stagpanther
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I live on an island in Downeast Maine and in 24 hours we're getting hit by hurricane Lee. An odd thing about big storms is that the day before is often dead calm and placid--so why not go out and try some long distance 22lr shooting?
My call was a good one--at the range it was in fact absolutely dead calm, not a whisper of wind in the air. Only time I've seen that this year. Set up at 358 yds at grabbed the Eley tenex. The first three shots grouped together at 1"--but I dropped the next two in the dirt in front of the target (the target was only about 5" above the ground. The shot below the group of 3 is from another group of shots--so it doesn't count.
I'm scratching my head trying to figure out--was it just plain stupid luck; or my technique just wasn't consistent enough; or maybe it's silly to even dream that a bitty group with 22lr at longer distance is possible at anything approaching consistency?
My call was a good one--at the range it was in fact absolutely dead calm, not a whisper of wind in the air. Only time I've seen that this year. Set up at 358 yds at grabbed the Eley tenex. The first three shots grouped together at 1"--but I dropped the next two in the dirt in front of the target (the target was only about 5" above the ground. The shot below the group of 3 is from another group of shots--so it doesn't count.
I'm scratching my head trying to figure out--was it just plain stupid luck; or my technique just wasn't consistent enough; or maybe it's silly to even dream that a bitty group with 22lr at longer distance is possible at anything approaching consistency?