Hello again. Before you rage on me for taking the stupid bet even though I'm only a week into shooting hear me out.
So I got into a debate about my rifle with a buddy of mine over a couple beers the other day.
He insists that the measures I'm going to are silly with my .22lr, and there may be plenty of truth to that.
So we bet $50 bucks that I could out-shoot him at 100 yards.
Him. Is using some type of semi-auto savage, pretty much just took the scope out of the box, mounted it, and 0'd it in at 25 yards in the dark while shooting standing up, we went shooting the other day and he took out a couple clays pretty easily at 25 yards. Also he took rotc in high school so he knows proper shooting positions. So that's his setup, he figures he can just wing it and destroy me.
My setup.
Rifle = Marlin 918t .22lr
-I took my rifle apart and painted the stock camo with rattle cans, leaves, and sealed it with a non-gloss clear coat.
-I cleaned the barrel with fp10, a copper bristle, and a soft washer, cleaned and oiled the bolt along with it. Watched videos on youtube on how to clean it.
-My scope is a 3x9 40mm tasco with a 30x30 reticle with no mil-dots, I got the objective to mount about 2/10 of an inch off of the barrel with everything else still clearing. Scope height is 1.5 inches exactly. I did have to cut into the objectives lens cover so it'd fit but thats okay.
-I did use a level to mount it.
-I setup eye relief
-I zeroed in the scope at 25 yards (which is equivelant to 50) with a barrel laser at power 4. (figured i'd use power 4 or 8 to calculate holdover easier)
Accessories
-6x9 bi-pod
-Carry strap
-Cheek riser
The distance we'll be shooting at is 100 yards, no slope, I don't know how to account for wind or humidity, Altitude 4500ft, temp 63 degrees, and is inhg = humidity? I am using a ballistics calculator on my phone to measure bullet drop.
We're both using the same cartridge.
Remington Golden Bullet Hollow Point.
-Co-efficiency .106
-Grain 36
-Bullet speed 1280
-vert drop at 100 yards should be approximately 5inches.
Technique
-I have been watching videos on how to position myself and control my breathing. Drawing a line through the trigger, (I will be shooting prone, he said he'd shoot standing up but I highly doubt that's gonna happen if he finds himself off the target).
The problems and questions.
-For some reason, I had to crank the left to right clicks all the way to the left to get my scope to center, I literally have no clicks left. (i know it's a common problem up and down, but couldn't find anything about it to the left.)
-I don't exactly know how to account for holdover, I know the 30x30 stands for 30inches at 100 yards @ power 4, so I figured I'd hold the scope about 1/3 of the way up on the thin lined reticle to account for 5 inches. Also I know the MOA doubles by distance, but does it double if I power from 4 to 8?
So I got into a debate about my rifle with a buddy of mine over a couple beers the other day.
He insists that the measures I'm going to are silly with my .22lr, and there may be plenty of truth to that.
So we bet $50 bucks that I could out-shoot him at 100 yards.
Him. Is using some type of semi-auto savage, pretty much just took the scope out of the box, mounted it, and 0'd it in at 25 yards in the dark while shooting standing up, we went shooting the other day and he took out a couple clays pretty easily at 25 yards. Also he took rotc in high school so he knows proper shooting positions. So that's his setup, he figures he can just wing it and destroy me.
My setup.
Rifle = Marlin 918t .22lr
-I took my rifle apart and painted the stock camo with rattle cans, leaves, and sealed it with a non-gloss clear coat.
-I cleaned the barrel with fp10, a copper bristle, and a soft washer, cleaned and oiled the bolt along with it. Watched videos on youtube on how to clean it.
-My scope is a 3x9 40mm tasco with a 30x30 reticle with no mil-dots, I got the objective to mount about 2/10 of an inch off of the barrel with everything else still clearing. Scope height is 1.5 inches exactly. I did have to cut into the objectives lens cover so it'd fit but thats okay.
-I did use a level to mount it.
-I setup eye relief
-I zeroed in the scope at 25 yards (which is equivelant to 50) with a barrel laser at power 4. (figured i'd use power 4 or 8 to calculate holdover easier)
Accessories
-6x9 bi-pod
-Carry strap
-Cheek riser
The distance we'll be shooting at is 100 yards, no slope, I don't know how to account for wind or humidity, Altitude 4500ft, temp 63 degrees, and is inhg = humidity? I am using a ballistics calculator on my phone to measure bullet drop.
We're both using the same cartridge.
Remington Golden Bullet Hollow Point.
-Co-efficiency .106
-Grain 36
-Bullet speed 1280
-vert drop at 100 yards should be approximately 5inches.
Technique
-I have been watching videos on how to position myself and control my breathing. Drawing a line through the trigger, (I will be shooting prone, he said he'd shoot standing up but I highly doubt that's gonna happen if he finds himself off the target).
The problems and questions.
-For some reason, I had to crank the left to right clicks all the way to the left to get my scope to center, I literally have no clicks left. (i know it's a common problem up and down, but couldn't find anything about it to the left.)
-I don't exactly know how to account for holdover, I know the 30x30 stands for 30inches at 100 yards @ power 4, so I figured I'd hold the scope about 1/3 of the way up on the thin lined reticle to account for 5 inches. Also I know the MOA doubles by distance, but does it double if I power from 4 to 8?
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