American Airguns Blog
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Benchmarks
I have had my Walther LGR now for about 7 months and after all this time I finally had a chance to benchrest my rifle. I have been wanting to really test it out on a bench but didn't have the chance to really do it until now. I have a nice 35 yard range out the back of the garage and I was able to shoot a few groups tonight. I didn't have time to test a variety of pellets so I just shot a few groups with my JSB Express pellets.
There was a good breeze blowing but on the inbetweens the LGV performed wonderful and I was happy to see it. I knew that it shot well but the groups don't lie. I had several touching groups and some that were just a ragged hole. I was very pleased at what I saw.
Well, since I had the rifle on the bench I had to take a few pot shots at some of my targets sitting there of the target stand. At first it was almost too easy, target after target fell as the trigger was pulled. But then the wind picked up and things got a bit more challenging. It was pretty interesting to see how much the wind effected the low velocity pellet compared to my higher power rifles. It was akin to the drift of my higher power rifles at 50 and 55 yards. It was a lot of fun and I am afraid I have been bitten by the low power rifle bug. I have an R7 and FWB300 that I am going to have to scope them up and give them a try too. I may even see how the FWB shoots at 25 and 50 yards with open sights. These low power rifles are a lot of fun!
There was a good breeze blowing but on the inbetweens the LGV performed wonderful and I was happy to see it. I knew that it shot well but the groups don't lie. I had several touching groups and some that were just a ragged hole. I was very pleased at what I saw.
Well, since I had the rifle on the bench I had to take a few pot shots at some of my targets sitting there of the target stand. At first it was almost too easy, target after target fell as the trigger was pulled. But then the wind picked up and things got a bit more challenging. It was pretty interesting to see how much the wind effected the low velocity pellet compared to my higher power rifles. It was akin to the drift of my higher power rifles at 50 and 55 yards. It was a lot of fun and I am afraid I have been bitten by the low power rifle bug. I have an R7 and FWB300 that I am going to have to scope them up and give them a try too. I may even see how the FWB shoots at 25 and 50 yards with open sights. These low power rifles are a lot of fun!
