Hope everyone's out shooting.
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Been this route before, 7 or 8 years ago, in .177. They were not very accurate, then. I'm sort of hoping .22 will be an improvement. They are also available in .25 cal :icon_eek:
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Anyone else notice the ribbed skirt w/c in there? Looks like Gamo is up to their usual q/c...
I'm not at the shop today, so testing will have to wait. I set up in the dining room, and fired two of them from about 14 ft- all the distance I could get.
First was out of my el-cheapo Roebel chinese springer into the bottom of a kilo coffee can:
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This rifle was clocking 460 fps, IIRC, with a 14.3 gr w/c. No idea what it's doing with the .22 rocket- no weight listed on the tin, or packaging. Second shot was similar, except it was from a 18" bbl 22-89 at the same distance, at ten pumps. It penetrated a lot further than the springer- through the tin bottom, and through the plastic lid.
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Test for group will likely be in the next couple of days...
Regards,
Doc Sharptail