Afternoon target practice

[lampingboy 231]

Hi lads,decided to go for some target practice this afternoon since it was lovely and sunny,i also recieved my pair of jack pyke fold back finger shooting gloves so wanted to give them a try.

i set out about 4:40pm,would have liked to have left earlyer but was bust stripping scaffolding with my dad lol .

anyways i got to the field where i practice and set out 3 targets,one at my zero range 25meters the second at 40meters and the third at around 55meters .

my first grouping wasnt the best tbh and im not sure why but im going to re-zero at x6 mag soon instead of the x9 im using now.

As you can probably see it was shooting to the right so i gave the windage turret 2 clicks to the left.

that was around 30 shots through that 25meter taget so obviously room for improvement.

Then i went onto the 40 meter target

i put the luminous sticker on there for easyer spotting although they usually get hit off there lol.

Still not avery good group ,this was still using x9 mag and 2 mildots hold over.

then the last one,55meters using 4 milots hold over

i only had one shot that i was happy with on this,although i really cant think why the others were so far out since i was prone shooting off my bag

maybe just alot more practice needed.

 

Also i gave my new gloves a try ,they are great gloves,nice and warm and the foldback finger is a really good design. The only criticism i have is i think personally i would prefer the thumb to also fold back as this would make reloading an easyer task.

Heres some pics of the kit i carry,some people travel light,and then theres me lmao.

I dont carry all this when lamping or hunting but i like to bring it when im target shooting as its always handy .

Here some pics of the land where i practice and the posistion i was shooting from,

hope you enjoyed,

ATB

Brad.

[hunter1989 91]

hi brad

 

nice read up and pics

 

some nice kit you have there buddy

 

atb steve

[lampingboy 231]

thanks steve

Brad.

[mick01 36]

well done matey a good honest post, many, like me would of discarded the targets after a bad grooping but well done mate, all sorts of factors give us bad groups. what pellets were you using mate out if interest? atb mate Mick

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Nice write up Brad, will put my next trip to the range up as well, I am going to be zeroing the Stingray and 60S, the wife will be working on her 60S and her Diana (but I will have to reload that for her, the Carbine barrel is too short for her to get leverage on to cock it with her broken wrist. Will photo the range and our groups, let you all know how we get on!

[ArchieHood 3,692]

Good post Brad,are you using Accupells?I had some when I got my Air Arms,when I changed to AA Field I did notice an improvement with my groupings.Keep practising and you will improve.

[lampingboy 231]

hi lads thanks for the kind comments,im using webley accupells at themoment ,ive preiously had better 25 meter groups than this but today i felt really comfortable and steady as a rock when reting on my bag but i had bad groupings :/ only thing ive done is wash and lube my pellets,ill be honest my previous groups were nothing special but were all in and on the blue centre border .

maybe some serious practice is needed

ill try and find my rin of aa fields diablos and give them a go! as i remeber they really shot nice.

will let you know how i get on,hopefully get out tomorow morning but im off to the new alotment with aaron tomorow night to try and get rid of some bunnys so will have a write up on that im sure!

thanks all

Brad.

[rossi_j 99]

Nice write up brad and great picks, stick at it mate and practace and the groups will get tighter and tighter

 

Good luck with your outing with aaron, look forward to the write up, dont go trampling them veggies :laugh:

 

.atb. .ste. Spa for this and other recent posts, you and aaron will make a crack pest controll team and from what I have seen are top young lads

[lampingboy 231]

thanks ste mate! means alot ill keep at it and try and get out for an hour most days after school ,think im going to give the aa fields a try in the morning! see how i get on

Brad.

[tx200hc 0]

nice write up mate..lovely bit of kit too happy shooting

[lampingboy 231]

thank you pal

Brad.

[secretagentmole 1,701]

By the way Brad, with all that gear, in the scouts? Only thing I did not see was an inflatable life raft!

[craig33 10]

nice one them groups could be down to a bit of down range cross wind

have you tried webley mosqueto my 400 loves em and my dastate mk3,s both love em

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hiya Brad.

 

Brilliant post mate.

That grouping will get better, like you have said, just need to find the pellet that best suit the rifle mate

 

Might pay to shoot 5 shot groups too buddy, give you a better idea of whats happening.

 

This link may be of help to you buddy, some good practice targets on here to print off

 

 

http://www.mytargets.com/

 

ATB.

 

 

Bill.

[darren watson 14]

looks like you live in the woods mate! i've got that very same sas survival book! let us know how you get on with the aa fields, im currently using crosman premiers, which im told are the same pellets as accupells but under a different name, but i've scrounged a handful of aa fields and some bisley magnums to try through my rifle when they run out.