We did a lot of shooting and movie making yesterday. Late in the afternoon I decided to take a 1000 Frame/sec movie of Gary firing the Prairie 3 out of the war wagon. I had to digitally brighten the movie to make it useable as we had really run out of light by the time I thought of this.

The movie isn't very dramatic but it does show something I had not expected. Check out the scope shade. The shade was screwed in tight, the recoil gets it bouncing pretty good though.



I worked the video a bit. On my screen I can see the recoil effect on the scope pretty clear now and a good bit of the slug travel.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/2009 10:20PM by Jerry.

ok, who said airguns dont recoil?

Oh sure, it wont be 10 guage magnum, or .50BMG intensity, but all airguns move during the firing cycle.

Some, more than others......

That vid is too whited out on my screen, but I can see the snake dance of the sunshades if I try.

Gary

Just rewatched it.... holy cow thats a lot of movement.

Hi speed is such a great tool!

Dan,
Every now and then the high speed camera actually provides more than a bit of entertainment. In this video the gun is set at pretty high power as you can see from the trajectory of the 94gr Bishop that is being shot. The recoil is enough to get that big shade tube flopping around and to bounce the bi-pod around. This information will lead me to try different holds for high power shooting and to try medium power at 100 yards. Maybe additional video will lead to other ideas or insights?

You'd think that the use of Hi Speed in shooting sports could be a lifetime's work. Film from all angles, with different power levels, ammo, enviromental conditions. I think you'd learn a ton reviewing the footage....

Could be. I'm not quite ready to commit THAT much effort!

Wow!!!
What FPE is that shooting at??
Was that a vapour trail behind that slug!!?? Maybe just the footage?

Hi Paul,
That shot had a muzzle energy of about 175 FPE. I can see the vapor trail too. Pretty cool! I think that at high power the gun is porting more air than this slug can make use of. If I drop to medium power, I can get 150 FPE out of this slug easy and that's plenty for 100 yard shooting. Even on low power with the proper air pressure I can adjust up to around 120 FPE.

I do want to get some more footage at high power though. I want to see what the big 175gr slug does when it's pushing 250 FPE!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/11/2009 12:47PM by Jerry.