advice out there, please?
I can then print or buy in the exact proportionate target for us. Or, please, just tell me the sums and I'll take it from there. Cheers, m'dears.