Have you been attempting 5x5 sub 1/4" groups at 50 yards? Has it been making you pull your hair out in frustration? Well come on in, take a seat, grab a beer and vent that pent up angst!
Since we don't want to pollute the 1/2 @ 50 yards challenge thread with our near misses, this will be an open space for those targets that almost achieved greatness. Some rules for posting: It's got to be close, so your target will need to have A) Four groups sub 1/4", and one group over (no size limit, it ruined your day for whatever reason, come vent about it!) or B) Three groups sub 1/4", one group 0.250"-0.275", and one group greater than 0.250", no limit (see above, you were close, so dang close but [the wind, the ammo, the rifle, that 0.300 Win Mag beside you, etc, ruined your day]).
Example, I messed up one shot on a group that had potential to be a personal best for me in the 0.04's after four shots... but that fifth shot, I must have had a nervous twitch or something, but as soon as the trigger broke I knew I bunged it up. That's shooter error for you, 1 shot out of 25, 4% of shots fired, resulting in a whopping 13/256th of an inch group dispersion (above the limit of 0.25" for the challenge) definitively attributable to the shooter, but that's enough to spoil a 1/4" club attempt
. Remaining vertical dispersion on the target is congruent with the MV extreme spread for this lot of RWS R-50 (can't blame the shooter there), ruining one other group by 0.007" (James bond would still approve of the group ). Horizontal spread might be attributed to the wind (as I do not use wind flags) or the steadiness of my hold, but it is so tight I cannot tell with any certainty what factor might be the cause. Regardless, the other groups are excellent specimens of rimfire accuracy, whatever factor causing them to spread out from a mechanically perfect 0.000" shot dispersion notwithstanding.
So, I'm just going to drown my sorrows now with a fresh pint of homebrewed New England Style IPA, liberally hopped with Motueka, Kohatu, Nelson Sauvin, Zythos, and El Dorado for a tropical fruit/citrus delight in my glass.
1/4" at 50 yards... if I was any closer, I'd have done it. Ooohhhh it's a bugger.
Since we don't want to pollute the 1/2 @ 50 yards challenge thread with our near misses, this will be an open space for those targets that almost achieved greatness. Some rules for posting: It's got to be close, so your target will need to have A) Four groups sub 1/4", and one group over (no size limit, it ruined your day for whatever reason, come vent about it!) or B) Three groups sub 1/4", one group 0.250"-0.275", and one group greater than 0.250", no limit (see above, you were close, so dang close but [the wind, the ammo, the rifle, that 0.300 Win Mag beside you, etc, ruined your day]).
Example, I messed up one shot on a group that had potential to be a personal best for me in the 0.04's after four shots... but that fifth shot, I must have had a nervous twitch or something, but as soon as the trigger broke I knew I bunged it up. That's shooter error for you, 1 shot out of 25, 4% of shots fired, resulting in a whopping 13/256th of an inch group dispersion (above the limit of 0.25" for the challenge) definitively attributable to the shooter, but that's enough to spoil a 1/4" club attempt
. Remaining vertical dispersion on the target is congruent with the MV extreme spread for this lot of RWS R-50 (can't blame the shooter there), ruining one other group by 0.007" (James bond would still approve of the group ). Horizontal spread might be attributed to the wind (as I do not use wind flags) or the steadiness of my hold, but it is so tight I cannot tell with any certainty what factor might be the cause. Regardless, the other groups are excellent specimens of rimfire accuracy, whatever factor causing them to spread out from a mechanically perfect 0.000" shot dispersion notwithstanding.So, I'm just going to drown my sorrows now with a fresh pint of homebrewed New England Style IPA, liberally hopped with Motueka, Kohatu, Nelson Sauvin, Zythos, and El Dorado for a tropical fruit/citrus delight in my glass.
1/4" at 50 yards... if I was any closer, I'd have done it. Ooohhhh it's a bugger.
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