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http://www.airgunshooting.co.ukAIRGUN WORLD 77
rifles, say a kilogram, then the rcome down to nearer 4.5mm which is, incidentally, the same as my mildly mTX200 Mk.3, the significance of which will ecoil would odified
than just adding 1kg to tcompetitors in the nationshortly become apparent. Some HFT springer shooters go a lot further he rifle; one of the
doubled the weight of his combo which, with no internarecoil to nearer 3mpotential to rl modification, would reduce the educe recoil through internal m. There’s yet more al had practically
modifications, such as reducing the available piston stroke (which gives a pro-rata reduction in recoil), or reducingyou throw every modification at the rifle, r the piston mass, and if
under 2mm is possible. That tiny amount of recoil would still be eight to ten times that of a PCP, wultra-low recoil springerhich is why trying to sh off the deck like a PCP oot even an ecoil
can be a bad idea.THE COMPETITIONThe course setters at Nomads are all springe
shooters, and knowcourse to challenge both the shooter and the rifle (and tune), and they pulled all the stops out for this one. exactly how to tailor a r
were three HW98s, three Prosports, and a few Walther LGVs and LGUs, and the tuners’ stickers adorning the cylinders of many of the rifles, especially the TX200 and HW97, In addition to TX200s and HW97s, there
indicated that they were modified, and that
the factory stvery much in vogue. The question was, did the lesser recoil influence the result?many contained fairly radical modifications and were in what I’d class ultra-low (4mm or less in ock) recoil tune, which is currently
were top-flight competitors, with a daunting number of reigning and former Regional, National and In conjunction wWorld champions in both Rith state-of-the-art rifles
and Open classes, some at the peak of theirecoil
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form. Compthan this.WINNERS ALLetitions don’t get more challenging
Gordon and Perry Broad, each with 52, and a shoot-off won Dan second place, Perry third. The winner of the first UKAHFT National Recoil ChamSearle, who scored 53, followed by Dan pionship was Nomads member, Stew
All three were using TX200s in fairly hefty
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Nomads member Jason Cowan competed using my old (modified) Walther LGU, and did well, ending up with 46.
Third-placed Perry Broad prepares to tackle a supported stander (which he nailed), while world champion Simon Vant offers encouragement.
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THE ACID TEST
I’ve said it before, and no doubt I’ll say itmany times again; the ultimate test of a sporting spring airgun in my opinion is HFT, especially HFT shot over undulating ground, such as the slopes we are blessed with at
Nomads, and that’s why it seems entirely appropriate that Nomads should be the birthplace of the UKAHFT National Recoil Championship on Sunday 26th May, 2019.
challenging and, at the top level, very competitive, participants seek every last advantage, real or imagined, to improve their Perhaps because Recoil class HFT is very
chances of winning, and so it’s little surprise to discover that few of the rifles used are factory specification; most are modified to some degree. One of the most exciting things about
the National Recoil Championship is, it’s the only occasion that most, if not all, of the modifications currently in vogue will be represented and, perhaps uniquely, put to the
test, head to head, and against more traditional
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The UKAHFT National Recoil Championship proves a great test ground for tuned springers
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and less radical modifications.challenging is the terrain; situated on the east-facing flank of Berrow Hill overlooking the What makes recoil HFT at Nomads so
vast Severn Valley, the one section of ground is by the entrance, which ias a car park, and the areas where courses are situated are anything but level. This means that s ulevel sed only
for the vast majority of shots, which are taken in the prone position, it is extremely difficult to replicate exactly the same rifle hold from one peg to the next, and that translates into pellet
point of impact (POI) shift for the unwHOLD SENSITIVITYThe propensity of a spring/piston airgun to ary.
suffer POI shifts as a result of small charifle hold is referred to as ‘hold sensitivity’, and there is a general presumption that hosensitivity is a simple function of reconges in ld il; the
greater the recoil, the greater the holdsensitivity and, to this end, the aim of most^
airgun tuners is to try to reduce recoil to a bare minimum.relationship between recoil displacement and I personally started to doubt that the
hold sensitivity was as simple as everyone thinks it is some years ago, when I reduced the recoil of my old HW77 to a whisker under 4mm, which is much lower than any
production recoil springer, and found that the accuracy deteriorated as a result. The reduction in accuracy was not slight, but verymarked, turning my HW77 from my most
accurate rifle of the time to one of the least.me on two separate occasions to look at radically modified spring airguns with even During the following years, a friend asked
lower recoil than my HW77; both had seemed superb to everyone who tried shooting them from the bench, but both proved sadly wanting away from the bench on an HFT course,
resulting in my friend recording his lowest ever HFT scores, and it was this that finally
Take a mildly modified TX200, add a custom stock, stir in a large dollop of talent, and you have a recipe to win championships.
Competition Time! p
This month, Jim Tyler is at the
UKAHFT National Recoil
Championships, and explains
how recoil works