Richard from United States, NH Public Profile

I have over the years installed this HSS Corp. Hammer Strut Support on two of my Ruger Mark II .22 caliber target pistols. They are not at all difficult to install. The instructions that the HSS Corp. provides in its on-line videos are clear and complete. There are also several similar videos available on You-Tube which provide a clear and complete visual documentation of the proper installation. This Hammer Strut Support corrects and removes the difficulties which have accompanied the disassembly and the reassembly of the original configuration of the Ruger Marks I, II and III target pistols. My understanding is that it also does so for the Ruger Standard Model, but that a small bit of filing and fitting may be required. Highly recommended.

I installed the Sig Sauer Airgun Target Dual Shooting Gallery AIR-DUAL in my concrete basement on a wood platform such that any stray pellets would enter wood and not damage the concrete walls or ricochet off them. This installation performed as intended. I shoot off a bench rest a Beeman R7 at a distance of 36 feet with a Hawke 2-7 X 40 AO scope. The Beeman R7 has a muzzle velocity of around 675 FPS using a .177 caliber 10.34 grain JBS Match Exact Heavy Diabolo pellet. The heavier pellet, in contrast to lighter pellets, results in a lower foot pound of energy (about 6.5) which helps to reduce the force of impact on the targets and the so the risk of damaging them. In several shooting sessions I have not failed to hit either of the two lateral targets or the center release mechanism. With that rifle and that scope shooting that pellet at that distance, the results have been exemplary. There has been absolutely no damage or distortion to the metal of the targets. There has been only one instance of a completely flattened pellet ricocheting outside of the trap, and then only a distance of one or two feet. The magnetic capture of the targets once hit, and the release of the targets by the center release once hit, has worked reliably. The only negative I have experienced is that the adhesive stickers supplied as well as other adhesive stickers such as Birchwood Casey one-inch dots are very difficult to remove and replace once they have been hit. Perhaps white or orang

I have found Norma TAC 22 to be an economical brand of .22 caliber ammunition and quite satisfactory as a training round for shooting targets at 50 yards (I do not shoot at targets beyond 50 yards, so I cannot speak to its accuracy at longer distances). It has proven more accurate and more consistent than I anticipated, given its very affordable price vis a vis brands such as SK which I prefer to shoot when I can get it. I find its performance comparable to that of CCI-SV, to which it is comparable in price, and serves as a satisfactory alternative to it. I shoot a variety of .22 caliber target rifles at both 25 and 50 yards, bench rest, and find that Norma TAC 22 performs quite satisfactorily in virtually all of them. While not in the class of the SK brand (SK Standard Plus and SK Rifle Match), I find satisfactory enough because it is reliable enough ant 50 yards, economically priced and at the moment readily available.