Well today I was chronying different pellets and trying different holds.
I am shooting off sticks and the rifle is placed on the sticks at the rifles stock screw location. Now to try to explain some of my abbreviations it goes something like this:
Tips of fingers (TOF)- I used the tips of my fingers of my right hand (for I am a right hand shooter) and placed them on the vertical line of the checkering on the pistol grip
Thumb on side (TOS)- thumb on the side of pistol grip. Basically the thumb is not touching the rifle.
Thumb on edge (TOE)- thumb om upper and outer edge of checkering on pistol grip. Where checkering and smooth wood meet. Furthest away from Palm.
Thumb up (TU)- the thumb is laid on the back and center of the pistol grip. Like it would be on the dovetail if the dovetail continued down the back or top of the grip
1st digits(1st joint of the index, middle and ring finger)- I did all three thumb positions with the 1st digit placement as I did with the fingertips.
Just showing people who may not know what the difference in holds can do to a springer's poi (point of impact)
I'm also saying that the artillery hold is not the end all with all. Try everything. Tomorrow I may even repeat this with the sticks under the bell area of the scope. Any closer to the trigger guard gives me too much wobble.
The chrony data was taken with a pro digital chronograph about one foot from the muzzle and they were 30 shot strings except for the CP 7.9gr domes from the brown box and target was at 25yds.
Just in case the pics don't come through here is the chrony data.
CP 7.9 brown box
H-776 L-766 Avg-772 ES-10 SD-2
AA 8.4
H-776 L-765 Avg-770 ES-11 SD-3
AS 7.87
H-817 L-796 Avg-807 ES-21 SD-6
JSB 7.87
H-813 L-803 Avg- 807 ES-10 SD-2
I hope you enjoy, shoot, learn your rifle and have fun.
CP 7.9gr @ 25yds
https://imgur.com/gallery/yiiV5Hu
Thank you for sharing this. I notice with my TX200 that I get the best accuracy with the fore stock balanced on my Bogpod and my right thumb rested on the center of the pistol grip. I am going to try the finger tip thing with my right hand, to see how that helps the accuracy.
By the way: Nice shooting!
@fred-ji remember you are one of the first people who helped me out when I first got her
Josh,
I tried the fingertip hold of the pistol grip on my TX200. I found, with my long fingers that the best hold was to have the fingertips just inside the checkering. So only my palm and fingertips lightly touch the pistol grip. Placing the thumb lightly on the top of the pistol grip seems to be best, but I might try moving the thumb to the side on the border of the checkering tomorrow.
@fred-j. Also try each hand position with inch intervals of stock placement
