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doofus47 · January 11, 2019, 07:28 PM

When I was young, I spent a lot of trigger time with my pellet gun. It engrained a lot of basic habits (mostly good).
I know exactly what you mean about the pellets being affected by wind. I spent so much time with that rifle that I could visualize the path of the pellet.
The best shot I ever took (and probably ever will take) was not long, about 20 yards off hand through a 90 degree cross wind that was howling. I was shooting at a red winged black bird. I confidently aimed at absolutely nothing 6 inches to the right of the bird and hit it square.

Shooting pellet guns is still great fun.

January 11, 2019, 07:28 PM	#4
doofus47 Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2010 Location: live in a in a house when i'm not in a tent Posts: 2,326	When I was young, I spent a lot of trigger time with my pellet gun. It engrained a lot of basic habits (mostly good). I know exactly what you mean about the pellets being affected by wind. I spent so much time with that rifle that I could visualize the path of the pellet. The best shot I ever took (and probably ever will take) was not long, about 20 yards off hand through a 90 degree cross wind that was howling. I was shooting at a red winged black bird. I confidently aimed at absolutely nothing 6 inches to the right of the bird and hit it square. Shooting pellet guns is still great fun. __________________ I'm right about the metric system 3/4 of the time.