And for something different for me — my toughest target card. Must at least touch tiny center circle for a ten. Not sure about Xs. A few of these hits needed scoring plug, but I touched every 10 ring (double checked number 8).
HW44 .177 cal unregulated
Baracuda FT 9.57 unsorted
Pumped up to 190...
I shoot without glasses and learned to use the focusing eye piece to make the reticle sharpest. Point scope at white wall (and distance) then turn eye piece back and forth to bring reticle into best focus. Then adjust parallax to make target sharpest. but do parallax after eyepiece. Oh, and I...
My max distance is 7 yards. So to increase difficulty and make shooting interesting I go for tiny little bullseyes or tiny groups. I suggest keeping it simple. A target for 7 yards or under with tiny bullseyes, another target for 8-15 yards with larger bullseyes, another target for 16-25 yards...
I like where this is going. I am amazed at those that think such small groups are a piece of cake at 20 yards indoors"Why not spend your time shooting 100 yards and 2” groups?" .2” is nothing to sneeze at - way harder than it sounds. Everything has to come together to accomplish such groups and...
Winter and rainy/windy days I shoot at 7 yards indoors. In summer I occasionally drive to the range and shoot 25 or 50 yards, but that’s just so I can say I did it. I don't find it any more enjoyable than indoor 7 yard shooting.
I actually shoot more during winter months. I shoot pistols in my basement at 7 yards from a rest. In order to shoot outdoors I have to drive over to our sportsmans' club range and compete with PBs unless I go at sunup. I do that a couple days a month at most. Indoor pistol is nearly every day...