Smaller Targets Better?
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Smaller Targets Better?
I think I took two bags to the range today. One had guns, ammo and targets. The second was well packed with every bad habit I could find. I started with 2 2" stick-on targets on an 8.5 X 11 sheet and was not doing as well as I wanted. I had a bunch of Shoot'nSee 1" stick on's from the 6" target sets and set up a paper with 12 of these. They seemed to force more concentration. At 10 rounds per dot, I could see a marked improvement in accuracy. They sure forced me to concentrate more on fundamentals. Didn't stop me from throwing rounds into the next county but there were fewer of them. A lot of the "misses" were in about the same place.
The target size would have to be small or there would be overflow.
I mentioned to SWMBO that my rimfire accuracy had dropped off a bit since I had increased the amount of centerfire I was shooting. She had some silly idea that the fundamentals were the same. I've been trying to come up with an explanation just to prove her wrong. Until then, I probably had better stick to the honey do list.
I mentioned to SWMBO that my rimfire accuracy had dropped off a bit since I had increased the amount of centerfire I was shooting. She had some silly idea that the fundamentals were the same. I've been trying to come up with an explanation just to prove her wrong. Until then, I probably had better stick to the honey do list.
I guess this implies that you qualified for the "Big Bore" team ??greener wrote:She can't be that smart, she married me.
She shot on a collegiate small bore team I didn't make.
as for the target-size question, it seems you may be using some of
those 'smart bullet'... they know they're supposed to "hit the spot"
and try their best to do that... they just don't know to go to the
center of the spot... so when it is smaller.. they just do their job.
good luck with that 'Honey Do' list... --toy
I've been called a "Big Bore" but I did shoot on the 204 mm, 155 mm, 105 mm teamstoyfj40 wrote:I guess this implies that you qualified for the "Big Bore" team ??greener wrote:She can't be that smart, she married me.
She shot on a collegiate small bore team I didn't make.
as for the target-size question, it seems you may be using some of
those 'smart bullet'... they know they're supposed to "hit the spot"
and try their best to do that... they just don't know to go to the
center of the spot... so when it is smaller.. they just do their job.
good luck with that 'Honey Do' list... --toy
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Now 204mm is definitely a bjg bore, hat is a single sht right. How many extr do you carry in your oocket?greener wrote:I've been called a "Big Bore" but I did shoot on the 204 mm, 155 mm, 105 mm teamstoyfj40 wrote:I guess this implies that you qualified for the "Big Bore" team ??greener wrote:She can't be that smart, she married me.
She shot on a collegiate small bore team I didn't make.
as for the target-size question, it seems you may be using some of
those 'smart bullet'... they know they're supposed to "hit the spot"
and try their best to do that... they just don't know to go to the
center of the spot... so when it is smaller.. they just do their job.
good luck with that 'Honey Do' list... --toy
You have great day and shoot straight and may the Good Lord smile on you.
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Sure glad I am not paying your ammo bill, but then back when I was working and you were shooting the BIG BORE ,I was paying part of it. Wonder how much a round that figures out to be?greener wrote:Single shot. The extra rounds are in the truck that follows along behind.
You have great day and shoot straight and may the Good Lord smile on you.
Back in the dark ages, about a buck a pound for ammo. The 8" nuke similator (ballistic match) was about two grand a bang. The 8" is out of the inventory. The reserve unit in Saginaw that closed down about 12 years ago was an 8" unit. My guess is the 155 rounds are approaching $300 per bang if you don't get one of the fancy ones (illumination, base-ejecting mines, depleted uranium antitank). They also shot nukes. I never saw what the ability to have a much bigger X-ring cost.