More Trail XL results at 30

[airiscool]

Air was dead calm this morning.

While cleaning out my "shed hide" yesterday, I came across some Jumbo Heavies I had stashed below my shooting window. I thought I had used them all up.  Only 16 but I figured that would give me 6 to "season" the barrel for the heavies a 10 to try a string.

Since Jeff's XL (LongIslandHunter) does so well with the Jumbo heavies, I couldn't wait to see how mine would like them.

Put two targets out at 30 yards.

Shot 6 Jumbo heavies into the left hand target and as Tom Gaylord mentioned every change of pellet takes  a few shots to get the gun to settle into where it's going to be as consistant as it can with that new pellet. This gun is more proof of that.

The shots walked down the paper left, right and then the last ones started to group just above the bullseye. I switched to the right hand target  and put ten into it. Nothing impressive at 1-1/2 inch max spread for the group. Oh, well, so much for liking Jumbo heavies. Now I know my gun's got expensive tastes in pellets, so I'll just stick with the Preditors it likes so well.

Figured I'd better shoot some Preditors to get the barrel seasoned back for those. I went back to the left hand target and used the outer ring and vertical crossbar intersection at 6 o'clock as my new aiming point.  

As it did with the Jumbo heavies,  the XL started throwing the Preds high left and right, with each shot getting closer to the aim point. By the 6th shot it was back to just left of hitting the aim point and it put the next four in a ragged hole along with number 6.

Last five pellets  measured 3/8 inch C to C.

Yup, keeper !!!!

Paul.

[longislandhunter]

Your rifle certainly does like the predators.  Nothin better than a rifle with the power of the XL that loves what I consider the best hunting pellet out there  

That rifle/pellet combo is gonna be deadly on those g-hogs  

Jeff

[airiscool]

Jeff,
"Thrilled" is the word !!!:D

It was a total surprise to me because I figured the Preditors wouldn't be as stable as a domed pellet, but at 30 yards the Superdomes groups look  like I threw them by hand !!!!


Now I just gotta find a farm with a Chuck problem and no teenagers wanting to learn to shoot.

Paul.