BSA Hornet shoots 1.45 inch group at 183 yards .........

[Yrrah]

In perfect conditions a week ago at the farm the BSA Hornet, blueprinted by John Bowkett, shot a sub minute of angle group at 183 laser measured yards. ( MOA at 183 yards is 1.916 inches so this group was 0.757 MOA ). It was the best of three good ones in the session just before dark.



Details etc.

http://www.network54.com/Forum/79537/me ... s+it+work-

Kind regards, Harry.

[native hunter]

G'day
Thats a shit hot group Harry.
Something tells me lewis will have no problems getting the BSA's out the door.
Regards
Damien webb.

[Yrrah]

Damien, I started school in 1942 at Cougal just down from Border Loop at the foot of Mount Gipps, 25 miles north of Kyogle ...

We lived there from 1939 to the end of 1944 so saw a lot of troop trains carry our soldiers and the Yanks north to fight for our freedom. I have many many memories of those years. I fired my first air gun pellets there and shot my first bullets from a trombone Browning just below the first tunnel and the Spiral Bridge. ....... There were still a number of bullock teams snigging logs to a CSR mill across the creek from the school. .......

" Inch by inch with the weary load,
And by the power of the green hide goad,
The distant goal is won" ....... Aussie bush ballads meant something to us kids in school then .........

You wouldn't happen to know Maurice Doohan from Dobie's Bight? I have a beautiful stock whip he made for me, it is a treasure ........... Kind regards, Harry.

[fenring]

Amazing stuff - were the pellets sorted in any way?

[native hunter]

G'day
Harry- I do not know of the person you speak of as I have only just recently moved to this area.
I can see how this part of the world holds fond memories for you as it is truely spectacular in certain areas.
Regards
Damien Webb.

[Predator]

[Predator]

Those white dots on the tree, are they your aim points according to chairgun's calculations?

[Yrrah]

Greg I mentioned in the write up in that URL ,at the bottom of the post, that the lowest spot on the tree was the point of aim, derived from Chairgun. I used a 155 yard zero on the scope and there is a 23 inch drop from 155 yards to 183 yards. The lowest spot on the tree is 21 inches above the centre of the disc and that left a two inch margin for the group to hit below the hole in the disc. ... When it came to the fifth shot I was crossing my fingers that it didn't go high and through the hole!!

My scope will only zero to around 170 yards presently with the JSB Exact ballistics.

The other spots on the tree were from previous shooting at lower velocity
( 875 fps ) some time ago when I shot three groups of 2.1 and 2.2 and 2.6 inches. ............ Kind regards, Harry.

[astro]

very impressive....one day i hope i can shoot half as well as that...

[Yrrah]

Amazing stuff - were the pellets sorted in any way?

The JSBs were weight matched on powder balance scales but not put through the other matching processes that I outlined some time ago.... Kind regards, Harry.

[makrand]

Great shooting Harry,

do you time your shots between heartbeats?

[Yrrah]

Great shooting Harry,

do you time your shots between heartbeats?

When bench shooting over sandbags as this was shot..... not that I am aware of. I am pretty gentle with the holds and hardly touch the shoulder to the butt.

However I am a pretty ordinary shooter off- hand though ( AA silhouette, below AAA and Masters ) and certainly try to then. ... Kind regards, Harry.