Ran some .22's

[Distant Thunder]

I did some more shooting today, not the best weather for shooting but not worth a poop for anything else either. The temperature started out at about 31 degrees and quickly dropped into the mid 20s, which isn't bad really. The wind went from a light switchy breeze to strong gusts of 20 mph plus, that made things challenging.

I started at 50 yards because I had two new ammos to test. I also shot two known ammos to have an idea how the new stuff looked in comparison.

   

Then I moved out to 100 yards and I shot everything I had that shot pretty well in the past weeks. By the time I was at 100 yards the wind was blowing hard and switching every few seconds. This became more of how does this shoot in crappy winds than an accuracy test. Not all bad really. Today I did not wipe the barrel between groups with a dry patch like I had been doing previously. The only time I really saw where it made a difference was when I went from the FEDERAL Premium GM Match to the CMP ELEY. That first shot with the CMP was low.

Also I am pretty sure I forgot to pull my head out on one shot with the FEDERAL Champion and cross fired on the wrong black square. I can't see any other way it should come up that far right.

The WOLF was the first group at 100 yards and my math skills showed again and I came up with the wrong sight setting putting the first shot an inch below the paper. I came up 3 inches and the next 9 were good.

The horizontal spread and some of the vertical were both due to the wind. I tried to break my shots when things were good, but it never stayed one way for more than a few seconds and I could guess where a shot was in the group by the flag. This was really clear in the groups with the FEDERAL Premium GM Match and the CMP ELEY because the groups were so much tighter up and down. Those two were 5 shots only because I am saving the best stuff for the match on the 1st and I won't be able to buy more in time.

   

I still haven't decided between the scope and the irons. I was leaning toward irons thinking it would be better for offhand, then today in a quick 5 shots offhand at 50 yards with the scope I hit all 5. I have a few days to decide and I'll be shooting some more offhand for practice. Also I do shoot big bore BPCR silhouette with this same scope and action type.