Daryl wrote:
I only have the HW's, one in .177 and the other a .22. Love them both. No mods and have been shooting the .177 since about 2008 or so.
They have techniques in holding that they like and dislike, but seem less picky than other springers. Both of mine are 14.5fpe guns, so you
could say, full power. Holding or resting at the front of the forend or in the middle, only makes a difference in point of impact, not group size.
Same with the so-called Artillery Hold - different POI but no change to accuracy, thus for group shooting, they are not picky.
The .177 will easily shoot groups of 1/10" C to C while the .22 is not quite as accurate, making .2" groups quite normal at the same 20 yard distance.
Maybe I just haven't found the .22's best pellet yet. It's a newer rifle.
I have made groups with both rifles at 50', that a 5 shot group will not let a pellet drop through the hole. I would say from this, that they are
very accurate, straight out of the box.
I only shot the Air Arms TX200 at Olds Alberta, oh so many years ago. I did not like the needing 2 hands to unlock the lever after putting in the pellet
nor the small loading window. That was likely the BIGGEST detractor for me as I have large fingers and hands & the small loading "port" sucked.
This is a 30 meter, 5-shot group with the HW97 in .22. The reason I subtracted .20" from the overall "hole" was in this paper, the Hades pellets made a .20" hole
so subtracting the full .22 would have resulted in an erroneous, but of course, small group size to get the centre to centre measurement.
Nice...you and Abslayer have similiar groups.They look like great guns...