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OK,... new mount rings arrived today. I bought both medium and high profile rings. The medium profile were just too low for my needs. So, I mounted with the high profile rings. I zeroed the scope, and, went looking for vermin.
The reason for the new shooter is for longer distance shots, beyond where my small .177 Crosman would reach. I took the shooter to my longest reach, which I haven't measured, but, it is a solid 150', and maybe even 200'. I commenced to sniping.
I was consistently hitting on the center that I wanted, but, missed a number of times by a good foot high; the backdrop is a sloped mound of dirt, and, easily traces where the shots hit.
So, I decided to go down one click on the scope,... and,.. bingo_x4 at really long distance (for me, and an air rifle).

So, this is what it is at present:
Beeman QB Chief 1322 .22cal PCP single shot air rifle.
UTG/Leapers BugBuster Accushot 4-16x44 30mm compact (middle size of three sizes) w/ Side Focus turret wheel

The side focus is a really neat feature!

I took the stock butt pad off, and replaced it with a thick piece of fairly stiff rubber foam. I lengthened the drop in the butt, and it fits my shoulder much better now.
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So, the saga continues,.. regarding scopes, and, the difficulties I'm having.
This Beeman Chief has shot low, in all regards, including the open sights being a low 6 o'clock sighting.
I've also had issues with two scopes now, both having run out of vertical elevation adjustment. I thought the first one was just a cheap scope, and returned it, and bought a better one. But the better one still ran out of vertical head room.
This is where I came in suggesting shimming to gain more vertical adjustment.

Well, I finally started thinking that the rifle had a bent barrel, and I had an issue with the safety engagement when the rifle was cocked.
So, I contacted Beeman, and, spoke with a Peter Hernandez in their customer service dep't; he is their technical guy, along with his coworker, they inspect all of the weapons that Beeman produces.
Peter had me come up, and, he and his guy spent the better part of 2.5 hours tearing the thing down into its base components, numerous times over. They inspected the barrel, and, on a milled granite meaurement table, it rolled on that measurement table true and straight. The barrel was not warped or bent.
They replaced all of the seals, and, took on the issue with the safety.
The problem with the safety, was that to go to safety, when cocked, you had to pull the bolt back 100%, and then force just a bit more, and reach around with the other hand, and force the safty to engage.
They tore the gun down multiple times, and could not figure the issue out. So, they fitted me with an entirely new receiver, trigger, reservoir, valves, hammer, etc.
Problem solved.

I walked out entirely impressed with these guys. They took great care of me. And, because I walked in with the rifle wrapped in a towel, they sent me out with a nice new padded nylon case for the rifle, and, a box of pellets.

I definitely picked the right company to buy from. Really happy in that regard.

OK,...
Flash forward to the next day, after the Beeman visit, and, the zero of the rifle goes to shit again for the umpteenth time, and I'm lucky to hit the broadside of a barn from 10'
I am at a total loss here. Because air rifles are a different breed than powder burners, I take my plight to an air rifle forum blog, and, decribe my plight about being vertically challenged, and not being able to get the rifle sighted high enough at 60' (air rifle distance). The gent who writes the blog takes interest, as I post in his article about this exact scope/rifle combo. I describe sitting on a pile of shims on my rear mount, and he describes what I'm experiencing, and, gives me some answers.

Barrel droop. Or, something similar to that; a bore within a straight barrel, that causes droop in the shot.
The barrel proved straight on a millionth of a inch milled surface tolerance table. So, maybe not drilled totally straight?

Regardless, the author, BB Pelletier, aka Tom Gaylord, provided guidance towards a compensating mount that is canted forward, with the rings being square to each other, and even, but on a forward slanted base rail. It is a Dovetail to Picatinny adaptor, that is forward slanted to provide 10" of lift.
I received the adaptor rail today, mounted it, zeroed the scope to a really nice tight group. This zero-in exhausted my air reservoir, and I had to refill it. This refill action has caused me so much grief, so many times, that I was just nervous as heck about it happening again. I cannot explain why, but, it would scramble my zero nearly everytime.

The author, BB, Tom Gaylord, went on to explain to me that the problem with my zero scrambling was due to it being maxed out vertically, and needing to shim higher. He suggested that the sighting tube within the scope, which is spring loaded, was being streatched to an extreme degree, and any action or motion would cause it to scramble the zero. He suggested that I needed to get a compensating mount that pointed the scope downward, as my shims had, but, with a more solid grip with the rings being on the same plane. And that action would allow me to bring the elevation turret down, which in turn should settle the scope.

With much trepidation I refilled the reservoir, fully expecting to have scrambled the scope, again,... and, it held sighting perfectly.
So, I shot another air tank round, and, refilled, and checked again, perfect.

I've not had any such luck thus far.
The rifle is a drooper, I guess. Thats not an issue (for me), and Beeman really did themselves proud.
This new slanted mount has allowed me to drop my elevation turret considerably; in getting zeroed, every action was down down down.

The results,... two rodents nailed at 175' or so. Like splitting a bratwurst at ground level.
 
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Sarge would have a hissy fit to have a window with no screen. Me,... envious of your fine facility there. It looks like you've got similar amenities; AC, television, internet, toilet, fridge, easy chair,..?!? all the good chit.

And,... the tapered scope mount, the DrooperCompensater, has been a great addition. It has given me stability with the scope, whereas before, it was completely out of control. I've learned a lot in the exercise.
 
I picked up a Taurus PT111 G2C and for a 200 dollar gun it's a pretty amazing piece. I shot it better the 2nd time out with it than the CZ P10 C I've had for a year. I had a Taurus 709 that was another good gun as long as you didn't show it a box of WWB. Others not mentioned elsewhere in the post are; Full size M&P 22, RWS Diane 22 air rifle

Here's from todays trip to the range. Original posted on Taurus Forums

This was my second trip. The first time was just a shake down right after I bought it to make sure the gun worked. This time was to get the feel for it. For me this is the most comfortable pistol I've ever held and that proved true during shooting. The target was 21' both sessions. That first trip was pull to left and slightly down, nothing new. If you look at the picture of the target from the 2nd trip what is circled in red are the first 2 mags 24 shots with about 5 landing outside the circle closer to the bulls eye. I use the the part of my finger just in front of the first joint to pull the trigger. After I tightened my grip and extended my arms slightly it made all the difference in the world. That's 4 mags 48 shots with the last mags rounds just clipping paper from the big hole. What I realized afterwards is I hadn't give the trigger a single thought, it was that smooth. This was all WWB 115gr. I hate Winchester white box it's always been ammo that has given me trouble. Well Wal-mart had it for 35 bucks for 200 rounds so what the heck lets see what the G2C can do with it. It did just fine. 122 rounds of 115gr fmj all together and no problems. When I opened the box I was surprised to see nice clean shiny ammo. Maybe they got their act together. So far this is a solid performer and has a great feel to it.

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Here's from today also. My CZ 455 22lr at 75' 25 shots each hole using one bag for a rest with one flyer that was my fault. They can be covered with a quarter. That CZ rife is an outstanding piece. It was a good day at the range.

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Aguila Super Extra 40gr HP. They have a funny smell when fired compared to other makers but they're accurate at least for 25 yards. It runs just fine in my M&P 22 full size pistol also. The CZ 455 is a very nice rifle and being able to switch barrels to shoot 17mm hmr or 22 mag is a big plus. Sooner or later I'll pick up the 17mm. I got it from Tombstone in Arizona for less than 300
 
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So, last night, I took on a rebuild project for my 20y.o. Crosman 2100 pellet rifle. I didn't realize the need for another 1.5 hands for the project; Geez.
This should have been a throw away, and buy another one caliber of project (new ones are $65->$70 range). But, for some reason, I decided to drop the -$20 for the rebuild air handling bits.
I figured I'm going to submit it to the Ground Squirrel Whacking Hall of Fame, and need to at least present them with something with some sort of pop left in it.
I had to tear the thing apart a few dozen times due to spring loaded parts flying off into nowhere. Finally got it all together.
thats all.
 
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