THE FULL FIFTY-SIX YARDS

Regular readers may remember a recent article I wrote in which I described an inter-club shooting match between my own Rivington Riflemen and Rochdale Air Gun Club. The shoot involves the targeting of benchrest cards, but instead of the normal distance of 25 yards, are placed at a full range-length distance, in this case at 56 yards.

At just under 12 foot pounds, legal-limit air rifle shooters will find that the trajectory of the pellet is very much at the outer levels of accurate performance due to the massive amount of drop and velocity at this range. It is still possible to shoot accurately at this distance, although this remember