AccuracyTest (Part 1)
Channel: TIM MONTANO
Date: 21/07/2021

I wanted to follow up my previous 3D printed Airgun Pellet Mold project  with some informal accuracy testing video clips for those of you that have been following this project up until now.

I fully intended to video record my all my shots using my 3D printed rifle scope and Spotting Scope-Mounted Cell-Phone holders but, Unfortunately for me, they were being stored in my outside storage room for several months in the 115-116 degree summer heat which really did a number on them.

When I attempted to slide my cell phones into them I found that they had become so brittle that they simply cracked up.  I was able to partially use my Spotting Scope Mount but I had to use masking-tape to get my cell phone secured onto my Spotting Scope.

It's a shame because I've used those 3D printed Scope-Mounted Cell- Phone holders to video record shots using my cell phone's video recording feature many times before.  I loved being able to show the slow motion hits I was getting on my targets.

I 3D printed both of those Scope-Mounted Cell-Phone holders using ABS filament.  I guess I'll have to re-print them using a suitable resin next time.

I would have loved to have been able to record the pellet strikes in a slow motion series of video clips. This would have allowed me to get a closer look at how stable or un-stable these pellets were as they moved through the air.

Oh well;   In the end, I had to record these video clips using only the one Spotting Scope Mount. I was able to get it to work by using some masking tape to secure my cell phone into place on this lone 3D printed holder.  I also recorded these parts of these video clips using my cheap little action camera.

I did do some previous testing the day before I shot these particular video clips.  I found that the second batch of pellets I'd cast shot a whole lot better than that first batch I showed you all in one of my previous videos.

In those initial accuracy tests I was only shooting at about ten yards away from the target.  At just ten yards away, those inaccurate pellets from that first batch of cast pellets were grouping in about the same pattern as I was getting at 25 yards with my more concentric second batch of cast pellets.

The reason for this discrepancy in accuracy between the first batch of pellets when compared to the second batch of pellets was because I was able to get that second batch of pellets to cast a little more concentrically.

Some of you may recall that the first batch of pellets I had cast had alot of lead flashing on the seam lines of the pellets.  This required alot of post-casting manual clean up.

Manually removing of all of that lead flashing left me with a bunch of non-concentric pellets.