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Killing chipmunks is about to get serious damnit!
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<blockquote data-quote="engineer40" data-source="post: 1212419" data-attributes="member: 90399"><p>I'm about to put that Hammers scope onto my son's cheap air rifle. This Ruger air rifle has been nothing but frustrating to me. It's horribly inaccurate and doesn't shoot anywhere close to the 1,200fps claims. </p><p></p><p>I've chronographed it a lot and average velocity is 680fps. By comparison, I was chronographing someone's RWS 34 on the same day and it was breaking the sound barrier on some shots and would be occasionally over 1,200fps even though it was rated at only 1,000fps (I think). </p><p></p><p>I chronographed my son's cheap Daisy 10 pump air rifle also for comparison. It's rated at 770fps shooting BB's. Well shooting the same lead pellets it still gets to 650fps! That's almost as fast as this stupid Ruger! </p><p></p><p><strong>I can't get it to group better than 2 inches at only 15 yards!</strong></p><p><strong></strong>-I've tried 5 different kinds of pellets in all shapes and weights. </p><p>-I've cleaned the bore thoroughly. </p><p>-I've tightened the barrel pivot screw and all screws holding the stock on. </p><p>-I've shimmed underneath the rubber seal in the breach. </p><p>-I've put a much better scope on it that is rated for Magnum springer air rifles. </p><p>-I've tried many versions of the auxiliary hold that is the most common for springer air rifles. </p><p></p><p>I'm frustrated... and about to give up on this Ruger. All of the reviews for this thing are fantastic. Mine just seems like a piece of crap.</p><p></p><p>I'm definitely open to suggestions if anyone has any? I have about 400 rounds through this air rifle to date. Nothing so far has improved the accuracy. </p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="engineer40, post: 1212419, member: 90399"] I'm about to put that Hammers scope onto my son's cheap air rifle. This Ruger air rifle has been nothing but frustrating to me. It's horribly inaccurate and doesn't shoot anywhere close to the 1,200fps claims. I've chronographed it a lot and average velocity is 680fps. By comparison, I was chronographing someone's RWS 34 on the same day and it was breaking the sound barrier on some shots and would be occasionally over 1,200fps even though it was rated at only 1,000fps (I think). I chronographed my son's cheap Daisy 10 pump air rifle also for comparison. It's rated at 770fps shooting BB's. Well shooting the same lead pellets it still gets to 650fps! That's almost as fast as this stupid Ruger! [B]I can't get it to group better than 2 inches at only 15 yards! [/B]-I've tried 5 different kinds of pellets in all shapes and weights. -I've cleaned the bore thoroughly. -I've tightened the barrel pivot screw and all screws holding the stock on. -I've shimmed underneath the rubber seal in the breach. -I've put a much better scope on it that is rated for Magnum springer air rifles. -I've tried many versions of the auxiliary hold that is the most common for springer air rifles. I'm frustrated... and about to give up on this Ruger. All of the reviews for this thing are fantastic. Mine just seems like a piece of crap. I'm definitely open to suggestions if anyone has any? I have about 400 rounds through this air rifle to date. Nothing so far has improved the accuracy. Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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