Sunday, February 18, 2007
Another day at the range. oi!
Today's match was a 300-yard metric (International) prone rifle match using iron sights. Brought out the trusty AR-15 and went at it. Shooting in the Service Rifle Division i lost to the other guy by 1 point. There were 8 shooters today.
Scores:
184-3x
177-3x
181-1x
Total: 542-7x
One of the guys yesterday was explaining that the rings on the target are slightly closer than the 200 yard target. Yea right, it was more like the 600-yard target i'm used to. The difference between where i usually shoot at Richmond and here is that the wind is more present. I actually had to aim off to the right by half a post or even the whole post at times, the flags were flying 95% verticle at some points then dip a little and surge back. How annoying! I had 9's left n right argh! I never knew that a bit of wind pushed my bullets so much. But then since the scoring rings are closer, maybe it's pushed less than what i thought.
After shooting that i tried out my Para at 15, 25 and 50 yards and come to the conclusion that at the 15 my aim is 3" below center, at 25 it's 6" and at 50 it's about 9" below center. Silly bullets still heading upwards.
Today's match was a 300-yard metric (International) prone rifle match using iron sights. Brought out the trusty AR-15 and went at it. Shooting in the Service Rifle Division i lost to the other guy by 1 point. There were 8 shooters today.
Scores:
184-3x
177-3x
181-1x
Total: 542-7x
One of the guys yesterday was explaining that the rings on the target are slightly closer than the 200 yard target. Yea right, it was more like the 600-yard target i'm used to. The difference between where i usually shoot at Richmond and here is that the wind is more present. I actually had to aim off to the right by half a post or even the whole post at times, the flags were flying 95% verticle at some points then dip a little and surge back. How annoying! I had 9's left n right argh! I never knew that a bit of wind pushed my bullets so much. But then since the scoring rings are closer, maybe it's pushed less than what i thought.
After shooting that i tried out my Para at 15, 25 and 50 yards and come to the conclusion that at the 15 my aim is 3" below center, at 25 it's 6" and at 50 it's about 9" below center. Silly bullets still heading upwards.
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