Well, sighted in the .177 QB this morning with CPL's and in about 10 minutes had it shooting dead center one ragged hole groups. I started doing grouping tests with all my pellets but only got to test out 3 different pellets before a thunderstorm rolled in and sent me running back into the basement. The other 3 pellets I tested were the GAMO Tomahawks, Crosman Destroyers and CPH's. The CPH's shot exactly the same as the CPL's, beautiful ragged hole groups. The Tomahawks and Destroyers also grouped extremely well, although their groups were quarter sized,,,, still more than good enough for hunting though. I plan on completing my grouping tests within the next few days.
Anyway,,, the thunderstorms rolled off into the distance by the aftenoon so I decided to hit the duck farm and let the QB taste it's first kill.
Got to the farm around 5 pm, and while the sky was still dark, cloudy and ominous it wasn't raining so I decided to head out onto the farm. I worked my way all the way to the north end of the farm, planning on setting up near the huge mullberry tree that's been attracting so many critters lately, and don't you know that as soon as I got there the rain started coming down.
Long story short,,,,,, I wound up high tailing it back to the truck without ever getting to fire a shot. I was really bummed out :( I was so looking forward to bagging few starlings. OH well, at least the rifle got it's first trip into the field and I know that it's all set to harvest some game, I just have to pick a better day.
Jeff
