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Remington air rifle
I figured my neighbors were getting POed at me for shooting rabbits with my .22 so I bought a .17 cal air rifle at Gander Mtn. I had never seen a Remington before so I bought one. After checking I found that it's a Chinese made Crosman. Remington doesn't even list it on their website. I suppose I was a bit enamored by the nice shiny wood stock (typical Remington finish) instead of the usual clunky chunk of wood most air rifles have.
I was warned that I wouldn't be able to shoot with any precision with the scope mounted. Two other guys at work have already gone through this with Crosman and Gamo rifles. Because you cock the gun at the center of the barrel and the scope is mounted near the "receiver," the barrel never actually points in the same direction twice due to the slop at the pivot point.
Sure enough even at 10 yds I had a spread of about 2 1/2" for a three shot group. I waited a couple of days to try again and it was just as bad. After taking the scope off the holes in my first 3 shot group were just about touching each other. It seems that both open sights are mounted on the front half of the barrel so they are always aligned with the trajectory.
I'm a little disappointed. First, I liked the looks of the gun with a scope, and second I don't see as well as I used to so the scope would have been beneficial. It's not a bad scope so I can put it on a single shot .22 that I've got.
Does anyone have any ideas on mounting a lazer sight on the gun? It would have to clamp on to the front barrel or the same slop would affect it as the optical scope.
Dave
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As usual, the first time I buy something, it's never right until I get some experience. I can't understand why they market this barrel cocking type at all with scopes when you couldn't hit a rabbit if you wanted to. That 2 1/2" group at 10 yds would be over a foot at 50 yds. I guess I answered my own question, it's marketing.
Now that I'm well into my 50s I'm interested in your thoughts on glasses. I suppose you would need bi/tri focals to see both the sights plus the target. Do you have individual sections in your trifocals or are they progressives? Would progressives work with open sights?
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Harvey, peep sights should help "old eyes." You can poke a small hole in a piece of paper and look through it as a test. Typically you can resolve smaller objects because less of the lens diameter is used. The problem is, much less light is allowed into your eye so under low light conditions, you can't find the target. I no longer take any peep sight rifles for early morning/late evening deer hunting. They're a great sight when there's plenty of light.
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