Recent content by Sailor757

Well, the wind was weak, but directly from the side. I can try windflags next time. Didn't think the bullet could be much affected by weak wind at only 60 meters distance. Since it drops almost an inch from 50 to 60 meters, you may be right.

I only used bipod. Haven't got a rear bag yet, so I supported with the hand. About hand grip pressure, that rings a bell. I'm more a handgun shooter than rifle. Earlier, groups were often low and left when shooting handguns. By improving the grip (Applying pressure also with outer parts of the...

Great! I will go through the checklist at the range tomorrow.

It's a regular stock, it doesn't go all the way out. I will check the scope mount. It's still possible that it somehow was ME doing this. But I don't understand how. :)

Background: I intended to move my target all the way out to 150 meters, in ten meter steps, and get a ballistic curve of the bullet. The cartridges are standard .22 lead, bought 20 years ago, oiled, not waxed and packaged in 500 round cans. The first group (above) is shot at 50 meters and the...

Sounds like when I tried to teach my wife play tennis last winter. :-) Try this: Use a .22 so her flinch doesn't get permanent. Turn the target around so only the white is seen, no black. (The black steals her focus from the frontsight and increases flinching) Then tell her to just aim...