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GENERAL => A Day at the Range! => Topic started by: Joe L on March 23, 2016, 07:20:07 AM
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I've put the 9mm slide to the side for a week, to get ready for the Easter Saturday local bullseye match coming up. Went to the bullseye range after work but forgot the 4H kids had the range tied up for the evening. Went to the pistol bays, made a table out of two wire spools set up at 25 yards for some timed and rapid fire targets with the Kadet.
The wind was at 10 o'clock gusting 20 mph plus/minus. I knew this was going to be a challenge. This range has berms on three sides, about 15 yards wide and 33 yards deep. Wind was very strange. No cover at the improvised shooting line. One hour until sundown.
Struggled for the first two targets, 20 rounds at timed fire pace (5 shots in 20 seconds twice per target). Noticed the groups were low and right. changed the hold point from center x ring to 10 ring at 10:30 angle and centered up the group. I think the wind was coming over the berms and down and really affecting the bullet flight much more than normal, even at 25 yards. First time I've experienced this, if this is what was happening.
Averaged 95-3x for the four best timed fire targets out of 100 rounds (10 targets). I was happy with that, high was a 97. Dot was bouncing around a bunch and I didn't toss a lot of shots after settling down.
Rapid fire was easier. I was back in the groove, so to speak, and was confident I could deliver good shots even in the difficult conditions. Average for the best four targets was 97.5-3x with a best of 99. One 9 ring hit out of 10 shots in 20 mph gusty winds? I'll take it. Had a 98 and two 97's so the 99 wasn't a fluke.
The dot movement was significant, so much so that I couldn't align the sight any better in timed fire at a slower pace than in rapid, thus the rapid fire score average was higher than the timed. I'm not totally surprised. This discipline is a mental challenge. I do well in the wind, I think because I relax somewhat and actually have to let the dot move around some while trying to pull the trigger smoothly to the rear. You don't force the shots like you might on a calm day when you can hold the dot a little steadier, but not still.
I had more trouble with ammo boxes, rag, chamber indicator, and table mat all blowing off the table in the wind than I did actually shooting the gun well.
I also really appreciate the three sided enclosure over and around our bullseye range shooting line a lot more now than I did on Sunday. The wind does funny things if it can get to the bullet as it leaves the gun, apparently.
I'll shoot the .45 on Thursday, I hope. And check the zero on the Kadet just to be sure.
Joe