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The Basics, Starting Out
A short story about the bottom line, with help from some LR Hunting Regulars
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<blockquote data-quote="Brent" data-source="post: 52705" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I shot a group yesterday, one of the smallest I shot in fact, I pulled on the last shot, only I pulled it into the group this time! <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> I know that shot would have opened the group by half an inch at least! I pulled low left and the shot hit high right!</p><p></p><p>That was the only shot I broke, that I noticed, that wasn't clean in 27 rounds. Sometimes you get lucky. I hate my 3.5# trigger, better than it was but still horrible.</p><p></p><p>I shot a poor bird at 250 yards with my brothers 10/22 a few weeks ago. He told me he was seeing the bullets through the 32x Pentax and to try it and look for myself. It took a few rounds to see them but I walked them into the "feathers", yep at 250 yards with a 22. They couldn't believe it, neither could I!</p><p></p><p>I had alot of practice that day with a scope that turned into a giant peep sight when the battery went dead on the Aimpoint 2000. That was fun, not too hard, but definatly challenging.</p><p></p><p>I agree, without perfect trigger control you're simply wasting your time. </p><p></p><p>Get the best rest you can get, squeeze without torquing the gun, be surprised but follow through. </p><p></p><p>I get alot of my practice from mainly working up loads in several rifles, trying to make sure the load is the one producing the error and not me. I've just ended up being a better shooter as a result. If I had always just went out to plink, I doubt I would have learned the things necessary to break a shot the right way. The aim to shoot the tightest groups possible at LR has always made me double my efforts too.</p><p></p><p>My wife used to always ask me why the groups on my targets (just under moa) I came home with weren't good enough, she sayed they looked fine and asked, what more could better groups do for me. Well needless to say, she can explain to anyone what moa means now, and why a 1 moa gun just won't always do at long range, even on moose. She has a pretty thurough understanding of ballistics by now as a result of my brainwashing <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />, you know I have to explain all this stuff to her so she understands why I need all the new expensive toys. <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p>Trigger time is what she needs most. Most her time has been spent in Brents classroom <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />, but she applies it at the range and kind of sees things in perspective more and more every time out.</p><p></p><p>I like your story Steve, that's pretty interesting. You'd defintely think they'd give you all the time in the world to practice shooting, more than most people get to shoot anyway. I never would have guessed it.</p><p></p><p>Oh ya, Boyd, you want to stop posting groups like those, my wife sees those while I'm on here and she'll laugh even harder at mine! <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>No seriously, she says you're a **** fine shot. <img src="http://images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> I do have target envy though. <img src="http://images/icons/wink.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>[ 02-22-2003: Message edited by: Brent ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brent, post: 52705, member: 99"] I shot a group yesterday, one of the smallest I shot in fact, I pulled on the last shot, only I pulled it into the group this time! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I know that shot would have opened the group by half an inch at least! I pulled low left and the shot hit high right! That was the only shot I broke, that I noticed, that wasn't clean in 27 rounds. Sometimes you get lucky. I hate my 3.5# trigger, better than it was but still horrible. I shot a poor bird at 250 yards with my brothers 10/22 a few weeks ago. He told me he was seeing the bullets through the 32x Pentax and to try it and look for myself. It took a few rounds to see them but I walked them into the "feathers", yep at 250 yards with a 22. They couldn't believe it, neither could I! I had alot of practice that day with a scope that turned into a giant peep sight when the battery went dead on the Aimpoint 2000. That was fun, not too hard, but definatly challenging. I agree, without perfect trigger control you're simply wasting your time. Get the best rest you can get, squeeze without torquing the gun, be surprised but follow through. I get alot of my practice from mainly working up loads in several rifles, trying to make sure the load is the one producing the error and not me. I've just ended up being a better shooter as a result. If I had always just went out to plink, I doubt I would have learned the things necessary to break a shot the right way. The aim to shoot the tightest groups possible at LR has always made me double my efforts too. My wife used to always ask me why the groups on my targets (just under moa) I came home with weren't good enough, she sayed they looked fine and asked, what more could better groups do for me. Well needless to say, she can explain to anyone what moa means now, and why a 1 moa gun just won't always do at long range, even on moose. She has a pretty thurough understanding of ballistics by now as a result of my brainwashing [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img], you know I have to explain all this stuff to her so she understands why I need all the new expensive toys. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Trigger time is what she needs most. Most her time has been spent in Brents classroom [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img], but she applies it at the range and kind of sees things in perspective more and more every time out. I like your story Steve, that's pretty interesting. You'd defintely think they'd give you all the time in the world to practice shooting, more than most people get to shoot anyway. I never would have guessed it. Oh ya, Boyd, you want to stop posting groups like those, my wife sees those while I'm on here and she'll laugh even harder at mine! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] No seriously, she says you're a **** fine shot. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] I do have target envy though. [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [ 02-22-2003: Message edited by: Brent ] [/QUOTE]
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