constructive pointers needed please

[chaneylake]

this is my 300 yard target shot today, 11.7 inch bulls-eye

10 shots out of a cold barrel with no pryor shots, wiping between shots

.40-65 Shiloh, Jones 422 grain bullet, Swiss 1.5, 55 grains, basically no compression

can anyone of you see what I need to do to tighten up groups of this size, I am staying pretty consistant with groups such as this one posted

what would be an approximate sight setting for 500 yards, my 300 yard setting is .55

target should be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise but my software is no accepting adjustments

[bobw]

Assuming that the 3 on the bottom are really on the right,I'd say your squeeze was faulty on them and the other 7 are in 3-4" at 300 yds. So how much better do you figure you need? A rough guess on the site adjustment puts you moving it up to 85pts give or take a few. To get down on the knats ass for calcs like that you need to supply elev. above sea level,velocity, bc , sight radius, site height above bore ctr line and a few other things. good luck bobw

[chaneylake]

when I logged back onto this site the target is "as I shot today", sorry for the confusion "bobw", being a new shooter in this game, only 22# of Swiss 1.5 shot through my rifle, it will take me a short while to give you more information. I live in West Tennessee and there is as of now no one that I can personally talk to eye to eye so please bear with me.

two years ago I did not know how to reload a cartridge nor cast a bullet, the learning curve has been very difficult for me but very rewarding

thank you for your input, I will post more information shortly, some of my questions might sound rookie but I do not even know the language propery, I just seem to have the ability to sometimes pull the trigger properly

[chaneylake]

also, I do not know what size groups are acceptable at any yardage

[bobw]

Well figure it this way. 1" at 100yds is 1 MOA ,3" at 300 yds is 1 MOA. So if you are grouping 3-4" at 300 yds that is 1 to 1 1/4MOA which is better than 98% of the people out there shooting lead,bp in these guns can do on a regular basis. You said the target needed a 90 degree rotation ccw to be the actual group that means to me you have 3 shots on the bottom that will be on the right and I'd call them trigger control flyers .Now you have the taeget oriented right, I still think that a less than perfect squeeze explains them 3. It's as fine a shooting at 3oo yds as anyone on this site can do. I would not change your loads to much. on the chance those 3 aren't flyers ,be very consistant with your fouling control and maybe that will make the difference. bobw

[chaneylake]

I am wanting to believe that the three on the right is result of a bad trigger squeeze, which I know that I need more trigger time

my fouling is controlled by wiping with napa soluable oil, 1:7 mix, damp patch wrapped around a nylon brush followed by 2 damp patches, last patch comes out basically clean

[Lumpy Grits]

Keep the chamber BONE-DRY......
LG

[chaneylake]

the chamber is kept dry LG, thanks for the reminder to do so

here is todays 10 shots 12/3/12, I had the vertical a tad high but I just about nutted the 10 o'clock wind, lol

[Lumpy Grits]

If that is 300yds, your doing much better.
Does that include your CBS?
Plot your shots the next time.....
Gary

[chaneylake]

If that is 300yds, your doing much better.
Does that include your CBS?
Plot your shots the next time.....
Gary

yes its 300 yards, what is CBS, I normally plot my shots, just sorta been lazy lately