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New HW30S arrived today. No time for shooting today but had to try it. 3 shots from new shooting chair that I haven’t got to use yet. Sun filtering thru trees wasn’t best time for shooting or taking pictures. Here’s a couple pictures. I’m hoping tomorrow I can really check out Gun and chair. Shooting from 15 yds.

Yeeeha!!!!

Looking good. Remember, too, that any HW will shoot smoother after a couple of tins of pellets and accuracy can also get better as the gun gets shot, so just keep shooting.

Congratulations and enjoy your shooting.

A new gun is always so much fun trying for the first time. Congrats GW.

Loving the gun. The shooting chair is gonna be good also I think—-after I get all the adjustments figured out. I had to improvise a table using the tailgate of my UTV. You don’t want to leave your gun on the chair and get up. Chair will tip over. I almost found that out the hard way—almost. Looks like I’m shooting about the same kind of groups as I do my .22’s. These old eyes and open sights don’t go good together. Here’s some pictures. Oh, and that’s at 15 yds.

You're doing great. You can expect your HW30 to shoot rimfire like groups out to about 30 yards or a bit more. Beyond that, you need a day of calm wind and otherwise excellent shooting conditions. On such days, though, I have shot sub one inch groups at 50 yards.

I'm glad you like the chair too. I'm looking forward to more reports on this rifle.

Looks like I need to find another type backing to tack targets too. Been using the rubber cattle trailer mat, but some pellets ricochet off it. Is it ok to post airgun results in Range Reports?

graywolf wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 23, 2022 8:27 pm

Looks like I need to find another type backing to tack targets too. Been using the rubber cattle trailer mat, but some pellets ricochet off it. Is it ok to post airgun results in Range Reports?

Absolutely. It IS a range report. A valid one at that.

Loving the rifle. Probably shot close to 100 rds. so far. Mentioned peep sights and scopes on one of my range reports. Think I"m gonna try the peep sight and see if I like it. Guess if I don't like it, will have no other choice but a scope.

Don

A good red dot is another possibility. I've used a Burris Fastfire on on of our HW30s. Very easy to use. You just need a 3/8" to weaver adapter on the rail first and then add a standard red dot.

Here's the adapter plus red dot on one of my other springers.

I have a red dot on one of my .22's and like it. I been reading about scopes not made for airguns want last. I haven't thought about a red dot. I might lean more towards a red dot than a peep sight. Decisions, decisions..

As long as you use a quality red dot, no problem on a springer, especially on a light springer like the 30. Only issue is that way up close at 10 yards, you will get some parallax (movement of the dot off the target if you vary your eye position), but it varies with the model and type of dot. The Burris in my pic, for instance, has very little. Once you move back to 15 or 20 yards, it becomes a non-issue.

I think I’m going with a red dot. Looking at the Hawke Red Dot, and looks like it has the size dovetail mount on the sight. Wouldn’t need adapter….right?

As long as you get one of their 9-11mm rail versions, you're good to go. Just don't get one of their Weaver versions.

Red Dot got here today. Not much time to sight it in, but got close. Pretty busy weekend so unless I can squeeze in a little time tomorrow, will probably be after weekend before I can shoot more. Did post a quick range report though.