Project moved forward

[Yrrah]

Where I left it at 100 yards. viewtopic.php?f=24&t=21656

Recall this is .177 cal RAW TM 1000 target rifle (which I shot at the World BR Championships last year). But I have lifted the power to 29.5 fpe ; 800 fps with 21 gr .177 pellet/ boat tail "bullet".

200 yards and less than perfect air:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/ ... i5plfo.jpg
The calipers are set at 3 inches. There are 2 in that top right hand hole.

300 yards with roofing iron supported against a star fence post:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/ ... ndf07b.jpg

I dropped it back to 20 fpe with .177 Baracudas 4.50 mm size and shot this 5 shot group at 50 yards - just one group , early morning before any wind and no warm up shots.
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/ ... dzv5hf.jpg

It measured approx 0.185 in ctc.

More to come "down the track". I am hoping that Martin Rutterford at Rapid Air Weapons and I can get this thing to above 33+ fpe/ > 850 fps ... Regards, Harry.

[curan]

.......snip....... But I have lifted the power to 29.5 fpe ; 800 fps with 21 gr .177 pellet/ boat tail "bullet"......snip.........

Can you tell us some more about this pellet/bullet Harry?

[Yrrah]

Not ever popular because most rifles won't shoot it well. One good shooter has tried 10 rifles, no luck.
Designed about 10 years ago in UK by Hugh Earle, I understand was a retired aerospace engineer turned pellet maker - Prometheus Piledriver.
The .22 version (30 gr):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/ ... pics-1.jpg
Harry.

[mattw975]

These Piledrivers in .22 used to smack rats around a far bit when I was in Blighty. Re-assuringly heavy