24 AIRGUN WORLD http://www.airgunshooting.co.uk
it was nice to spend an afternoon with them.
The professionalism just oozes from them and
the informed chats and advice to customers
on the phone is great to see. We even has a
barbecue and a few drinks at Paul’s, which
gave us the chance to relax, chat about our
forthcoming outing and put the world to rights.
However, before we settled down, we had to
make time to see exactly what Paul and his
Cricket were capable of, and we spent a
couple of hours on one of his permissions,
fine-tuning his rifle. I had my Warbaby set up
with the XQ50 Trail, and between us we totally
obliterated the bullseye on all the very
impressive Woody’s Targets that had been
kindly donated and set out at 30 yards.
I was mostly shooting prone and had to
adjust my aim to allow for my set 50-yard zero,
whilst my host was using the new Wicked
Lights Rekon carbon-fibre tripod to great
effect. Absolutely rock solid, it provided a
perfect platform for standing shots, but is
collapsible to shoot from the kneeling position,
seated and prone, and weighs in at a little over
2kgs with the top ‘pig back’ clamp. I even
managed to wrangle if off him for a go with the
Warbaby.
The extreme lightness of this FX is
outstanding and the shortness gives great
pointability, and the Rekon gave the
advantage of being able to see over the long
grass. With everything set up, we decided to
do a slo-mo video of the .25 AA Diablos effect
on an old kiwi fruit that I’d stuck on a 20mm
square of silver tape (which is what I use for
zeroing to reflect the light back to the
thermal) and let the cameras roll. The effect
was devastating and the kiwi was completely
obliterated with a single shot ... and all onfilm, too!
On our way back to the barbecue, I was
asked if I had brought any tools.
“Yeah, I always have a few with me,” was
my reply.
“Good,” Paul said.
I was intrigued, especially when I was told to
meet up at SCI HQ early the following day –
because I’d need to zero again. My thoughts
cannot be printed here, but suffice to say I
was confused and hoped whatever it was it
would be easy to maintain the current zero.MICK GARVEY
Images from the Wraith are good, day or night,
but much better in the viewfinder.I managed to wrangle
the Rekon off my host
for a while.“between us we totally obliterated the bullseye
on all the very impressive Woody’s targets”
The excellent
Woody’s
Targets.