Well today's range report was the first one in six months. I had not been out to shoot since I had my eye surgery back in December.
Part of this was psychological. I was blaming concussion effects from shooting the shotgun on some of my eye problems. The truth is I don't believe it had anything to do with it.
Other things at home however have been keeping me very busy so I haven't had as much time to enjoy myself as I would like.
But I am seeing much better, and in fact 20/15 corrected, if I have the time to let my eyes Focus. They do not focus quickly enough for CQB but at the range I have all the Time in the World to aim.
I took the Savage .223 varminter, the 12 gauge Mossberg 500, the Philippine-made ATI 1911, and my XDS-9. I had so much fun I never did make it to the shotgun range.
My pistol Target is at 15 yards but the red arrow at the top indicates my 225 yard Target. There is a 300-yard Dinger in a plowed depression off to the above left, and above my target is another one at approximately 400 yards which does not yet have a steel target.
I could tell how out of practice I was because I couldn't hit anything for the first few rounds.
But I managed to tighten up and finally shot this pattern of 5 at 225 yards.
Anyhow I shot about a 6 inch pattern where I would normally shoot a 2 inch pattern because I went to a 69 grain Nossler bullet from a 75 Hornaday.
Total mistake for this gun!!! We had just the mildest cross winds gusting today and it threw me all over left and right.
What I need is maybe a 78-79 grain bullet. I will not be trying to shoot the lighter bullets out of this gun again, and we'll just save them all for now.
Part of this was psychological. I was blaming concussion effects from shooting the shotgun on some of my eye problems. The truth is I don't believe it had anything to do with it.
Other things at home however have been keeping me very busy so I haven't had as much time to enjoy myself as I would like.
But I am seeing much better, and in fact 20/15 corrected, if I have the time to let my eyes Focus. They do not focus quickly enough for CQB but at the range I have all the Time in the World to aim.
I took the Savage .223 varminter, the 12 gauge Mossberg 500, the Philippine-made ATI 1911, and my XDS-9. I had so much fun I never did make it to the shotgun range.
My pistol Target is at 15 yards but the red arrow at the top indicates my 225 yard Target. There is a 300-yard Dinger in a plowed depression off to the above left, and above my target is another one at approximately 400 yards which does not yet have a steel target.
I could tell how out of practice I was because I couldn't hit anything for the first few rounds.
But I managed to tighten up and finally shot this pattern of 5 at 225 yards.
Anyhow I shot about a 6 inch pattern where I would normally shoot a 2 inch pattern because I went to a 69 grain Nossler bullet from a 75 Hornaday.
Total mistake for this gun!!! We had just the mildest cross winds gusting today and it threw me all over left and right.
What I need is maybe a 78-79 grain bullet. I will not be trying to shoot the lighter bullets out of this gun again, and we'll just save them all for now.
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