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Thursday 20 June 2013

Nikko Nighteater 30mm 6-24x56 MilDot SWAT Scope

Giving this scope a try, wanted to have a go at a bit of FT shooting with the .22 Hornet.
On looking at Chairgun on x24 for a .22 I needed extended mildots so that 55 yards had a mildot, on a normal mildot scope with 4 mildots this only goes to 42 yards. The extended mildot (6 mildots ) gives me the option to shoot at 55 yards on x24.
The scope is huge!!16.5 inch's with the sunshade 21inchs.
The optics are very good, nice and clear it has a 30mm tube , I have been setting the wheel up for range finding and can range find accurately within about 1/2 - 1 yard accuracy. the scope cost me £175.00 which I think is good value for a scope of this quality , it comes with mounts , large  side wheel , 3.5 inch sunshade & flip up scope caps.
The turrets are pull up to adjust and then push down to lock, there is a small Allen key bolt in the turret so you can set your turrets to zero once set up.
On x24 you can parallax down to 10 yards, if you lower the mag you can clearly see at less than 8 yrds mag adjustment range is 6 - 24.
So far I think this scope is really good and excelent value for money , the optics are in the same quality range as my MTC scope.

 






Saturday 1 June 2013

BSA HORNET .22 PCP REVIEW

Well I have had this gun a few months now so I thought I would review it.

I suppose the 2 most important factors any one needs to know about a gun are accuracy and the trigger. The gun I have is .22 and the accuracy is superb , the gun out shoots me, if I miss it is not the gun I use Falcon accuracy plus pellets these are light pellets and give a flatter tragetory than heavier pellets like AA fields. The trigger is nice and light and has a definable 2 stage pull you can let the shot of crisply or slowly. The gun has an unusual loading / cocking arrangement to open the breach you press a small lever on the right side of the breech and this releases a bolt that springs backwards and opens the pellet tray , you insert the pellet and push the bolt forward until it locks, you then pull a plunger back towards you at the front of the stock this cocks the gun and its ready to fire, there is an on off safety at the rear of the stock as well , this is not an auto safety so you engage it as required .

 
The air chamber takes a 232bar fill and i am getting 80+ shots from a fill at full power, the accuracy is spot on right from the first shot, this will be due to the regulator which does an excellent job. The silencer appears to be original and works really well the gun is whisper quiet.
Below is a target I shot at 35 yards
 
The black area is smaller than a 1p coin there are 5 shots in this group. The gun is fairly heavy but this will in part be due to the scope i use which in its self is reasonably heavy. Overall I really rate this gun and would recommend one to any bobdy.