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DIAGNOSING

SUDDENINACCURACY
Oneminute yourrifleis shooting
well,thenextit'smissing
everything.
JimTylerisyourguide to diagnosing
themalady theculprit
andidentifying
I A le've all beenthere.Yourair rifle acrossor evennearthe UK, then the accuracydevastating. elevation,and the combination of
Y Y beginsthe sessionby printing directionof the wind can changevery The effect of wind on pelletsis verticaland horizontal
shift can ope
uniformlygoodgroups,knocking quickly,as can its velocityif the somethingthat my friend, Professor groupsup alarmingly.The first
downtargetsor cleanlydispatching relativelycalm centremovesaway MikeWright,and I havebeengiving consideration whengroupssudden
quarry,and then it stopsdoingthat. and we find ourselvesnearerthe a greatdeal of thoughtto, and it's openup, then, is whetherthe wind
What on earth is goingon? There periphery,wherewinds are stronger. sucha complicated subjectthat our could be to blame.Evenif you'renc
are any numberof potentialcauses, Localtopographycan havea huge experimentsare far from conclusive awareof the wind havingpickedup
and to find the reasonneedsno more effect on wind directionand strength; or concluded. or changeddirectionat the firing
than the application of logicand the "
patienceto get to the root of the "i i1,
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trouble.
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First,considerwhetherthe wind
couldbe to blame,The UK has a
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maritimeclimate,so it's a prettywet
and windyplaceand, becauseof its
positionrelativeto the shiftingjet areasin the lee of largehillscan be A wind at ninetydegreesto the point,studythemovement of thin
stream,one wherecyclonesand almostwind-freewhileconditionscan rangehas a fairly predictableeffect branches or grassdownrange,
anticyclones(areasof high and low be perfectfor kite flyingjust a few on pellets- it steersthem to one because it'spossiblethatyoujust
atmosphericpressure)can passover hundredyardseitherway,or the side,and by a fairlypredictable and happento be in a shelteredspot
at alarmingspeedcomparedto the sameareascan be in a vortexas consistentdistance,providedthat the whilethe restof the rangeis not.
often moresettledconditionsof a wind that passesoverthe hill curls wind stren$h is reasonably constant.
continentalclimate.The wind around aroundand blowsalongthe ground A wind that is partlyfrom the frontor
cyclonestravelsin a clockwise in the oppositedirectionto the rear,though,is lesspredictable,and A badworkman, it is said,blames h
direction,anticyclonesanticlockwise, prevailingdirection.The UK wind has an effect not only on lateral toolsbut,beforecastingdoubton
and if eitheris movingat any speed can be capricious,and its effect on placementof shots,but alsoon their yourrifle,scopeor pellet,andif
you're surethatthewindis notto
blame, thentakeyourself outof the
equation byshooting froma bench
w hi chw i l leit herpr ove or elim inat
yourtechnique astheculprit,
depending on whether thegroup
sizesremain thesame,or reduce.
Shooting froma benchis easier
thanshooting without,but poor
technique canstillaffectgroupsize
mostespecially withspringers, but
even,to an extentwith PCPs, soyo
haveto bejustas awareof your
technique, especially triggerpull,
cantandfollow-through, aswhen
shooting in anyotherposition. With
springers, youneedto allowthe rifl
to movein exactly the samewayfor
everyshot,whichmeansthatyou
can'tpullit intoyourshoulder one
shotandhaveit gentlyresting
against yourshoulder the next.Eve
fromthe bench, shooting a spring
is an art.
ThewayI tacklebenchrestinga
springer is to letthe foreenddo its
ownthingby resting it on a pileof i

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Cushions thatallowit to riseandfáll dividethat bytwicethé párailax 0né scope-related faultthatcan at a different pointin thefiring
consistently,shotaftershot.Myright focusrange,andmultiplythe result instantlyruinaccuracy is oneof the cycle.Thisin turnmeans thatit wil
handcradles the pistolgriprather bythe objective lensdiameter. lf a lenselements withinthe scope exitthe muzzleat a differentpointir
thangripping it, andmy lefthand scopewitha 4Ommobjective lensis workinglose.Thisusedto be thefiringcycle,whenthe barrelwill
gentlysupports the heelof the stock, focused at 50 yards,andthe targetis common
relatively placethirtyyears be pointing in a differentdirection
withthe butt barelytouchingrny 30 yardsaway,the maximum agoif my experienceswereanything givinga massive shiftionP0l.
shoulder. potential parallaxerroris 20 divided to go by,but scopebuildqualitY Theleakage will probably alsobe
It'simportant to shootmeaningful by 100 (0.2)multiplied by40mm,or seemsgenerally higherthesedaYs, apparent asa quickening of the
groups - threeshotsdo nota group 8mm.That8mm represents just andfailureof thissortappears rare, action,usuallyaccompanied by a
make- andI thinkten-shot groups 4mm in anydirection, but my Thatdoesn'tmeanit canbe sharper jolt forwardasthe piston
'bottoms' on the compressed airor,
arethe minimum to getmeaningful experiments haverevealed that discounted, butcheckall other
results.lf yourbenchgroupsare unlessyoureyeplacement behind possiblecauses firstand,if there's if the leakis badenough, the
tight,thenthefaultobviously lies theaxisof thescopeis wildly no othercause,checkthe scopeby cyl i nderendplug,which, will in t ur n
withyourtechnique; if not,it'stime variable,theactualparallax erroryou substitutingoneknownto begood. increase the chances of the scope
to testyourgear. canexpectis between a thirdanda creeping.
quarterof the maximum potential, or ;rtii jil,, i: i;::irjli.li
¡ji I i:'',,, So,scopecreepcanbethe first
between I.2mm and lmm awayfrom The single most common rifle-related symptom of a faultybreechseal,an
Thefirstthingto check(because it's the pointof aim. reason for sudden inaccuracy is the samegoesfor a leakingpiston
the easiest) is thatthescopemount Sowe canruleout parallax erroras probably loose stock bolts, which is seal,although sudden failureof the
fittingshavenotworkedlose.Thisis thecauseof morethanmild morecommon withspringers,but pistonsealis extremely rare,and
far morelikelyon springers than inaccuracy, thoughbearin mindthat canalsoarisewithPCPs. Luckily,it usually foundonlyon oldairguns
PCPsdueto thefiringmovement of if thereis a degree of parallaxerror onlytakesa fewseconds to niPthe that haveearlysynthetic seals.
the former,butthe effecton andanother fault.theycancombine boltsup,thenyoucantestfirefrom A broken mainspring will usually
accuracy is the sameno matterwhat to causesignificant inaccuracy. the benchto seewhether you've beall tooapparent throughthe
the rifle,socheckthey're all pinched Withspringers, scopecreepcan curedthe problem. roughness of the cocking:stroke, anc
up,thoughneverover-tighten thetop suddenly commence, because a Staying a sudden
withspringers, therewill of coursebe a drop-offin
clampfittings- if theyarehexagon
headed, usetheshortendof the
keyto tightenthem,neverthe
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Parallax erroris another possibility.
As I described in myarticleon '," :; ffi$*,H*,tr:si.ffi.mu,
scopes in thismonth's AirgunWorld,
the factthatthetargetappears in mountclampfittingbecomes loose, changein recoilcharacteristics can velocity,aswellasa markedchang
sharpfocusdoesnot meanthatyour or because of a harshening of recoil. ruinaccuracy, andcanitselfhavea in the recoilmovement,whichwill
scopeis parallax-free, if the ocular Because the scopemovesback,it number of causes.Vyingforthetitle not necessarilybeconsistent.
lensis notcorrectly focused for your changes the relationship between the of mostcommonreason for a change Themoralis to buya chronosco
eye,so havea readof thatarticleto sightlineandthe trajectory, and in recoilarea damaged andleaking anduseit regularlyto ensurethat
learnwhy,andto correctthe ocular hencepelletpointof impactat all breechseal,anda broken yourrifleis notsuffering
leakageor
focusif necessary. ranges. Toeffecta dramaticdecrease mainspring. internalbreakage.In fact,springer
o
Parallax errorcananddoesc'ause in shot-to-shot accuracy,though,the lf the breechsealbecomes PCP,testthe rifleoverthe chrono,
inaccuracy, but notgrossinacc:uracy. mountswouldhaveto beso loose damaged, or sufferswearbeyond whichcanat a strokereveal wheth
Theformula for maximum potential thatthe scopewasalteringposition a certainpoint,theairriflewill not there'sa poweror,morelikelyin
parallax erroris to takethe rangeto minutely witheveryshot,so check achieve the usualcompression, casesof suddeninaccuracy, a
targetminusthe parallax focusrange, thatall the mountfittingsaretight. sothatthe pelletwill startto move consistency problem.

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recommend deepcleaning the banel thoroughly tested)is that pellethead


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Springeror PCP,a loosebanel that onlyasa lastresortif all elsefails. sizeplaysa majorpartin that.
movesbetweenshotswill of course Onethingof whichI am certain,
,.uinaccuracy.0n morethan one though,is thatusingpellets with
occasion, my faithfulHW95 has MyfriendMikeWrightandI have variations in headsizewill be
startedto producegroupsslightly foundsignificant differencesin the disastrous to accuracy, because the
widerthan I'vecometo expectgiven ballisticcoefficients (BC)of pellets riflingwill makeindentations of
t h e w i n d I ' m s h o o t i n gi n , a n d according to the barrels through differingdepthsin them,sothat
diagnosing this is a no-brainer, whichthey'reshotand,of course, we eachonehasa differentBC,which
becauseit's alwaysbeencausedby all knowthatdifferentbarrelsprefer notonlymeans a slightvariation in
the barrelpivot bolt and nut working differentpellets. A pelletthat is the trajectory, but alsodiffering
loose.As in the caseof loosestock outstandingly goodthroughone susceptibility to winds.Therecan
bolts,it only takesa few secondsto barrelcanbeoutstandingly bad be minorvariations in headsize
nip them back up and restore throughanother, andthereseemsto betweenbatchesof pellets,so never
aecuracy,providingyou havethe right be a veryloosecorrelation between a mixpelletsfromdifferentbatches.
toolsto hand,which is a strong pellet'sBCthrougha barrelandits lf youhaveanyreasonto suspect
reasonfor alwayscarryinga minimal accuracy throughthat barrel.That yourpellets, switchto a newtin and
took kit wheneveryou go shooting. doesn'tmeanthatthe pelletwiththe try them.
A b u i l d - u po f r u b b i s ho r l e a di n a highestBCis goingto bethe most Because it hasso manypotential
barrelcan ruin accuracy,though it's accurate, but it is looking asthough causes, suddeninaccuracy canarise
not somethingI'veexperienced a pelletwithgoodBCis muchmore at anytime,andto anyoneof us.
personallyin over50 yearsof likelyto givegoodaccuracy andthat Thesecretof dealingwith it is to stay
shootingairguns,and I think the pelletswith poorBCtendto be less calm,andbe methodical in ruling
foulingwould haveto be extremeto accurate (especially at rangeor in the out potential causes, untilthe real
causegrossinaccuracy, so l'd wind),andmygutfeeling(yetto be reasonis found.

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