{"id":1069,"date":"2007-11-17T14:08:30","date_gmt":"2007-11-17T18:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/11\/17\/crosman-sierra-pro-1000-round-three\/"},"modified":"2008-01-12T13:48:21","modified_gmt":"2008-01-12T17:48:21","slug":"crosman-sierra-pro-1000-round-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/11\/17\/crosman-sierra-pro-1000-round-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Crosman Sierra Pro 1000 (round three)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have had a pretty hit or miss experience with my Crosman Sierra Pro 1000.  I really enjoy plinking and shooting at varmint targets, and of course, squirrels, which is the reason I got this airgun in the first place.  I have been frustrated with the gun\u2019s accuracy, exchanging my first Sierra Pro, and wondering if my current Sierra Pro\u2019s scope is defective.  So I enjoy shooting, trying to hit my targets, but I am frustrated with my lack of ability to hit bullseye on targets about 15-20 yards away.  Seems like it should be simple.<\/p>\n<p>I have managed to take out a couple of pesky squirrels, but not with clean shots, which is disappointing.  I want to eliminate the pests, but I do not really want to see them flop around and suffer.  The first one I took down with a shot in the chest.  It flipped and flopped for about ten seconds before calling it a day.  A couple of weekends ago, I took out another squirrel, but the results were far worse.  A shoulder shot sent it back into the top of the pecan tree.  An hour or so later I saw it struggling down the tree; I guess it did not have the strength to remain up in the branches.  I was able to get close enough for a head shot to put it out of its misery.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to get the gun sighted properly before taking on another squirrel.  I decided to get out the Black and Decker Workmate to try to stabilize the gun.  What a difference.  While the gun is not perfectly sighted, it shows vast improvements.  I did not realize how unsteady my aim was, but the Workmate allows me to let it do the holding or gives me a place to rest arm.  Either way, the steady results are much improved over my freestanding aiming techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully my next update will have me shooting nice groupings, on center.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had a pretty hit or miss experience with my Crosman Sierra Pro 1000. I really enjoy plinking and shooting at varmint targets, and of course, squirrels, which is the reason I got this airgun in the first place. I have been frustrated with the gun\u2019s accuracy, exchanging my first Sierra Pro, and wondering &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2007\/11\/17\/crosman-sierra-pro-1000-round-three\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crosman Sierra Pro 1000 (round three)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}