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First, let me tell you about the first outing. Being that this is my first rifle, I went to the range unprepared.
I'd set up paper targets at Oak Tree at 50 and 100 yards. 50 yards was cake. Zeroed the scope in 2-3 shots. Checked on repeatability. I was indeed getting consistent hits with good grouping. Moved up to 100 yards, which is when I first realized, I couldn't see my hits through my scope. The black background on the paper targets didn't help either. Not seeing what I was hitting, I didn't get very far learning anything that day.
Finished off hitting a few of the steel targets. The sound the targets made was sweet, albeit my ability to hit them was 50/50 at 100 yards.
Fast forward to today, I had MLK day off from the office. I went to Angeles Range and this time I came prepared. I got me some ShootNC reactive targets, 6 inchers and a Redfield 60X spotting scope.
Started at 50 yards with CCI Standard Velo 40 gr ammo. My zero held from the last session. Hit after hit, my $100 Nikon scope ain't half bad. It's actually pretty good. Then I set up at 100 and 150 yards. Checked the Nikon Spot On ballistic app. It said to put in 14 clicks of elevation, 3.5 minutes. Dialed it in and let er rip. IMPACT! I'm hitting the targets consistently and getting .5-.75 MOA at 100. Raised the rifle to give 150 yards a try. IMPACT! The grouping is spreading out to about 2 inches, but still very consistent. Saweeet!
I played around a bit going back and forth between 50, 100 and 150 yards. The Nikon P-Rimfire turrets are providing repeatable and consistent adjustments and predictable hits. One downside is that each click is like 1/2 MOA. It's a lower power 2- scope, I think they're almost all like that.
Then I got ambitious. I set up a target at 200 yards. First shot is a hit. Bullseye! But it was a fluke. Out of 20 shots, I hit the target only 3 times. 1 bullseye and 2 flyers inside the 6 inch target. I seem to be getting a lot of wind drift. Spotting my hits, I see I am stringing 2 inches to the right of the target. I tried to compensate, then I was stringing 3-4 inches to the left. Results were erratic. I'm going to have to learn how to shoot in wind, or how to use windage. Or at least figure out what was wrong (200 too much for 22lr?). I lost interest. I'll save 200 for another day.
I went back to 50 and 100 yards and loaded up some Lapua Center X ammo. Checked my zero at 50, 3 shots at the bullseye, all touching each other. Nice! I'd learned a little tip off YouTube about natural sight pictures. It said to set up the shot with little no muscle tension to hold the target. This meant adjusting the sand bags and body position meticulously. From my results, it seemed to work good.
Went to 100. The Nikon Spot On app did not have a default for Lapua Center X. I'd researched it on the interwebs and found some info for B.C. and ballistic. Plugged it into the app, and got a recommendation of 14 clicks of elevation. Took the shot, I'm high. Just got the upper edge of the target. Dialed 2 clicks of down elevation, took the shot, I'm on! Fired a few more rounds of Center X and I'm consistently getting 3 shot groups touching each other at 10 yards
It was a great day at the range.
Memo to self - My turret says 1 click is 4" at 50 yards. I'm not sure how true that is. I don't get 4 inches per click even at 100? More like 1.5" per click at 100 yards. Will be looking into it further on the next range day.
I'd set up paper targets at Oak Tree at 50 and 100 yards. 50 yards was cake. Zeroed the scope in 2-3 shots. Checked on repeatability. I was indeed getting consistent hits with good grouping. Moved up to 100 yards, which is when I first realized, I couldn't see my hits through my scope. The black background on the paper targets didn't help either. Not seeing what I was hitting, I didn't get very far learning anything that day.
Finished off hitting a few of the steel targets. The sound the targets made was sweet, albeit my ability to hit them was 50/50 at 100 yards.
Fast forward to today, I had MLK day off from the office. I went to Angeles Range and this time I came prepared. I got me some ShootNC reactive targets, 6 inchers and a Redfield 60X spotting scope.
Started at 50 yards with CCI Standard Velo 40 gr ammo. My zero held from the last session. Hit after hit, my $100 Nikon scope ain't half bad. It's actually pretty good. Then I set up at 100 and 150 yards. Checked the Nikon Spot On ballistic app. It said to put in 14 clicks of elevation, 3.5 minutes. Dialed it in and let er rip. IMPACT! I'm hitting the targets consistently and getting .5-.75 MOA at 100. Raised the rifle to give 150 yards a try. IMPACT! The grouping is spreading out to about 2 inches, but still very consistent. Saweeet!
I played around a bit going back and forth between 50, 100 and 150 yards. The Nikon P-Rimfire turrets are providing repeatable and consistent adjustments and predictable hits. One downside is that each click is like 1/2 MOA. It's a lower power 2- scope, I think they're almost all like that.
Then I got ambitious. I set up a target at 200 yards. First shot is a hit. Bullseye! But it was a fluke. Out of 20 shots, I hit the target only 3 times. 1 bullseye and 2 flyers inside the 6 inch target. I seem to be getting a lot of wind drift. Spotting my hits, I see I am stringing 2 inches to the right of the target. I tried to compensate, then I was stringing 3-4 inches to the left. Results were erratic. I'm going to have to learn how to shoot in wind, or how to use windage. Or at least figure out what was wrong (200 too much for 22lr?). I lost interest. I'll save 200 for another day.
I went back to 50 and 100 yards and loaded up some Lapua Center X ammo. Checked my zero at 50, 3 shots at the bullseye, all touching each other. Nice! I'd learned a little tip off YouTube about natural sight pictures. It said to set up the shot with little no muscle tension to hold the target. This meant adjusting the sand bags and body position meticulously. From my results, it seemed to work good.
Went to 100. The Nikon Spot On app did not have a default for Lapua Center X. I'd researched it on the interwebs and found some info for B.C. and ballistic. Plugged it into the app, and got a recommendation of 14 clicks of elevation. Took the shot, I'm high. Just got the upper edge of the target. Dialed 2 clicks of down elevation, took the shot, I'm on! Fired a few more rounds of Center X and I'm consistently getting 3 shot groups touching each other at 10 yards
It was a great day at the range.
Memo to self - My turret says 1 click is 4" at 50 yards. I'm not sure how true that is. I don't get 4 inches per click even at 100? More like 1.5" per click at 100 yards. Will be looking into it further on the next range day.
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