Had a lens made to my new prescription (with an additional +.5 diopter added) for the Knobloch frame. Astigmatism had grown noticeably worse this year, and it's refreshing to be able to have a sharp front sight again!
Drug out the 10 5/8" AFS 29-3 (#2- sighted for 50, 100, 150 and 200m) for the first time in a while and shot it as my second entry of the day. Breezy and with mixed lighting, due to fast moving clouds, I didn't have much hope of achieving much with the usual pokey swaged LSWC bullets.
But the five sighter shots weren't bad (Thanks to whoever designed that lovely AFS, changing zeroes is SO simple!) and the 10 50m Chickens all went down! Woo-hoo!
Pigs were less cooperative, finally made a slight front sight correction, and slightly changed POA as the sun ducked in and out of the clouds. Six down. Not looking too promising at this point as Pigs should be rather easier than anything to follow.
First bank of Turkeys also failed to cooperate, impacts mostly circling the critters, however the next bank was facing the other way, which MAYBE had something to do with four of five going down! Six altogether.
Bank one of Rams was downright depressing. Hoping for more than three, a couple of shots were oddly well away from where they were supposed to go! Wind? Dunno.
Last bank. Decided to really follow through on each shot and not start recovery until the target went down. Which seemingly takes forever! All slow motion it is. Rewarded with four of five, missing only the next to last Ram. Felt good, but failed to connect.
After low expectations after a longish hiatus from BB revolver, I was shocked to find this was my high score to date! 29 of 40.
Was in roughly middle of the pack of the Freedom Arms shooters, so happy with the results. Hoping to do just a little better next time!
Many thanks to kdiver58 for a fine job spotting!
Drug out the 10 5/8" AFS 29-3 (#2- sighted for 50, 100, 150 and 200m) for the first time in a while and shot it as my second entry of the day. Breezy and with mixed lighting, due to fast moving clouds, I didn't have much hope of achieving much with the usual pokey swaged LSWC bullets.
But the five sighter shots weren't bad (Thanks to whoever designed that lovely AFS, changing zeroes is SO simple!) and the 10 50m Chickens all went down! Woo-hoo!
Pigs were less cooperative, finally made a slight front sight correction, and slightly changed POA as the sun ducked in and out of the clouds. Six down. Not looking too promising at this point as Pigs should be rather easier than anything to follow.
First bank of Turkeys also failed to cooperate, impacts mostly circling the critters, however the next bank was facing the other way, which MAYBE had something to do with four of five going down! Six altogether.
Bank one of Rams was downright depressing. Hoping for more than three, a couple of shots were oddly well away from where they were supposed to go! Wind? Dunno.
Last bank. Decided to really follow through on each shot and not start recovery until the target went down. Which seemingly takes forever! All slow motion it is. Rewarded with four of five, missing only the next to last Ram. Felt good, but failed to connect.
After low expectations after a longish hiatus from BB revolver, I was shocked to find this was my high score to date! 29 of 40.
Was in roughly middle of the pack of the Freedom Arms shooters, so happy with the results. Hoping to do just a little better next time!
Many thanks to kdiver58 for a fine job spotting!
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