Garmin Xero bought

[stevein]

I pulled the trigger on a Garmin Xero at Triple A in Latto, In. No deal but it is something I wanted. I had read only good reviews and while I would rather have a lower price I decided not to wait.

Getting started was easy. Getting the App for my phone was easy. After giving it a full charge I grabbed my Ruger .177 pellet rifle and 2 different tins of pellets.



I had a barrel with dots already set up so I followed the set up for a pellet gun on the unit.  Just enter the weight of the pellet and it tells where to set the unit from the muzzle.  Where the muzzle was looked a little high so I grabbed the water pan from the smoker and set the unit on it.  Loaded a Gamo pellet and commenced the smoke test.  The first shot was recorded so I continued with 9 more.  All recorded.



Now for the surprise. I loaded the RWS pellets. They were noticeably easier to seat and very consistent in loading pressure. The GAMOs were hard to seat straight and required more pressure.




I was amazed by the results. I was in a hurry to get this done so I just thumped the barrel. I did use the same loading techniques for each round. When I get a chance I will check group size and run a different RWS pellet.

I am satisfied, no really happy with the results. Previous use of the shoot overs was not that great. Set up was almost nothing with the Xero.  The sun or clouds always messed with them.   FYI the shot results were screen shots taken on my phone.

[Woody Williams]

Rebate on the bow and crossbow sights

www8.garmin.com/promotions/2024Rebate-XeroBowSight-CrossbowScope-en-US.pdf

[esshup]

Stevein:

I used to shoot Field Target with my FWB124D and then switched to an Air Arms TX200. I bought a ,177" pellet sizing tool and also had a pellet insertion tool. Let me look to see if I can find them on the 'net.

Here ya go. Pell Seat Pell Seat

The pellet sizing tool looks something like this



Did the sizing help groups? I think so because the ones that went through the sizer with little to no effort I set aside. I forget exactly I used, but I did lube the pellets after I pushed them through the sizer. Lubed by lightly spraying with a certain kind of oil, then rolling them back and forth in a towel to get any excess oil off of them. I was using Crosmam 7.9g round nosed pellets. I had the guns tuned so they were running right at 900 fps.

I was able to keep pace with many PCP guns when I was shooting, and won a few matches, but that was in the late 1990's and with the advancements in PCP technology now I doubt that I could do it today.

[stevein]

Thank you. I remember seeing a sizer and an insertion tool.

Champions Choice $ells match grade pellets. Way out of my capability range.

Now to get the Xero out with some faster guns.

[esshup]

One of these days I will get a good PCP................. Something along the lines of a Daystate or something similar.

[stevein]

Mar 4, 2024 0:21:21 GMT -5 esshup said:

One of these days I will get a good PCP................. Something along the lines of a Daystate or something similar.

I had a nice English PCP in my hands at an auction. No pump, no compressor for it. Getting either was something I did not want to pay for. It was right handed and had a big rollover cheek piece and a beautiful chunk of English Walnut. I think it went for about $200, way under the ones at various sites. The lack of a pump or compressor was the deal breaker.

[esshup]

Mar 4, 2024 9:13:43 GMT -5 stevein said:

Mar 4, 2024 0:21:21 GMT -5 esshup said:

One of these days I will get a good PCP................. Something along the lines of a Daystate or something similar.

I had a nice English PCP in my hands at an auction. No pump, no compressor for it. Getting either was something I did not want to pay for. It was right handed and had a big rollover cheek piece and a beautiful chunk of English Walnut. I think it went for about $200, way under the ones at various sites. The lack of a pump or compressor was the deal breaker.

Needing a pump and compressor is part of the issue that I have, but worst case I could go to the local welding supply shop and get a tank of compressed Nitrogen. That should be good for quite a few fills. Some guys are/were using it in their PCP's. I am not interested in a manual pump to fill it, but I know the compressors cost about as much as the gun. I did see one (compressor) go at auction for under 1/4 the price of a new one.