02 May 2006

My Air Rifle

I have a recently bought Stealth air rifle from JAG's for plinking in the garden, We have a couple of pellet traps at 15 & 25 yards and a large bag of old film canisters to shoot at. The gun feels a bit 'Military' out of the box so I made up a new grip/fore stock from a piece of oak I had in the garage, which I find a lot nicer to hold. It came with a Hawke Reflex 3-9x50mm scope and a Webley hand pump.

Useful links

• Leupy

• Alpintek

• Stealth Resource

The .22 Stealth is great fun and I'm still experimenting with pellets to see which work best for me. I reckon the XP2's are favorite at the moment. I have a small chronometer which is very useful to ensure the air gun is set to below 12 FPE with the heavier pellets.

Made by	Pellet		Material	Diameter	Grains	FPE
Dynamic	XP2 Dimple heads		Tin	5.54mm	14.5	9.5
Bob Ruggles	Exterminators (FAC Split Backs)		Lead	.22"	18	11.5
Crosman	Accupell (Diablo)		Lead	.22"	14.3	9.5
Crosman	Verminpell (Wad cutters)		Lead	.22"	14.3	9.5
Dynamic	PCP2		Tin	5.56mm	14.5	10.5