Gamo Delta Fox GT Whisper .177

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   Ja, I believe 10m air rifle and 10m air pistol are Olympic sports.
But I don’t think they would allow me to use my shooting sticks like I did for the above tests 😂.
However they do use those funny stright jackets and gloves that would make Michale Jackson jealous 😂 

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RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 541	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 Jul 2023 at 10:42am
	Ja, I believe 10m air rifle and 10m air pistol are Olympic sports. But I don’t think they would allow me to use my shooting sticks like I did for the above tests 😂. However they do use those funny stright jackets and gloves that would make Michale Jackson jealous 😂
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kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 1711	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jun 2023 at 8:43pm
	youth rifles can be hell acurate so I'm told. (looks like it!) People rubbish gamo, I'm not a fan but the simple fact is, if the gun the works for you, and you achieve results, then it's a good gun. Some people love gamo and shoot them well. Isn't ten meter an official comp target distance? Thats great shooting, I'd be stoked with that too 👍

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 541	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 30 Jun 2023 at 2:51pm
	Miserable rainy day today, so I did some more testing… Tested pellets number 3 and 4 today. First up, JSB Hades 10,43gr. Same protocol, measured 25 pellets for head diameter. Very consistante, only 0.02mm variation. Shot a group of 10 on left to “lead in”, then shot 5 more on right for more “leading in”. Then a group of 10 in the center. All shot at 10m. The group on the right was great, then the poi for the 10 in the middle shifted up, and I can’t explain why??? Same protocol with the next pellets, JSB Exacts 8.44gr. Measured 25 pellets for head size. Also very consistent, 0.02mm veriation. Started with the 5 shot group on the right. Rain stopped play and I wasn’t sure there was any more point in continuing… ??? I’ve put a pellet in the hole to show size. I know it’s “just a youth rifle” and a cheap Gamo… And I know it was only shot at 10m. But I’m pretty impressed with it so far 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Edited by RangerPete - 30 Jun 2023 at 3:28pm
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RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 541	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jun 2023 at 5:33pm
	For some reason I have it in the back of my head that flat/wad cutter style pellets are intended for 10m target competition, and they are very accurate out to 10m but by 20m they are all over the place… 🤔🤔🤔 Will have to test that theory once I’ve finished testing the Hades and the Exacts at 10m
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J-S Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 19 Oct 2014 Location: Auckland Status: Offline Posts: 360	Post Options Post Reply Quote J-S Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jun 2023 at 10:39am
	looking good! Lower powered airguns do often do well with flat head pellets
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kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 1711	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Jun 2023 at 8:16pm
	That's a nice group all right. Be interesting to see how it spreads with distance. Be saving that tin of pellets. Great when you score a good tin.

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 541	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Jun 2023 at 7:23pm
	Tested pellet number two today. Also a very old tin of pellets I have had for ages. CZ, Diabolo Master. No weight given. I used to shoot tins of these through my old Diana mod42 side lever at 12m, developing muscle memory for my .458Lott. They were super accurate in that rifle at 12m, even free hand. (I’ve just found out why!) I measured the heads of 25 pellets, and… they were all identical!!! All 4.45mm. Unbelievable! The “boxers” I measured yesterday had a 0.2mm variation. These had 0.0mm variation!!! Anyway, shot a group of 10 on the left to “lead in” the barrel, then another group of 5 on the right for some extra leading in, then a final group of 10 in the center. All shot at 10m. Pretty happy with that and I think it’s going to be rather hard to beat that… 🤔 But still got the JSB hades and exact to come! All 25 measured the same 4.45mm!!! Seems the “leading in” really works. First 10 shots on left, (first 5 all over, second 5 settled). Third 5 shots on the right. Then 10 in the center. Edited by RangerPete - 27 Jun 2023 at 7:38pm
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RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 541	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jun 2023 at 5:45pm
	So pellet type number 1. Made by CZ, “boxer” pellets. No weight given. Had them lying around for a very long time. Measured 20 pellets. 4.3mm x 1 pellet 4.4mm x 4 pellets 4.45mm x 11 pellets 4.5mm x 4 pellets. Clearly these are high class, quality pellets. 😂😂😂 Kept 10 of the 4.45mm for a 10th shot grouping test, and used the other 10 to warm up me and the barrell. Interestingly the 4.5mm grouped together and high. The 4.4mm grouped together but lower. And the one 4.3mm, which I would describe as “loose” in the chamber, was a lot lower than all the others. The remaining 10 pellets were supposedly all 4.45mm, according to my old vernia. Shot at 10m, the result is in the pic below, with 7 shots in a 10.5mm ctc hole. The last 5 shots were all in the “one hole” so maybe the barrel needed at least 15 shots to warm up…??? Who knows 🤔 Edited by RangerPete - 27 Jun 2023 at 7:32pm
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kruzaroad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 02 Jul 2022 Location: Hastings 4 now Status: Offline Posts: 1711	Post Options Post Reply Quote kruzaroad Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jun 2023 at 12:42pm
	Should good enough for head size. Prob be better sorting a tin out into head sizes first. It's supprising how much variation there can be and often the most common isn't the head size indicated. That way you can shoot groups of a particular size. Relaxing way to pass a couple of hours.

RangerPete Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 18 Apr 2023 Location: Cambridge. Status: Offline Posts: 541	Post Options Post Reply Quote RangerPete Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Jun 2023 at 11:35am
	The vast majority of the pellets were “snug” in the breech and seemed to produce the grouping in the middle. The “loose” ones were usually low and left. There was also a small sub-grouping up above the main group, which makes me wonder were those pellets a wee bit extra tight in the breech??? Going forward I’ll try measure and record the head size before I load each pellet and see if I can work out a pattern. I only have a vernia that reads to 0.05mm, but I might be able to detect a size difference. When changing from one type of pellet to another, what do you think an adequate number of “leading in” pellets would be for each new type of pellet before testing it for grouping?
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