I was out at the range today, working nights has some advantages in that you have few people you have to share with. Mostly its older retirees, often who fought in the Big War, and tell great stories. So I usually enjoy myself. Today however, I learned a valuable lesson in maintenance and upkeep.
Always make sure the screws holding you scope on are nice and tight!
Some of you are probably rolling out of your chairs laughing at me by now, but heres what it was.
I was having a fair to middle day at the range, a little breezy, so super accurate shooting was out of the question. Had just fired the tightest 100 yard group of my life with my 22WMR, a killer .435 group at 100 yards!
2 groups later the rounds started flying. After the first, I said it was just a flyer, the second, maybe a flinch, the third, and I started getting angry. Over the next 5 minutes I probably wasted 20 rounds before it dawned on me to look at my scope and mounts. The front mount had loosened, and the scope was wobbling all over the place.
Lesson kids is to always check the little things, for its those that will totally wreck your day!
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I thought I'd seen it all, until a 22WMR spun a bunny 2 1/4 times in the air!
Always make sure the screws holding you scope on are nice and tight!
Some of you are probably rolling out of your chairs laughing at me by now, but heres what it was.
I was having a fair to middle day at the range, a little breezy, so super accurate shooting was out of the question. Had just fired the tightest 100 yard group of my life with my 22WMR, a killer .435 group at 100 yards!
2 groups later the rounds started flying. After the first, I said it was just a flyer, the second, maybe a flinch, the third, and I started getting angry. Over the next 5 minutes I probably wasted 20 rounds before it dawned on me to look at my scope and mounts. The front mount had loosened, and the scope was wobbling all over the place.
Lesson kids is to always check the little things, for its those that will totally wreck your day!
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I thought I'd seen it all, until a 22WMR spun a bunny 2 1/4 times in the air!