{"id":5238,"date":"2019-02-10T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-10T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=5238"},"modified":"2020-02-09T11:48:56","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T18:48:56","slug":"sig-air-super-target-pistol-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/sig-air-super-target-pistol-part-ii.html","title":{"rendered":"SIG AIR Super Target Pistol (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you been wanting to get into 10-meter indoor airgun\ncompetition, or just want a super accurate plinking pistol to use from your back\nporch to harass insects with?  If so, I\nbelieve this SIG AIR Super Target will fill the bill nicely. At a $350 price\npoint it is meant to be a serious contender and SIG has proven its commitment\nto the airgun industry after jumping in with both feet three years ago by forming\ntheir airgun division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SIG AIR broke from their usual mode of 1-to-1 replicas of\ntheir famous firearms with the introduction of the Super Target. Part I related\nthe basics of the air pistol along with how it somewhat resembled SIG\u2019s P210, a\nvery well regarded 9mm pistol introduced in 1949 and known for its inherent\naccuracy. For a single-shot air pistol in this price category, the user will\nexpect it to provide a high degree of accuracy. The Super Target was\npurpose-built for this task and delivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The SIG AIR Super Target housed in its hard case.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Out of the box the trigger pull weight was 2 pounds, 5.3\nounces and I lightened it to just 2 pounds. The take up was long, but as with\nany trigger adjustments, you must be careful not to overdo it and risk the sear\nnot engaging at all, or having the gun fire with the slightest bump. The owner\u2019s\nmanual wisely recommends having an airgunsmith make any trigger adjustments. However,\nif you choose to make your own adjustments with the provided allen wrench, the manual\ngives clear instruction\/illustrations. The recommendation is to adjust only one\nof the 4 screws at a time and then only by 1\/16 of an inch. After dry-fire testing,\nthe user can make further adjustments or move to the next trigger screw. The\nSuper Target is classified as a precision adult competition air pistol so it\ndoesn\u2019t have to meet minimum trigger pull weight or drop test requirements and\ncomes with no mechanical safety of any kind. If you plan to use this\nparticular air pistol to train a youngster or someone new to shooting, be extra\nvigilant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airguns are typically finicky eaters and along with SIG AIR\u2019s\nown brand of match pellets, I also fed the Super Target several brands in order\nto judge its accuracy potential. While admittedly not the best shot, especially\nwith iron sights, I was pleased with the results using multiple pellet\nvarieties.  The Super Target seemed to\nprefer the light (5.5 grains) alloy pellets which works out well for most\nindoor shooting venues as it isn\u2019t advisable having lead dust flying around\nindoors and may actually be a restriction for certain ranges and\ngovernment-owned facilities. The best accuracy achieved was with the GTO lead-free\nalloy pellets from Predator. CTC measurement with the GTOs was .625 inch. Five-shot\ngroups with SIG Match Ballistic Alloy were a little larger. The manual suggests\nsticking with pellets under 8 grains, however, the best lead pellet group was\nwith the Rifle Brand Premium Flatheads at 8.18 grains, giving a .75-inch CTC. Going\nabove that threshold pretty much threw accuracy out the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With a little tweaking of the sights and LOTS of practice I could do justice to this pistol’s capability.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

All-in-all, a pleasing and accurate single-stroke pneumatic air pistol. To learn more or order up one of these babies check out the AofA<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you been wanting to get into 10-meter indoor airgun competition, or just want a super accurate plinking pistol to use from your back porch to harass insects with?  If so, I believe this SIG AIR Super Target will fill the bill nicely. At a $350 price point it is meant to be a serious…»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5238"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5244,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5238\/revisions\/5244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}