First shots with my SX100 Orion
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2014 6:49 pm
I bought the SX100 Orion last week but fell sick just two days after that so i didn't get a chance to try it out. Today i went out to simson gun house in Bajpe near Mangalore and bought a bushbell banner scope 3x9x40. I know i'm supposed to shoot using a scope this early but i couldn't help myself. So after a few DIY videos on youtube the scope was mounted and ready to be used.
The targets used were from Gamo(which i got for free
). Distance was roughly 20 meters(i used my legs to measure). I wasn't very comfortable with my stance initially which was knee rested, so I decided to use support from my bike seat which seems to have helped a lot. Pellets used were Precipell field target 15grain. The pellets seemed to have been fitting rather tightly in the barrel. Also i noticed like many others, this gun's barrel also scrapes on the left side of the stock when loading the gun, not something to worry about i suppose.
Took me about 9 shots to zero in the scope with a gun that had never been shot with before
. I replaced the target and went at it again and i must say i am really impressed with the performance of this gun. I know not all the shots were on point but that was mostly because of my own silly mistakes like changing the way I held the fore grip and squeezing hard on the trigger.
Unfortunately I didn't get to put out a few more rounds because of the weather, suddenly started raining so I had to pack up n rush home. The link below has the pics of the groups i managed after sighting the gun, the scope mounted on the gun and the location with the target in the background.
Respect for the Doctor.
Album LInk: http://s1166.photobucket.com/user/joey5 ... t=3&page=1
The targets used were from Gamo(which i got for free
). Distance was roughly 20 meters(i used my legs to measure). I wasn't very comfortable with my stance initially which was knee rested, so I decided to use support from my bike seat which seems to have helped a lot. Pellets used were Precipell field target 15grain. The pellets seemed to have been fitting rather tightly in the barrel. Also i noticed like many others, this gun's barrel also scrapes on the left side of the stock when loading the gun, not something to worry about i suppose.Took me about 9 shots to zero in the scope with a gun that had never been shot with before
. I replaced the target and went at it again and i must say i am really impressed with the performance of this gun. I know not all the shots were on point but that was mostly because of my own silly mistakes like changing the way I held the fore grip and squeezing hard on the trigger.Unfortunately I didn't get to put out a few more rounds because of the weather, suddenly started raining so I had to pack up n rush home. The link below has the pics of the groups i managed after sighting the gun, the scope mounted on the gun and the location with the target in the background.
Respect for the Doctor.
Album LInk: http://s1166.photobucket.com/user/joey5 ... t=3&page=1