driving tacks?shooting lights out?
11-26-2007, 10:30 AM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: DFW
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RE: driving tacks?shooting lights out?
Nice group, but I'd say that a dimes' width away from the bull isn't too bad. After all, we're talking about a rifle that was made in 1948, with open sights at an outdoor range at 50 yards. No offense, buta 6.5 x .284 at 100 yards isn't even stretching its legs good. That's a 1,000 yard competition round and should be expected to do this time after time. Again, no offense, but I think I'd rather have a .22 that could shoot my groups at 50 yardsthan a wildcat that could shoot those groupsat 100. Back off a little bit and see what it'll do.
11-26-2007, 06:20 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
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RE: driving tacks?shooting lights out?
ORIGINAL: cma3366a
Group shooting and score shooting are 2 different things. Personally, when doing the former, I prefer to preserve my aiming point with a scope zeroed slightly off. Just my $.02
Group shooting and score shooting are 2 different things. Personally, when doing the former, I prefer to preserve my aiming point with a scope zeroed slightly off. Just my $.02
12-07-2007, 06:28 AM
#26
Giant Nontypical
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Location: Texas - BUT NOW in Madison County, NY
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RE: driving tacks?shooting lights out?
ORIGINAL: doubleA
When it comes to shooting tacks, your gun has to have the ability to shoot "spot on", most targets with groups that I have seen posted do have nice groups but are usually not even close to the center of the bull. No offense to the group above but the X is still showing.
Below is a picture, the 100yd group was shot with a Cooper 6.5x284.I will admit I can not do this consistantly, because frankly it's very very hard to do with a hunting rifle. The inside white of the bull measures .375" (3/8") or about the size of a tack head.
When it comes to shooting tacks, your gun has to have the ability to shoot "spot on", most targets with groups that I have seen posted do have nice groups but are usually not even close to the center of the bull. No offense to the group above but the X is still showing.
Below is a picture, the 100yd group was shot with a Cooper 6.5x284.I will admit I can not do this consistantly, because frankly it's very very hard to do with a hunting rifle. The inside white of the bull measures .375" (3/8") or about the size of a tack head.
12-17-2007, 03:25 PM
#27
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Republican City, Nebraska
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RE: driving tacks?shooting lights out?
This really doesn't have anything to do with the match story, but growing up on a Nebraska farm we used to save our empty shotgun shells up and when spring rolled around have massive "hunt the shell" safari's...we'd all take 30 or 40 and go hide them in the junk pile in the pasture tree rows, bale pilesetc, then go walking side by side picking them off with our little single shot .22s...fun fun fun...they'd arch up and away, the idea was to shoot them until you cound;t see them...just keep bouncing them along....
12-18-2007, 01:56 PM
#28
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: S.W. Pa.-- Heart in North Central Pa. mountains-
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RE: driving tacks?shooting lights out?
Persoally, when shooting groups, like others here have said, I don't want to hit the aiming point. I want the group to appear some distance off so I can still clearly see the aiming point. As was said before... If you can get a load that shoots to your satisfaction consistantly, then you can change the POI on the target to where you want.
12-19-2007, 04:00 AM
#29
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: MISSOURI
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RE: driving tacks?shooting lights out?
This is my .220 swift target I used for load verifcation.I was going for consistincy (sp) not the X. Then I sighted my rifle in to match my round. There are 12 shots in those 4 targets.And I cant do that everyday either. But most of the time that old yote is not real happy.We practice with 20oz bottles filled with water out to 600 yards,man that is fun stuff.
