Fun with Air Rifles

[nbkky71]

I've had all this week off but the miserable weather prevented me from going down to the rifle range. So I dug out an old Daisy 853 air rifle that I purchased from the CMP years ago, up at Camp Perry.



I had forgotten how fun they are to shoot and just how accurate they can be. I didn't have any airgun targets, but some 1" orange dots sufficed at 10m. It made for a fun afternoon

5 rounds prone


... and 5 offhand (with a WIDE miss)

 

[MLS2]

Good on ya. I find a way to shoot something anytime I get the urge. I even shoot my slingshots at least once a week.

 

[NCLivingBrit]

Air rifles are great skill builders and rarely annoy the neighborhood. Cheap to shoot too.

 

[nbkky71]

Ya know... looking at those dots I was thinking that I did some pretty good shooting. But when I ran the image through OnTarget, that came out to a 1.9MOA group! Nowhere near tight enough to win an air rifle match!

 

[Amps 13]

Ya know... looking at those dots I was thinking that I did some pretty good shooting. But when I ran the image through OnTarget, that came out to a 1.9MOA group! Nowhere near tight enough to win an air rifle match!

You are shooting with a BB gun. Leave the technology on the shelf and use eyeball. That's good shooting to me!

 

[Gunbelt]

I do love air rifles. Been looking at a PCP model for a while.

 

[Carolinatlc]

I have a fun little 953 I love plinking with also. Good reminder I need to get it back from my dad.