This is so helpful. I've been shooting air guns for 50 years. No one taught me anything and only hours of practice got me on target. For the first time ever I can now understand what I've been doing for years. Now I'll be able to do it all much quicker. Thanks.
Just taken up air rifles after very many, many years. I found this really helpful, explained in straight forward easy to understand terms. Thanks you Steve for your excellent explanation.
I have now watched all of your informative videos for beginners and I found then very easy and uncomplicated to follow Steve.I am just starting out with this new hobby as a retired person and hope that I am going to enjoy this sport.Thank you Steve for putting these videos on here. Good man.
Steve, A first class explanation and great use of simple visuals to get the tutorial across. I sat with the laptop running whilst going through the motions with my newly purchased Weihrauch HW100 KT... now I properly understand the principles of hold under and hold over! Thank you buddy!!
One of the best and simplest descriptions of HoldOver, HoldUnder and Cant I've seen. I think HoldOver is pretty straightforward, but people struggle to understand HoldUnder when shooting at shorter distances than the zero point. But this explains it perfectly. Well done, Steve.
Finally an explanation of hold under and over I actually understand! I’ve spent the last weekend watching RU-vid videos on this subject and after watching you Steve, I’ll just practice!. I should’ve watched yours first and saved myself a lot of angst and time!
Bloody superb tutorial, some people forget that we all wear "L" plate's at the start., It's great that you take the time to post these vid's and in such a way that is both benificial and constructive to both the beginer and the one's who think they know it all. Thank's Steve....Billy.
Thanks mate. Everyday is a school day and no one is above learning something extra. I remember how hard it was to learn air rifles and sometimes being scared to ask the silly questions.
Well Steve, speaking as a very experienced rifleman (of 68 years).. I am pleased at how well you did your zeroing and hold over/under/windage videos. This can be very hard for beginners to learn on their own and your explanation was succinct and on point.. well done! Those of us with a lot of experience sometimes forget that not everyone knows the basics.. As a man of many years of experience I want to thank you for picking up my slack in that I forget to teach these things sometimes.. Carry on son!
@@airgunology Steve.. I always appreciate folks who pass on what they know to others.. Making it kind of a tradition.. I wish more of us would do that. Carry on brother.. well done!
That was very very good....I’m 60 and been mucking about with air rifles since I was 12...I’ve learned this stuff by experimenting...wish I could show this video to the 12 year old me...thanks 👍👍😀
bloody fantastic ( dont usually swear ) couldnt have put it better myself " indeed " I couldn't explain it at all ...been shooting for 45 yrs , and all this becomes automatic ... then again ive been able too speak for 56 yrs and would be absolutely talking drivel trying too explain ... a masterclass in explanation ... BLOODY EXCELLENT !!!
What a fab channel! I've just invested in my first ever air-rifle. I've not used a weapon for years since firing SLR 7.62, Heckler Cock 22, Lee Enfield 303, GPMG in the forces during the late 1980's. These vids are awesome. Thanks for taking the time. Subbed.
Nice perspectives! Ten meter under, 25 meter on, 35 meter under. Hold over! Nice! Birdy drops. Hard cross wind will also lift or drop pellet according to right hand twist. Right wind pushes pellet right, and pellet drops also, if my old memory serves correctly! Gust pushes me, or gust at target, variables. Experience, practice, memory, it all Matters.
Fantastic video sir (also referring your zero scope video too in these comments). I am a beginner with a gas ram and this clear instruction has crystallised my understanding of the overarching physics of shooting and practically, it will no doubt help a lot when i can put it in practice. I now realise zeroing my scope at 10m then 25m in a significantly downward sloping garden (cause its all i got) isn't going to help matters! Dam dem slopes lol. Your 'hold over/under' explanation and advice was simple but brilliant. Thanks Steve. Hope you are well. Paul
The best explanation on you tube so far. Simple and easy to understand.pleas so a video non long range shooting and how to use MOA stuff as well Thank you, Steve.
Well done Steve another informative video that people can understand Iv been shooting for years and I still get confused when I see people trying to explain this subject Keep up the good work mate
At 3:40, I believe your comment is incorrect. If you need to adjust elevation to raise the point of impact by turning the elevation dial, the horizontal crosshairs inside the turret will actually move down in the turret, not up. The crosshairs will now be low on the target, thus making you raise the gun to bring them back on target.
Great explaination for a beginner. The beginning of the world of ballistics opens for me! I’ll realise have a lot of practise to do. But with fun. Thnaks Steve
I just found your Series Of Videos and find them very informative and Well done.Im new(About a Year)To Air Guns,But not to Firearms.I have an AR15 and Several Handguns(Real Firearms).I got into it for A way to “Scratch the itch” for shooting & Pest Control around my House & Garden.I don’t have the time to get to the Range a lot,So shooting my Air Gun helps retain my Aim,Safety(Handling,Mounting Optics etc)And is Just Fun!!! I Never Realized how Realistic these Guns Can be,And So Many Choices.Anyway,Just wanted to say Great Job and these Videos are very Helpful to New Shooters,Teaching what to do and Can help Younger Viewers learn Gun Safety If they decide to Get “Real”Firearms.
Excellent . Easy to follow and very intuitive. And despite stating at the beginning of the video this would be simplistic there always one .... or two. Keep it up
Steve, you answered a question that’s plagued me for some time-and that’s how zoom affects point of impact. I was led to believe that zoom did not have an affect on POI but it does-not many people understand this. So now I have to zero at distance but also include on the range card holdover/under at different magnifications. Thank you!
Zoom does NOT affect POI. It affects what you see through your scope is all. Say you have a 3-9 scope. Put your crosshairs at a spot drawn on the target at exactly above the bullseye. Now look at the mil dot below crosshair. It will look MUCH lower on the target than if you crank power up to 9 and hold the crosshairs on that same spot 1"above. At 3 power the mil dot may be on the actual bullseye while at 9 power it my be halfway down the paper or even OFF the paper. The gun will still hit the same place your aimed(POI) you're just actually aiming at a different spot if using mil dots at different magnifications. In as simple terms as possible. At 3 power the first mil dot will be at a (fairly drastically) different spot on the target as that same mil dot is at 9 power. Crosshairs stay the same regardless of the power.
If you use a first focal plane scope it will make no different to the poi, a second focal plane does make a huge difference, as a rule i use second fp and zero at 30 yards on a 10 times mag and don't bother with zoom.
Cracking vid this mate...you explaned and demonstrated it very very well...note book and pen is the way foward...and not the calculator....🤣😅🤣 nice one...👍👍👍👊...Tom in Leeds.
Very well done. You explained it clearly and anyone should be able to understand. I have a level on every scope and one on the rifles optics rail on some.
Thanks Steve that was very clear and concise. Being a newbie I’m keen to get something down on paper but wasn’t sure how to do it. The apps are a bit daunting but this will get me started.
Bob on tutorial mate, finally the mists are starting to clear lol. Will try this on 60 meters at the range this weekend and see if I can even hit the bale my target will be attached to!!🤪
Whilst I admire you for taking the time to make these videos, I think you have forgotten that the pellet must rise from the barrel to the scope line (near zero) then rises further before it falls to your 25 yard zero. It should be 'holdover' for very close shots as well as those past the chosen zero range. 'Holdunder' is only for the targets between the 2 zero points.
I understand and knew this, but I wanted to keep the video as simple as possible for the target audience of newcomers to the sport. There is obviously much more physics going on with hold over / under and maybe I will do a more advanced version of the video at a later date. Many thanks for your comments as the more information out there, the better for all.
@@simonspencer65 The trajectory will depend on the height of the scope above the barrel and the power of the rifle. I zero both .177 and .22 at 25 yards , .177 near zero is 20 yards and .22 has a near zero at 13 yards (the pellets flies more slowly). Between the 2 zero points the pellet is above the crosshairs.
The pellet starts of lower than the dotted line, will cross it twice. Once when it is climbing and once when it is dropping. This is important for a beginner to know.
superb .... not over the top which could put off new starters (we all started somewhere) but plenty of good stuff to start folk on the right track. plus not just "do this"...but why do you do this... top video !
If you’re shouting at say 10 yards you will actually have to hold OVER not under as the pellet is still rising to the top of its trajectory. This is worth clarifying.
If my zero point is at the top of trajectory it is roughly the same holdover if I intersect at the same distance either side. If I am zeroed at 30 yards and aim centre at 10 it shoots low and I have to hold over. If I go to 50 at centre it also shoots low and also requires holdover 👍👍
Lovely made. Thanks for your time doing this éducative vidéo. I learned a lot 😊. Would you consider making a beginner video with all the different scopes out there? First person shooting versus all the other... For many of us it is a jungle and it happend to me to buy the wrong optics for specific guns and or spwcific use of a gun...
At 3:40 you are wrong the crosshairs will move down to meet the actual point of impact. You then raise the rifle to aim at the bullseye. You may be getting confused by the turret direction you are turning being marked as UP or similar , this refers to the direction you want the point of impact to be moved. Another person has also made the same comment.
Great video Steve. Thanks very much. Cleared up one or two points I was getting stuck on. Very clear, concise and sometimes funny. This air rifle malarkey is a lot more complicated than I thought. Would you be so kind as to point me in the direction of other videos in your series. Apologies, I'm not on Facebook or Twitter (don't believe in social media!)
FANTASTIC Steve.. Im knew to airgunning and this absolutely helped me no end. The diagrams were a great help... i never knew abot CANT and its something I know know i need to work on. My scopes are the hawke side winder 30 sr6.... NO MIL DOT.... just a few horizontal and vertical lines nowhere near cross hairs.... ANY ADVICE on how you use them for hold over/under?? I have tried looking on youtube. Cheers buddy. 👍👍👍👍
With a scope especially you are going to have 2 zeros. You may mess some people up if they try to zero the wrong zero without knowing theres 2 zero points. They may over adjust their scope and break their scope and ve sending pellets flying high
Hi Sir, hopefully you can answer this.. I got my scope zero at 25m, at 40m it takes one dot over, and strangely..at 12m it also takes one dot over. Because looking at your videos, the closer the target..the impact point supposed to be hold under. It got me so confused, maybe you can share some lights... Thank you Sir..
10/10 you nailed it just giving you some food for thought I got so raped up in wanting to put pellet on pellet I started to not injury shoting one day at the range one of the lad siad to get so big targets like tins and plastic bottles and shot them and just get used to the rifle then every now and then have a go at pellet on pellet it was one of the best tips I have had well dun on your vids (si) :-) stay happy
