Building custom targets and pushing the XTi50 and 9015 to their limits

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Which is more accurate? the Air Arms xti50 or the Anschutz 9015?
i built some cool long range targets to push my limits and improve my accuracy at the longer ranges.
im shooting out at 100 yards with the field target rifles,both running jsb heavies at sub12 power levels
learning the wind is the hardest part and its a bit of a lottery at times but i got lucky a few times...
the Anschutz 9015 sits in a walther lg300 alutec chassis and runs tier one mounts and a falcon ffp endura scope
the air arms XTI50 is running an Arken optics EP5 5-25x56 in an Arken 20moa 1piece mount. both formidable rigs but one is significantly better at the extended ranges...

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@andrewworley8946 28 күн бұрын

I love your genuine glee and giggles when you "drop" a kill zone. I love these kind of day(s) when you get a reminder of the simple honest good fun there is to be had 😊

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

Thanks mate. There's absolutely nothing better than pushing myself and making a few decent shots. The hft targets are a pain at the long ranges without a reset string but I just love watching them get flat packed. sad...but it's so satisfying 🤣 I love doing the vids and trying new stuff out. I still get just as excited as the day I started,probably moreso now 😀

@andydowden8117 28 күн бұрын

Your channel is by far one of the best I’ve ever seen real world conditions etc I love the fox target idea the colouring is spot on very black tips on the ears so much detail lol… I would gladly by one of those targets… amazing work I wish I had a 100 yd range but hey ho.

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

I'm incredibly lucky mate to have the space,sadly the weather doesn't allow me to push the ranges out very often. I'm going to mark it all out from 45-120yds so I can do some more sensible range testing

@nickwebb9290 28 күн бұрын

Really enjoyed that one, looking forward to seeing how that new barrel works out for you 😁

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

That cz was great out at 75yds in the s200 mate, hopefully it will run to the extreme ranges. Time will tell and I'll get it all on film😉

@garymurray5361 28 күн бұрын

A pleasure to watch. Well done 👍

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

I still get so excited mate with the long range stuff. Like an excited kid still...🤣

@cyrilthompson1869 26 күн бұрын

Excellent, very interesting.

@Getting-Older 25 күн бұрын

Great stuff, thanks 👍

@xWILZTAx 29 күн бұрын

At 102m my s510rus was doing sub 1½" 10 shot groups. 715fps with 10.34gr jsb. Zeroed at 50yrds it is 8.5 mil dot holdover.

@alanmullock381 28 күн бұрын

Excellent matey!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@tillysgunstocks 27 күн бұрын

Cheers mate😉

@user-hk5zb4oi7i 27 күн бұрын

Class witha capital k. Love dit . love of what you are doing is the difference. All the best Keith.

@tillysgunstocks 26 күн бұрын

It always gets me excited mate... There's a lot of luck involved at the extreme ranges but when it comes together it's amazing 🥳🥳

@jonathanhawke2995 28 күн бұрын

Heyup chap, nothing better on a sunny day, pretty good going in the wind, cheers buddy, Jon 👍Hawkes eye TV 👍😁

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

I've had a couple of lovely days mate, not enough but can't really complain I guess...

@three-phase562 28 күн бұрын

That xti certainly has some top performance. Wind flags down range is definitely a good idea. Pretty envious that you have this kind of range to shoot over at your leisure.

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

Hi mate. I'm going to mark out the various ranges from 45-120 and have a few flags that I can place out, I need to build a nicer looking backstop and elevate the targets a little more too. It's fantastic having the space,shame the weather doesn't allow me to push out further more often though 😉

@Airgunfunrich 28 күн бұрын

Another great video 👍

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

Cheers mate 😉

@mutasimaldory 28 күн бұрын

Confucius says: "The more knowledge you have, the more luck you will have"

@tillysgunstocks 27 күн бұрын

I have a similar saying.. the more I practice, the luckier I get 🤣😉

@mutasimaldory 27 күн бұрын

@tillysgunstocks 🤣 It's actually believed the original, Chinese version is where all the modern derivatives have come from..its fascinating if you do a search of "Who originally said 'The more I practice..'" how many variations you will find! Great channel, one of the few regular ones I follow 👍🏻

@tillysgunstocks 27 күн бұрын

@@mutasimaldory thanks mate for being a part of the channel 😉

@jp8351 28 күн бұрын

👍. a fun watching experience as always 😁. Nice looking fox target. Maybe some glossy fluorecent orange gives better contrast on the impacts? It looked like matte paint from what i could tell.

@tillysgunstocks 27 күн бұрын

Morning mate,yeah it's a matte finish orange line marking paint. Looks cool but pretty dark so low contrast between the splats and the faceplate colour. I'll go back to the yellow in time. Does look sweet all painted up though..

@michaelmcbride1307 29 күн бұрын

Those crowzilla shots 😅....you'll need a wee scooter for resetting it 👏

@tillysgunstocks 29 күн бұрын

I really fancy a racing mower for whizzing back and forth 🤣🤣

@michaelmcbride1307 28 күн бұрын

@@tillysgunstocks 😁

@mikepattinson3285 29 күн бұрын

Love these videos great to watch the impact and unpredictable (to a degree) effects of nature. Like the adaption of the old fox target. Would a paddle reset work at that range. It would also challenge the accuracy.

@tillysgunstocks 29 күн бұрын

Morning mate. That wind is an absolute swine at times 🤣 it sure keeps me on my toes... The resetting targets aren't overly reliable at the longer ranges unfortunately and the child in me really loves seeing the targets get flat packed I'll be trying out a load of different options to find a good compromise for fun and how it looks /sounds on film. Ill shortly be building a much tidier backstop and have plenty of fixing points for various targets. Hopefully I can get a huge wall of targets in time 😉

@tvm-reviews 28 күн бұрын

Would love to be able to get out to your ranges. Keep it up! Cheers!!

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

I'm very lucky to have as much space as I need, just the weather doesn't let me push out very often ☹️

@tvm-reviews 28 күн бұрын

@@tillysgunstocks it’s coming! Hopefully

@alfredotito2143 28 күн бұрын

Great video. What is the twisted barrel of the xti ? Thanks 👍

@tillysgunstocks 27 күн бұрын

Hi mate, the xti walther barrel is the fairly common 1-17.7" twist 😉 the 9015 is slower twist at around 1-18and a bit

@drleighmj 28 күн бұрын

Just wondering how you knew it was 83 clicks. Had you taken shots before and measured the drop, or was it ballistic calculator. Or was it wizardry!

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

I was out at 100yds last year mate. I couldn't dial fully onto the crosshairs with the setup then so was using a 66yd zero and then 5mill of additional holdover for a total of approx 8.5mills from my 25yd zero. So Initially a bit of ballistic calculation but now I'm quite familiar with the drops at that sort of range 😉 It's safer to use a calculator to start with just so there's no nasty surprises (shooting past backstop type thing) but once you've got some drops established it gets far more familiar in time Even better really would be to mark up the top turret with the ranges on,so just turn to the range I'm at and job done😀

@bradking7386 7 күн бұрын

Wind and pellet selection aside, have you been able to get the xti50 shooting as accurately as the 9015 yet?

@tillysgunstocks 7 күн бұрын

Yes mate the 9015 and xti are pretty much neck and neck under controlled conditions out to 45yds. But in the real world with wind/rain/temperature and humidity changes the xti smashes the 9015. The 9015 doesn't like the extremes of temperature and when really pushing my limits the xti still has a lot to go. It's kinda surprising really as the 9015 fits me a lot better (not surprising considering it's evolved with me for the last 8 years). When I can get the Ali chassis on the xti I'll be able to really find it and my limits. Later this year I'll have the space to do some much more controlled testing on film, it's going to be mega... 😉

@PaulSmith-jr1qe 2 күн бұрын

Hi Tommy, Would you know if the barrel from the XTi50 would fit a HFT 500 ?.

@tillysgunstocks Күн бұрын

It's not a direct fit mate,but wouldn't be too involved on the lathe to make it work.😉

@PaulSmith-jr1qe Күн бұрын

@@tillysgunstocks Cheers for that.

@petercumiskey2746 28 күн бұрын

Auto reset just what I thought ,also what about wind indication along the range ,may help?

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

Absolutely mate. I'll whip together a few flags and just finished up the spring return system,just looking to borrow a bell off the kiddies fairy bikes 🤣

@AndyB..P15 29 күн бұрын

Great shooting and video.. awesome shooting on the crowzilla and at 100yds does this mean summer is starting 😅

@tillysgunstocks 29 күн бұрын

I hope so mate, it's been a long and windy winter down here. Hopefully it started to clear up a bit now and the shooting and fishing pick up 😉

@jaywhitney789 17 сағат бұрын

So at the minute I have a HFT500 im looking at upgrading it to either XTi50 or a steyr LG 110. What are we saying. In my head I'd love a HW100 laminate but it not really suitable for FT.

@tillysgunstocks 16 сағат бұрын

At this point id stick with the hft500 until we've seen the alutec xti50... It might be a better option than the rest for an all out hft rig. Having said that,there's nothing really holding the hft500 back. They've cleared plenty of courses 😉

@jaywhitney789 15 сағат бұрын

@@tillysgunstocks OK thanks for the advice I'll just pimp it out then with maybe a new hamster 😉🎯🔫

@philsouster7221 28 күн бұрын

Another great video, but most of us only have a maximum of 60 yards available, so how about a range of pellet testing and targets at 55 yards?

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

I'm rebuilding the range area mate, will mark it all out from 45-120 yds. Doing a new backstop and target frames to tidy it all up a bit too 😉

@donart8841 28 күн бұрын

How did you find the black and yellow sticky targets at distance ? 🧐

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

Terrible really mate. They obscure the aimpoint(especially when aiming off a fair way) and they are really hard to see the impacts. The simple matte yellow painted metal targets are in my eyes ,so much easier to see what's going on 😉

@yalieangami6233 28 күн бұрын

Aiwaa 😘💕👍👍

@roberthowe2910 28 күн бұрын

Crisp shooting...

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

Cheers mate, that wind destroyed me in the end,as it usually does 😂

@rob86trott 28 күн бұрын

I take it your rifles are sub 12 . I got my first pcp (sub13) a couple weeks ago and at 100 meters I could hit that crow target 3 out of 5 shots i'd say but to hit that center target is a different story . But is that small amount of extra accuracy worth the massive cost different . My rifle and scope is around £700 but I bet your setup is 4 or 5 times more

@tillysgunstocks 27 күн бұрын

Morning mate, there's absolutely no reason why the sensibly priced gear can't drop them longer range targets 😉 The key thing is having your gear fit you properly and being super pedantic with the pellet testing. You got to remember we are all still using the same pellets regardless of the rifles cost. Ill be doing a series soon based on taking an affordable (in the grand scheme of things) rifle and finding it's limits. If you have an interest in pushing the ranges out, I'd say the single most important part would be getting some adjustable or fixed 20moa scope mounts. I genuinely don't know why I never did it sooner 🤔

@Judge_Dredd 28 күн бұрын

Isn't a 10 metre indoor rifle limited to 7ft/lbs? Which would make long range shooting enormously difficult. Certainly the 10 metre/6 yard rifle I'm looking at is about 5ft/lbs.

@tillysgunstocks 28 күн бұрын

The 9015 is now a sub12 setup however all the actions come specced with a slightly slower twist rate barrel than the majority of walther barrels. That slower twist seems to suit the lower speeds and 10m discipline but not so good at the extreme ranges.

@Judge_Dredd 27 күн бұрын

@@tillysgunstocks Gotcha, makes sense, just like FAC Air can produce flight instability with Diabolo Pellets beyond 950fps, and the move is to slugs to rely on spin rather than skirts.

@Judge_Dredd 27 күн бұрын

@@tillysgunstocks BTW, 15 yard indoor .22lr is still using sub-sonic loads, and most .22lr ONLY outdoor target ranges to 100 yards are restricted to sub-sonic to avoid Supersonic Crack for the NIMBY neighbours, (and accuracy is also improved by avoiding transonic flight instability). Although I use 1132fps Supersonic SK Semi-Auto in my H&K/Umarex MP5 .22lr for Mini Rifle Competition, and have adjusted the recoil spring on the sliding bolt to reliably cycle the rounds and leave the barrel sub-sonic at the muzzle to comply with these ranges by checking with a Chronograph on a Centrefire Range beforehand. Lots of fun but expensive to run.