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 second (below) at 60 meters. It was a no wind condition.
Rifle used is an Anschutz .22LR hunting rifle in good condition.
Scope is an I.O.R Recon 4-28.
I aimed at the center of the black square.
First group was easy, I was sitting at a table with bipod, aiming. The rifle settled, I watched the crosshair move just a little (within a centimeter) until the shot was fired.
The next group confuses me. Sure I walked down to the target, it weighed 50 pounds and I carried it 10 meters downrange. I had to walk 70 meters in a slope back to the shooting table. I had some extra pulse and I noticed that while watching the crosshair. During the 4-5 seconds of aiming that lead up to each shot, the crosshair bounced a bit from the heartbeat but still kept within an inch. I could see that quite well since I was at 28X magnification. As far as I can tell, the trigger pull was slow and steady all the way. It was supposed to be a 3 shot group at 60 meters, but I ended up using 13 rounds until I realized it doesn't get any better.
What to do? I have never in my life been outside 2 inches with a rifle at 100 meters and this was just 60 meters. Maybe you can explain what could have happened here?
I will try again in a few days. My goal is still to get out to 150 meters and produce a diagram of that.
The first group (above) is shot at 50 meters and the second (below) at 60 meters. It was a no wind condition.
Rifle used is an Anschutz .22LR hunting rifle in good condition.
Scope is an I.O.R Recon 4-28.
I aimed at the center of the black square.
First group was easy, I was sitting at a table with bipod, aiming. The rifle settled, I watched the crosshair move just a little (within a centimeter) until the shot was fired.
The next group confuses me. Sure I walked down to the target, it weighed 50 pounds and I carried it 10 meters downrange. I had to walk 70 meters in a slope back to the shooting table. I had some extra pulse and I noticed that while watching the crosshair. During the 4-5 seconds of aiming that lead up to each shot, the crosshair bounced a bit from the heartbeat but still kept within an inch. I could see that quite well since I was at 28X magnification. As far as I can tell, the trigger pull was slow and steady all the way. It was supposed to be a 3 shot group at 60 meters, but I ended up using 13 rounds until I realized it doesn't get any better.
What to do? I have never in my life been outside 2 inches with a rifle at 100 meters and this was just 60 meters. Maybe you can explain what could have happened here?
I will try again in a few days. My goal is still to get out to 150 meters and produce a diagram of that.