SPRING INTO ACTION
What’s the difference between a springer and a PCP? Recoil! This can adversely affect the way a shooter interacts with their rifle, and this will affect their results on target. But unlike pre-charged pneumatics, springers and gas-rams offer a simpler form of self-contained shooting, with no filling devices or hoses to worry about.
I suspect there are plenty of shooters who, like me, prefer to shoot a PCP. But that’s simply down to the fact that PCPs are easier to shoot, so I get better results with them and therefore kid myself I’m a better shot.
Of course what makes me a better shot is that I shoot my springers on a regular basis in an attempt to hone my basic techniques. And because springers are harder to shoot, that makes them all the more rewarding when everything comes together. Springers do need to be treated a bit differently though, and certainly with respect, so here are a few things that have helped me raise my game.
“SPRINGERS AND GAS-RAMS OFFER A SIMPLER FORM OF SELF-CONTAINED SHOOTING”
CHOOSE THE RIGHT RIFLE
It‘s very easy to let ourselves be seduced by a rifle, not just by the way it looks or the type of stock material that’s been used, but also by the way that it performs in the hands of
