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by andy303
Thu Dec 27, 2012 5:24 pm
Forum: Australian Airgun Forum
Topic: gamo shadow blooded
Replies: 5
Views: 442

Re: gamo shadow blooded

thanks RAY G i think its great! my wife on the other hand is not so happy, and you think she would have been happy when i shot it doesnt every body want to check out the shot hee hee she ran a mile, cheers Andy
by andy303
Tue Dec 25, 2012 5:41 am
Forum: Australian Airgun Forum
Topic: gamo shadow blooded
Replies: 5
Views: 442

Re: gamo shadow blooded

thanks curan they were running from under a decking onto the lawn via our garden bed (lots of cover)and they were stealing the bread my wife puts out for the birds, they would emerge from the deck and run till they got to the bread and they would grab a piece and run back to the deck and disappear i...
by andy303
Mon Dec 24, 2012 9:46 pm
Forum: Australian Airgun Forum
Topic: gamo shadow blooded
Replies: 5
Views: 442

gamo shadow blooded

G,day guys this last week my wife said she saw a family of young rats running around our back garden which horrified my wife ,i thought great! time to test the gamo shadow on these intruders, but the only problem was that they were very scitterish I had 2x shots at them and i am sure i parted the ha...
by andy303
Tue Sep 25, 2012 6:15 pm
Forum: Australian Airgun Forum
Topic: gamo shadow dx in .177 results
Replies: 2
Views: 195

Re: gamo shadow dx in .177 results

The baracudas were the tightest fitting pellet out of them all ,i found it interesting the differences between all the pellets not only in the results but the way that some pellets were very loose when placed into position some pellets like the baracudas the weights were almost identical ,but the ho...
by andy303
Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:55 pm
Forum: Australian Airgun Forum
Topic: gamo shadow dx in .177 results
Replies: 2
Views: 195

gamo shadow dx in .177 results

Hi guys i have had my gamo shadow dx for 2 weeks now and as i previously posted i would show my results of my testing ,here goes i tested 9 different types of pellets through it ,it was interesting to see the different grouping sizes and speeds through my chronograph and as was said before the trigg...
by andy303
Fri Aug 31, 2012 7:12 pm
Forum: Australian Airgun Forum
Topic: gamo shadow dx in .177
Replies: 7
Views: 309

Re: gamo shadow dx in .177

Hi curan food for thought, if I am disappointed with performance and or accuracy this definitely is the path i would go down ,any idea on a ball park price for spring and seals ? cheers Andy
by andy303
Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:41 pm
Forum: Australian Airgun Forum
Topic: gamo shadow dx in .177
Replies: 7
Views: 309

Re: gamo shadow dx in .177

Thanks for the input guys i am only curious about the raptor pellets as i have never used them i just wondered if they did as claimed but as was stated they are very light so i would imagine that the wind would play hell with them i have never heard of lube tune i will search the forum as to what th...
by andy303
Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:57 pm
Forum: Australian Airgun Forum
Topic: gamo shadow dx in .177
Replies: 7
Views: 309

gamo shadow dx in .177

Hi guys i am acquiring a Gamo Shadow dx in .177 with Gamo 3-9x40 scope when the paper work comes thru, i know this is a cheaper style of air rifle but its all i can get with the limited funds at my disposal, my questions are 1/ what is the general opinion of this rifle in regards to reliability ,acc...
by andy303
Sat Oct 03, 2009 12:36 am
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: 223 goat loads
Replies: 25
Views: 2227

Re: 223 goat loads

iam back from my hunting trip ,i have posted the story in preditor hunting but just to say quickly in the end i used 55grain gamekings and they performed beautifully dropped them in there tracks i didnt get to try the 40 grain ballistic tips on foxes or bunnies because one there were no foxes seen a...
by andy303
Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:27 am
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: Powder for 45 grainers in .223.
Replies: 3
Views: 254

Re: Powder for 45 grainers in .223.

Iam using AR 2206h at the moment and i find it very accurate in my rifle ,alot of the guys at my rifle club use it and BM2 so i would say try both and see how they perform in your rifle
cheers andy
by andy303
Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:16 am
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: 223 goat loads
Replies: 25
Views: 2227

Re: 223 goat loads

many thanks to all who replied i have now settled on 55grain sierras as they shoot a fraction higher that my standard 40grain fox&rabbit load its amazing how different pills shoot at different points on a paper target the 52 grain sierras were a good 65mm up and right of where the 40 grainers sh...
by andy303
Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:12 am
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: 223 goat loads
Replies: 25
Views: 2227

Re: 223 goat loads

thanks for all the loads guys its appreciated ,i was in my lgs yesterday and i asked the salesman the same question and he said 55grainers would do the job with the correct bullet placement he also showed me these barnes bullets $60 for 50 projectiles wtf? he said that these are the bees knees in re...
by andy303
Mon Aug 31, 2009 7:29 am
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: 223 goat loads
Replies: 25
Views: 2227

Re: 223 goat loads

thanks for the tips fellas i dont think my 77ruger would like the 60 grainers (wrong twist rate) my ruger shoots 40g vtips MOA and the 55grainers a fraction over so i'll try them +my 303 thanks for all the imput cheers andy
by andy303
Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:30 pm
Forum: Ammo & Reloading
Topic: 223 goat loads
Replies: 25
Views: 2227

223 goat loads

hi guys could some one suggest a suitable weight projectile for use on goats when using a 223 ? cheers andy