Hi all, just a question regarding range and power on my TX200

[magpieman]

Hi everyone. ive recently bought myself a pre owned AA TX200 MK2. ive read quite a bit of stuff on here about the recommended killing range for rabbits, 35 / 40 yards, required group sizes etc. i don't have a chronograph so im wondering if there's a common house hold item i.e a tin of beans etc that i might shoot to measure at what range "my" rifle would kill a rabbit. eg would it need to shoot straight through the full tin, or would penetrating just one side represent enough power for a clean humane kill, any idea's =) ?

 

[poguemahone]

you really need a chrono reading mate, then you know for sure.

if its doing 11-11.5ft/lbs then you've no worries about power to kill rabbits at the range you mention (.177 will go straight through at that range)

put in your location and someone nearby may have a chrono

[magpieman]

cheers bud =) ive not long moved to a small village just outside tiverton in devon, i know there's plenty of folk about near me on it coz i hear bullet rifles n shottys goin off the whole time, i think the fact i dont do the whole pub might be a bit of a barrier lol. my old man knows his stuff but he lives miles away. his air rifles are all tweaked and i know what state his pellets are in after they've splatted off the back plate of his steel target holder. a quick play with a chrono would be cool n a lot less old school lol

[magpieman]

ha' ive just measured out 40 yards and its actually not that far at all. does make me wonder why folk put massive scopes on air rifles as i was intending to do, mildots make sense for sure, but mag over 12 with 50 mm objective lenses seems way beyond what a 12ftp air rifle could ever need ?

[alex.mc]

There is a free app for smartphones called Chrono connect. http://www.chronoconnect.com/

If you have the stuff to measure distances accurately, it uses the sound of the gun firing versus it hitting a target to work out the velocity. It seems to mixed re4vues and couldn't be considered as accurate as a proper hardware Chrono, but it would serve as a reasonable indication.

[magpieman]

oh cool i'll give that a shot, just need to blag my gf's iphone of her, might be tricky lol

[fenboy]

40 yards may not look far , but try putting every pellet in a area the size of a pound coin at that range and you will find its not easy , and thats the sort of group you need to be getting to be able to shoot live quarry at that range.

[magpieman]

yeah i did end up thinking that the distance is relative to the size of the kill zone, lol that got me thinking the diameter of a pound coin times the hight of the adverage male equates to hitting a man sized target 2463 yards away, thats only 244 yards off the longest recorded sniper kill, best start saving for my schmidt and bender scope now lol. for sure though hitting a quid sized target at 40 yards consistantly is gonna take a bit of practice

[NIGHT SEARCHER]

Call in your local gun shop they should run it over a chrono for you.

 

Or get your self a crombro chrono about £40 second hand there`s just been one in other sales.

Edited April 27, 2013 by NIGHT SEARCHER

[magpieman]

thats cheap, just found a HFT club 7 miles down the road, hhmmm strokes his chin lol

[NIGHT SEARCHER]

Combro chrony 625. Comes with data lead and software. Logs all data to pc/laptop, no need to reset chrony between shots, warning alarm if rifle over power, string data etc.

 

£45 posted £40 cash. Bank transfer,cheque or cash if you pick up.

 

Located Louth Lincolnshire.

[magpieman]

cheers mate =) you know im i bit worried about getting permission to shoot where i live, me crawling around all cammoed up at stupid oclock in the morning, i might look a bit like a fox from a couple of hundred yards away =/ lol