Saturday, March 22, 2014

Shooting two airguns at the same time to guage wind effect on different calibers

22, 25 or 30? What is best to shoot on a windy day. I think it is probably the gun you know best.

Robert and I shot a TM1000 25 caliber rifle and a 30 cal Bobcat at 100 yards. We did not start out with wind flags, just shot at the same time so we could see how much the wind pushed out pellets. Eventually we developed a Hillbilly Windflag with electrical tape, a stick, 6 sheets of Charmin, and some electrical tape put on the bottom of the Charmin to give it some weight.

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TM1000 25 cal first group in light winds.

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Bobcat 30 cal first group

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TM1000 2nd and 3rd groups (8 shots), with some mixed winds
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Bobcat groups 2
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Bobcat group 3


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Now we started getting some wind and then it would die. We shot it at the worst times and it showed!

TM1000 spread (about 6 inches)
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Bobcat spread (about 7 inches)
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Image through the camera and my night force scope.

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