Sight for pneumatic rifle and its installation

By giving preference to pneumatics, many buyers of rifles are surprised to find that rather powerful weapons in the factory version have a very weak aiming system that does not allow for accurate shooting at large distances to the object. In the focus of this article, the sights for pneumatic rifles, their types, modifications, methods of attachment and feedback of owners on the effectiveness of use in practice.

Types of sights

In the market of pneumatic weapons, the buyer can detect four basic types of sighting.

1. Mechanical sight. The factory equipment includes a fly and fly, but the base devices are not always effective, so many buyers prefer modernized devices.
2. The collimator. A unique system with the use of optics, light and the laws of physics has found a worthy use in the weapons business.
3. Laser target designator. Such a sight for an air rifle is more needed for boasting, because in practice its efficiency is very low.

Optical sight. The most effective aiming system for any rifles.

Types of fasteners

Installation of the rifle on the air rifle is possible in many ways, because fastenings on the fingers can not be counted. However, there are some features related to their interchangeability, which the buyer will be useful to know.

Universal mount called "swallowtail" allows you to install any bracket, and accordingly, and any sight with the help of adapters. The guide bar is mounted on the top or side of the receiver and is a trapezoidal shape in cross section, with a bottom-up extension.

The Weaver Plank and the Picatinny Plank are a bracket with a rail locking system. The difference between them is only in the distance between the fixing slits. Interestingly, all devices designed for mounting on the Weaver's bar will easily be mounted on Picatinny's bracket, but the reverse process is impossible.

First meeting

All weapons specialists recommend starting shooting training only using a mechanical sight. First, the weapon in the basic configuration with the whole and the fly has minimal weight, and secondly, between the shooter and the target, a minimum of obstacles and obstacles for aiming.

The mechanical sight for an air rifle on the market is presented in all sorts of combinations, more often with the use of multi-colored optical fiber for a better combination of the whole with the front sight during the shooting. In addition, dioptric sights have proven themselves , which improve the focus on the target. In the process of training, the mechanics will be sufficient to fully master the technique of shooting, and only by learning to get into simple goals in the offing, you can install complex optical devices.

Entertainment devices

Using a laser pointer and a collimator for rifles is interesting only in the first days of the purchase. The aiming is several times faster, and the object itself is better seen. Naturally, accuracy and rate of fire are significantly increased. That's just such a sight for an air rifle limits the distance of fire. The further the target, the fatter the point of the laser beam, or the complete blackout of the object in the collimator.

Such devices are more interesting for owners of short-barreled weapons, which has a shooting limit of more than fifty meters. Judging by the numerous reviews of the owners of pneumatic weapons, the laser target designator has proven itself on automatic weapons capable of shooting bursts.

The best of the best

But optical sights for air rifles are considered to be the best device for effective shooting. And if the buyer thinks that choosing the right device will not be difficult, then he is seriously mistaken, because sometimes it's easier to choose a rifle than to choose the right optics.

1. Lenses. Looking at different angles when choosing, you need to exclude the presence on the glass of all kinds of chips, scratches, bubbles and other defects that will interfere with the aiming.
2. Lens and eyepiece. In addition to the fact that everything in the device must be adjusted for the owner's vision, the use should not cause any discomfort.
3. Line of sight. The more it is, the easier it is to aim. And the alignment of the optical sight of an air rifle without specialized equipment will be more effective.
4. Body and aiming system. Let it be secondary factors, but the quality material of the case will reduce the damage to the optics on impact, and the handy flywheels for focusing will allow you to make adjustments without taking your eyes off the eyepiece.

Features of double recoil

For all owners of pneumatics, where a spring-piston system is used, it will be unpleasant news that their rifle is capable of beating glasses in inexpensive optical sights. The reason for this is the technology of manufacturing devices. After all, the sights for pneumatic rifles are oriented initially to firearms, where there is a one-way recoil. Therefore, most manufacturers did not bother to strengthen the fastening of the glass front. As a result, when the trigger is released, the expanding springs strike the cylinder, which transfers energy not only to the compressed air for launching the bullet, but also to the shock-trigger mechanism, which drags the entire rifle along with the optics for a fraction of millimeters. Then the natural recoil is already working, when the bullet is discharged from the barrel bore.

Dual-impact solutions

Judging by the numerous reviews of the owners, for the buyer there are several options for solving the problem with a double return.

1. The cheap Chinese sight for an air rifle and its installation will cost a penny. Broken glass - no problem, because the price allows you to buy a new device.
2. Expensive optical sight with double protection. Judging by the feedback of the owners, sometimes the cost of such a device is higher than the price of the rifle itself, but after having shot once, you can use the weapon for a very long time.
3. Purchase of hunting pneumatics, such as a gas spring, gas-cylinder system and PCP. In such devices there is no double return and, accordingly, there is no need to choose between the first and second items. The sighting of an optical sight of a pneumatic rifle of this type is recommended only with the help of professional devices.