When 24/25 Isn't Good Enough
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Islandguy, you could be correct but to my "aging" eyes I don't see a progressive tendency to the right. Also we have no way of knowing if the shots were shifting to the right as the groups progressed. They may well have started right and final shots fired on the left end? (The groups are SO SMALL and tight I wouldn't complain). The only thing we can be sure of is........ the last and final shot was OUT.
AikiNut, I wonder how many of us have fired a perfect score BUT the final shot was a ????? Very frustrating for sure. A few years back I was shooting with a Brit, he was easy to score for but intimidating by his perfection. "V-bull...V-bull...V-bull...5...5....5....5...V-bull..V-bull.....4!!!!!!" The only time he took his head from the stock was to GLARE at me when I called his shot. He thought I called something wrong and he likely never heard the word "FOUR". Actually, he was a very nice gent and a great Target shooter.
AikiNut, I wonder how many of us have fired a perfect score BUT the final shot was a ????? Very frustrating for sure. A few years back I was shooting with a Brit, he was easy to score for but intimidating by his perfection. "V-bull...V-bull...V-bull...5...5....5....5...V-bull..V-bull.....4!!!!!!" The only time he took his head from the stock was to GLARE at me when I called his shot. He thought I called something wrong and he likely never heard the word "FOUR". Actually, he was a very nice gent and a great Target shooter.
Even with combination of ammo, rifle, condition this sport could be really frustrating. We spend quite a lot of time, money in the eternal research of the Holy Grail punching one hole every time we touch it. getting so close this could create is lot of deceptions and there is so many variables playing in shooting sport that sometimes reason will remain unknown. And this is probably the reason why we keep tracking the perfect target.
Millions of rounds of 22 ammo is made every day for those of us trying to correct a minor error.
The day I was battling a slight breeze when I shot a 600-42X that measured 0.77 for 6 10-shot groups at 100 yards would have been interesting to have had a monitor to count the BPM from start to finish . . . and maybe a little after!
There is always tomorrow but don't wait too long for there is a song "If tomorrow never comes"!
The day I was battling a slight breeze when I shot a 600-42X that measured 0.77 for 6 10-shot groups at 100 yards would have been interesting to have had a monitor to count the BPM from start to finish . . . and maybe a little after!
There is always tomorrow but don't wait too long for there is a song "If tomorrow never comes"!
It's an Anschutz 1411 barreled action in an Anschutz BR 50 stock.
I must admit to feeling somewhat embarrassed to talk about this target when around the same time Eagleye posted a significantly better one with all groups sub-.2" on the 1/2" challenge thread. That's the one that deserves plaudits.
Absolutely NO reason to feel embarrassed. I was out yesterday, and could not put a ¼ inch group together to save my soul. ½" - yes, but none like the two I shot 3 days previously. It seems that some days, the stars align [or something] and everything falls into place. Other days, you may as well pack up and go home.
That "outlier" could easily be an ammo flaw, or a zephyr of a breeze that was not perceived. I'm certain the rifle [and the shooter] are very capable. Dave.
Thanks for the reassurance, Dave. You are absolutely right that sometimes everything comes together and other times it doesn't. More than once I've used the same ammo and rifle that gave me very good results one day and on another day, for some reason unknown to me, even when it's calm, it's impossible to do nearly as well. It makes me think that when ammo testing it would be a good idea to test over several days and not rely on the performance an ammo/rifle produced on one day only.
This!!
But, of course, we are always searching for the "Holy Grail" my toughest challenge is myself.......Can I do better? If I shoot a .076" group, then can I shoot a smaller one? Never yet have I shot a perfect group. Not sure it exists.
I did shoot a 100 yard CF group that measured .040" [witnessed]
I will just keep trying in hopes that I can better the results.
Dave.
It's an Anschutz 1411 barreled action in an Anschutz BR 50 stock.
I must admit to feeling somewhat embarrassed to talk about this target when around the same time Eagleye posted a significantly better one with all groups sub-.2" on the 1/2" challenge thread. That's the one that deserves plaudits.
Dear God that is a beautiful rifle! I've been wanting that combination for a while now.
This!!
But, of course, we are always searching for the "Holy Grail" my toughest challenge is myself.......Can I do better? If I shoot a .076" group, then can I shoot a smaller one? Never yet have I shot a perfect group. Not sure it exists.
I did shoot a 100 yard CF group that measured .040" [witnessed]
I will just keep trying in hopes that I can better the results.
Nicely put. Our toughest challenge should be ourselves. Often mystifying, .22LR can be harder to fully understand than our wives. Just yesterday, I shot again with the same rifle. Maddeningly, the single best five group target was, like the other target, similarly spoiled by one obviously bad group.
On the bright side, out of all the groups I shot yesterday, five were in the .1's, better than any single one on the target from the previous day. Even better a sixth group was my best so far this shooting season, a .095" group.
So the thing to do is to go out again and give it another try. The payback for shooting .22LR can be like self-flagelation, whipping oneself for failing to understand why it behaves as it sometimes does. Like wives, it can defy explanation. At other times it is quite rewarding -- even when it only gives 24/25.
Been there... have a "99" from standard pistol competition... guess which shot was the "9".
On Heritage at 900 one time... 5, 5, v, 5, oh... wind change... 32 clicks left... 5, 5, oh, back to the first, 32 clicks right, 4 ?, 4?, Oh, rats. Mirage... down 2 clicks, 5, V...
