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Had a little extra time yesterday evening so I drove out to the range with a couple of .308s.
I only usually shoot distance rifles half dozen or so times a year, so obviously my due diligence is not what it should be.
Shooting a small pie plate on an IPSC cardboard silhouette at 525 yards. The white of the pie plate contrasted well against the brown of the silhouette.
Shots felt fine but when I drove over to check them they were everywhere. Probably 1 1/2 MOA from a rifle that had previously done 3/4 MOA at this same distance.
I flogged myself with a piece of razor wire then drove back to the firing point to get a few more in before the rain started in earnest.
Similar results, damn. U G L Y, I ain't got no alibi....... that was some ugly shooting.
It's raining like hell by this point so I wrap it up and drive back to the house.
Determined to drive back this weekend and figure out WTH is going on I check over the rifles. New .308 Savage that a local smith mounted the scope for me had the mount loose, almost a quarter turn to tighten it- ouch! I check the other one, Ma Bell, Old Faithful of the bolt guns, Great Ringer of da Steelz.... and the mount is loose on that one also! Epic failure. I flogged myself again with the razor wire.
Moral of the story, make it an SOP to check your mounts EVERY TIME. Had this been for real, I would have made the shot at 525 but the deer/BG/Zombie/whatever would have limped away laughing at my shot.
I only usually shoot distance rifles half dozen or so times a year, so obviously my due diligence is not what it should be.
Shooting a small pie plate on an IPSC cardboard silhouette at 525 yards. The white of the pie plate contrasted well against the brown of the silhouette.
Shots felt fine but when I drove over to check them they were everywhere. Probably 1 1/2 MOA from a rifle that had previously done 3/4 MOA at this same distance.
I flogged myself with a piece of razor wire then drove back to the firing point to get a few more in before the rain started in earnest.
Similar results, damn. U G L Y, I ain't got no alibi....... that was some ugly shooting.
It's raining like hell by this point so I wrap it up and drive back to the house.
Determined to drive back this weekend and figure out WTH is going on I check over the rifles. New .308 Savage that a local smith mounted the scope for me had the mount loose, almost a quarter turn to tighten it- ouch! I check the other one, Ma Bell, Old Faithful of the bolt guns, Great Ringer of da Steelz.... and the mount is loose on that one also! Epic failure. I flogged myself again with the razor wire.
Moral of the story, make it an SOP to check your mounts EVERY TIME. Had this been for real, I would have made the shot at 525 but the deer/BG/Zombie/whatever would have limped away laughing at my shot.
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