Air gun review

[RayG]

Well the Airgun gurus at Aussie shooter mag.are at it again.
They did themselves proud yet again this month with the review of 2 Diana air rifles.
After several references to firearms as usual,they then went on to bench rest the springers
on a good set of bags. Firmly because of the considerable jump during recoil.
The result being they weren,t expecting very good groups anyway.
Ya gotta love 'em!

[Lewis Reinhold]

Well the Airgun gurus at Aussie shooter mag.are at it again.
They did themselves proud yet again this month with the review of 2 Diana air rifles.
After several references to firearms as usual,they then went on to bench rest the springers
on a good set of bags. Firmly because of the considerable jump during recoil.
The result being they weren,t expecting very good groups anyway.
Ya gotta love 'em!

I was waiting for you to comment Ray!
I saw the bench rest photo and the numerous references to 'firearms' and just thought 'here we go again'.......
Same old,same old...

[RayG]

Well Lewis,I think they need a very long talk with a bloke like yourself and others who know what an "Airarm" is in all its forms. Hopefully to at least set them on the right path.
In the meantime we will live in hope!

[Lewis Reinhold]

Well Lewis,I think they need a very long talk with a bloke like yourself and others who know what an "Airarm" is in all its forms. Hopefully to at least set them on the right path.
In the meantime we will live in hope!

I gave up years ago trying to re- educate them , Ray.They do not want to listen.

[daisy]

I gave up years ago trying to re- educate them , Ray.They do not want to listen.[/quote]

Hey Lewis if you want them to listen, sign up for full page ads for say, 2 years. You might get a look in then.

Daisy

[Yrrah]

Well the Airgun gurus at Aussie shooter mag.are at it again.
They did themselves proud yet again this month with the review of 2 Diana air rifles.
After several references to firearms as usual,they then went on to bench rest the springers
on a good set of bags. Firmly because of the considerable jump during recoil.
The result being they weren't expecting very good groups anyway.
Ya gotta love 'em!

Apart from the fact of ignorance in respect of shooting a spring powered rifle and its consequence of extremely poor groups ( the pellets weren't that bad, not the best but not that bad for just 10 m shooting ) .. quote ..."Secondly, the rifle needs to be set up firmly in the bags, as there is considerable jump during recoil"... unquote...... did you get this part:

Quote: "At the 20 m mark, the hunting pellets were dropping less than 3cm from a 10m zero"... end quote.
Now this leads me to suspect that the 20 m test was bogus. Note the velocity of the .22 SK Diabolos was 868 fps and the rifle zero was 10 yards. That pellet should have had a POI that was 2.8 cm HIGH (1.1 inches high) at 20 m and the trajectory would not get back down to the line of sight until approx 56 yards...... and it would be around 62 yards before they fell 3 cm below a 10 yards zero.

Sadly The Technical Adviser Brendon ( who is a top CF bench shooter ) has some things to learn about air rifles. The Diana and Nioa were shortchanged with this one.....

Kind regards, Harry.

[kjd]

Perfect reason why a forum such as this is superior for niches than a magazine that relies on advertising dollars to survive.

[Quick]

Thats a good point mate. I wonder why the SSAA has got their own forum yet? The NRAA F-Class guys have one, http://www.ozfclass.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;