I'm sure it would shoot better with someone else shooting it. It's cold and windy out. Once it warms up and it has a few hundred down the pipe I think it will be OK. I have a VX2 4-12 AO and a VX2 6-18 AO I can swap off of different guns to help with shooting paper. I don't think it will be a problem keeping it under .5" with dirty bird (other than the odd flyer or pulling a shot). I have different ammo to try also.