Jul 16, 2026 · 1 hr 12 min · 12 segments
Chad and Erik talk about the 2026 Rocky Mountain Airgun Challenge. Plenty of airgun tips as well and some rimfire and centerfire discussion. This one has something for everyone!
Chad HecklerHost
Erik PilsitsGuest
I'm hoping that people hear us talk about air guns and think, hey, man, I need to get one.
I started in the center of fire, and every time I go to shoot the .22 rimfire stuff, I just think, man, this ammo is just...
I like the difficulty aspect of making your own ammo and, you know, tailoring it to that specific barrel.
I mean, but if you think about it, I think the longest shot in the match was 280 yards.
So if you think about that and a centerfire world, I mean, that's over a thousand yards with just about everything that everybody shoots except a 308.
And, With the air gun aspect, I don't know how you feel, but was there difficulties after you started with the air gun that weren't there with the 22? Or do you still feel like there's some difficulties with the equipment and keeping it running and managing the extra tasks of filling the rifle and making sure your regs are
and you start to notice the differences when you move to like a different platform.
So I became familiar with the platform and some of the challenges and stuff really before I ever got one and started shooting it.
the the airgun ammo obviously like ammo has always been a big big thing with with rimfire airgun ammo is you know you have a similar kind of uh it's not lot testing but there's a search for something that shoots well yeah i think the difference is once you find it though you can get more of it and have it be consistent and shoot the same over time uh than you can with rimfire um the challenge on the other side of the coin with, with air guns is getting the tuning right.
And I think managing the environment around the rifle, uh, a little bit more than rimfire.
I'm hoping that people hear us talk about air guns and think, hey, man, I need to get one.
I started in the center of fire, and every time I go to shoot the .22 rimfire stuff, I just think, man, this ammo is just...
I like the difficulty aspect of making your own ammo and, you know, tailoring it to that specific barrel.
I mean, but if you think about it, I think the longest shot in the match was 280 yards.
So if you think about that and a centerfire world, I mean, that's over a thousand yards with just about everything that everybody shoots except a 308.
And, With the air gun aspect, I don't know how you feel, but was there difficulties after you started with the air gun that weren't there with the 22? Or do you still feel like there's some difficulties with the equipment and keeping it running and managing the extra tasks of filling the rifle and making sure your regs are
and you start to notice the differences when you move to like a different platform.
So I became familiar with the platform and some of the challenges and stuff really before I ever got one and started shooting it.
the the airgun ammo obviously like ammo has always been a big big thing with with rimfire airgun ammo is you know you have a similar kind of uh it's not lot testing but there's a search for something that shoots well yeah i think the difference is once you find it though you can get more of it and have it be consistent and shoot the same over time uh than you can with rimfire um the challenge on the other side of the coin with, with air guns is getting the tuning right.
And I think managing the environment around the rifle, uh, a little bit more than rimfire.
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