Unconfigured Ad Widget

Collapse

Where did shots go?

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • midlife
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2013
    • 711

    Where did shots go?

    Well. At range today, I shot about 7 mags through my marlin. 6 of the mags were grouping nicely. But the seventh wasn't even on paper? I though maybe I shot someone else target, but I was only one shooting at 5 on 1 rifle target.

    So where did whole mag go? Maybe I was lining up a front side post on the tech site, and not middle? How far would that throw off shots at 50 feet?
    ----------------------------
    K80 Trap Special
  • #2
    DVSmith
    Cantankerous old coot
    CGN Contributor - Lifetime
    • Dec 2007
    • 3702

    Usually when I see someone lose shots in class it is on an adjacent target.

    Comment

    • #3
      midlife
      Senior Member
      • Jul 2013
      • 711

      That's what I thought at first, but the person next to me was shooting a pistol at a man size target at about 5 yards! I think I was lining up peep site with side left or right post of tech site, instead of center.
      ----------------------------
      K80 Trap Special

      Comment

      • #4
        Twystd1
        Superfluous
        CGN Contributor - Lifetime
        • Oct 2009
        • 2692

        If your sights or scope come loose. That will happen.

        T

        Comment

        • #5
          midlife
          Senior Member
          • Jul 2013
          • 711

          Yea, but next set of shots were fine. It was sixth, of 7 mags?
          ----------------------------
          K80 Trap Special

          Comment

          • #6
            Dinosaur Jr
            Senior Member
            • May 2012
            • 1707

            A wandering rupture in the space-time continuum perhaps?

            Laws against murder and attempted murder should have been the only gun control laws ever needed in America...

            Comment

            • #7
              Twystd1
              Superfluous
              CGN Contributor - Lifetime
              • Oct 2009
              • 2692

              Originally posted by AKS-762
              A wandering rupture in the space-time continuum perhaps?

              Me thinks Stoeger nailed it.

              T

              Comment

              • #8
                Mail Clerk
                Senior Member
                • Aug 2008
                • 2324

                Originally posted by midlife
                Well. At range today, I shot about 7 mags through my marlin. 6 of the mags were grouping nicely. But the seventh wasn't even on paper? I though maybe I shot someone else target, but I was only one shooting at 5 on 1 rifle target.

                So where did whole mag go? Maybe I was lining up a front side post on the tech site, and not middle? How far would that throw off shots at 50 feet?
                midlife,

                I'm betting you jerked the trigger when the shot went off and the rounds just missed the target.

                If I were you bring the target closer to perhaps 25 yards. When I shoot any 22 rifle I always shoot close and expend about 100 rounds until I get a feel for the trigger so when I get serious to measure my groups they'll be much more better. I usually shoot only about 50 yards with my 22's anyway.

                Mail Clerk

                Comment

                • #9
                  midlife
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2013
                  • 711

                  Mail Clerk. I don't think that's it. I was shooting 1.5 inch groups at 15 feet (standing, no support), and 3 inch groups at 50 feet.

                  The missing 14 shots were at 50 feet! I missed the target by at least 1 foot right, or 3 left!
                  ----------------------------
                  K80 Trap Special

                  Comment

                  • #10
                    as_rocketman
                    CGSSA Leader
                    • Jan 2011
                    • 3057

                    Originally posted by midlife
                    Well. At range today, I shot about 7 mags through my marlin. 6 of the mags were grouping nicely. But the seventh wasn't even on paper? I though maybe I shot someone else target, but I was only one shooting at 5 on 1 rifle target.

                    So where did whole mag go? Maybe I was lining up a front side post on the tech site, and not middle? How far would that throw off shots at 50 feet?
                    Normally when this happens, it's because sights came loose or because your rifle fouled (got too much lead in the barrel) and became an inaccurate smoothbore -- this happens faster than it used to since ammunition manufacturers are cutting corners. However, you stated that your group came back after one bad magazine, so those explanations are out. More likely this one is due to shooter error.

                    It is possible that you used an incorrect sight picture for that one magazine. Using Tech Sights on a Marlin 795, lining up on the wing protectors instead of the front blade will move your point of impact by roughly 40 MOA, which translates into about eight inches at 50 feet. That could put you off paper but not onto a different target.

                    Practicing a consistent sight picture is one of the key factors in accurate shooting (even if you use a scope!). This is one of the topics we drill intensively at Appleseed.
                    Riflemen Needed.

                    Ask me about Appleseed! Send a PM or see me in the Appleseed subforum.

                    Comment

                    • #11
                      crufflers
                      I need a LIFE!!
                      • Jul 2011
                      • 12722

                      Originally posted by midlife
                      Mail Clerk. I don't think that's it. I was shooting 1.5 inch groups at 15 feet (standing, no support), and 3 inch groups at 50 feet.

                      The missing 14 shots were at 50 feet! I missed the target by at least 1 foot right, or 3 left!
                      Maybe you will NEVER know. I had this happen with ONE shot at 100 yards with a really accurate bolt gun and it drove me batty trying to figure out what happened to the one not on paper. But there was no other target, and it was only one round through a scope. I just chalked it up to me pulling one WAAAY off (or put one through the exact same hole). 14 missing shots would freak me out.

                      Comment

                      • #12
                        midlife
                        Senior Member
                        • Jul 2013
                        • 711

                        I think Rocketman got it right. I think I must have lined up on the left wing protector.

                        I'm doing appleseed at the end of Sept. Looking forward to it
                        ----------------------------
                        K80 Trap Special

                        Comment

                        • #13
                          majtom94
                          Senior Member
                          • Mar 2012
                          • 1120

                          Originally posted by midlife
                          Yea, but next set of shots were fine. It was sixth, of 7 mags?
                          Midlife - how do the fronts of the cars on the road look? Do you see wavy lines or crumpled fenders. Those views sent my dad to the doctor to discover he had magla degeneration.

                          Seriously hows the sight otherwise?


                          Five cents for the obamacare health update.
                          "Do Democrats even realize that they are making more people buy more guns?"

                          NRA Member
                          NAGR Member
                          CGF Member
                          GOA Member

                          Comment

                          • #14
                            Dinosaur Jr
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2012
                            • 1707

                            Originally posted by majtom94
                            Midlife - how do the fronts of the cars on the road look? Do you see wavy lines or crumpled fenders. Those views sent my dad to the doctor to discover he had magla degeneration.

                            Seriously hows the sight otherwise?


                            Five cents for the obamacare health update.
                            I think you meant macular degeneration? I'm sorry for your pop, MT. I hope his eyes are responding to therapy.

                            Laws against murder and attempted murder should have been the only gun control laws ever needed in America...

                            Comment

                            • #15
                              majtom94
                              Senior Member
                              • Mar 2012
                              • 1120

                              Originally posted by AKS-762
                              I think you meant macular degeneration? I'm sorry for your pop, MT. I hope his eyes are responding to therapy.

                              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macular_degeneration
                              Don't wait when you have eye problems, he had surgery and now they are doing eye injections to keep him from loosing all sight. Middle 80's now.
                              "Do Democrats even realize that they are making more people buy more guns?"

                              NRA Member
                              NAGR Member
                              CGF Member
                              GOA Member

                              Comment

                              Working...
                              UA-8071174-1