London Best Posted July 6, 2020 Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 With respect, it could now just be down to ‘pilot error’. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul5tag Posted July 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2020 12 minutes ago, London Best said: With respect, it could now just be down to ‘pilot error’. Yes as I’ve said it’s a new gun to me and I do believe I need to practice with it , but I’m not a paper puncher at heart,but you’re comments have given me something to think about and no offence taken. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 On 04/07/2020 at 18:12, Walker570 said: errrr ?? snatch ? exactly what i was going to say..........does the trigger need working on and concentrate on the pulling /squeezing of the trigger and breathing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 No offence meant by my earlier comment. We can all do it, believe me and sometimes it can be consistent, particularly with rifle mount and picture in the scope all put together. Been there, done it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243deer Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 If it were me I would be trying different pellets - it can be a pita finding the right one but when you do you will know immediately. On other forums specifically airgun related there is a very helpful chap that sells pellet try packs with 10 different makes in - saves investing £135 ish in 9 out of 10 tins that are not so good Running my AA510 at 25ft lbs - I had to try quite a few different pellets before finding the right one for my barrel. Any advice that this or that pellet will work is a punt in the dark, all barrels are different. Use bags or a clamp to support the rifle whilst testing to take out possible user error as Walker570 quite rightly says, we have all been there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul5tag Posted July 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 12 minutes ago, Walker570 said: No offence meant by my earlier comment. We can all do it, believe me and sometimes it can be consistent, particularly with rifle mount and picture in the scope all put together. Been there, done it. Well lads I thought I’d got sorted ,but it appears not. After having found the above possible cause as mentioned earlier took the gun out to check before going out on the rabbits and I was back to square one! So two hours later, scope off ,replacement scope on much the same, so original scope back on ,then a visit to the internet airgun forums,I came away with the idea to try the single shot loading tray as someone had had bother with the Daystate magazine. You may well be right about it been driver error so I’m going to give it a rest and come back to it. Anyway here’s my results at 33yds It looked like single loading was the way forward then I put the mag back in you decide I’m puddled. By the way I’ve not taken any offence as all comments have been constructive and I would be the first to admit I’m far from a perfect shot .cheers Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243deer Posted July 7, 2020 Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 two things would be helpful now 1. making sure the gun is unloaded take the mod off and take a picture for us of the barrel looking down into it so we can see the crown and any possible damage 2. Assuming your scope says on it 1/4 or 1/8 moa Get a plain piece of a4 draw on it 4 crosses as the corners of a 6inch square - shoot 3 shots at the top left corner and then turn your scope turret 20 clicks to the right, 3 more shots, now 20 clicks down, 3 more shots, 20 clicks left, 3 more shots, 20 clicks up 3 more shots This is called the square test - put the results on her with a pic - if your scope is good then you should have shot 4 corners of a square (within the 6 inch boundaries) and returned to your original corner - if it is not good the we should be able to see this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul5tag Posted July 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2020 37 minutes ago, 243deer said: two things would be helpful now 1. making sure the gun is unloaded take the mod off and take a picture for us of the barrel looking down into it so we can see the crown and any possible damage 2. Assuming your scope says on it 1/4 or 1/8 moa Get a plain piece of a4 draw on it 4 crosses as the corners of a 6inch square - shoot 3 shots at the top left corner and then turn your scope turret 20 clicks to the right, 3 more shots, now 20 clicks down, 3 more shots, 20 clicks left, 3 more shots, 20 clicks up 3 more shots This is called the square test - put the results on her with a pic - if your scope is good then you should have shot 4 corners of a square (within the 6 inch boundaries) and returned to your original corner - if it is not good the we should be able to see this Ok will try to do this in next couple of days thanks for the suggestion 243 deer👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243deer Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Paul, sorry should have said, keep aiming at the top left cross Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul5tag Posted July 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Cheers 243deer, I was going to ask you about that, I’ve run out of air ,I filled that bloody rifle so many times. So I’ll have to pop and get a fill up then get back on it. Thanks again Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robertt Posted July 8, 2020 Report Share Posted July 8, 2020 Alot of faults to be sorted here and I'm not sure where to start ! How are you setting your parallax ? Has the barrel been cleaned ? Are you shooting bench rested ? Is the barrel free floating ? Groups look too tight for silencer clipping but would check by painting exit with tippex. Try using a different rifle to compare group pattern and a visit to an indoor range may help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul5tag Posted July 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Well here goes, after trawling various air rifle forums and hearing the woes of Daystate owners it appears that barrel / shroud moderator problems are quite common, so I decided to remove the shroud and check things out. I found a o ring which I had stuffed back in previously was split ( me and my rough technique) so as look would have I had another and this time replaced it with my new improved technique. Everything back together down for a test ,still not good. Remove one mod replaced with another ! Worse, took mod off tried again, hey ho a group. Then another group but I felt if I carried on without a mod I would be getting a visit from the armed response team. so in curiosity I replaced my original HW mod back on ,and it grouped .Having Zeroed up this is what I shot . This is my rest set up and the barrel was cleaned when I got the rifle. By the way 243deer I haven’t done the square test as yet . I dare not move the zero but I will after a bit more testing. Appreciate your comments .ATB Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 Looks good now 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul5tag Posted July 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Mice! said: Looks good now 👍 Cheers I hope so👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted July 9, 2020 Report Share Posted July 9, 2020 MOA tree rats head, could not be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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