Thread: Who still makes 0.223" diameter projectiles?

Originally Posted by Crusty

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Well now thats certainly neat, my rifle didnt come with anything of the sort although I do believe I had brought it from the original owner,

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Ok. So nine folks out of ten will tell you your shooting yourself in foot. I'm in that camp. NO part of rifle should touch something solid. To shoot over a fencepost you do the dreaded hand sandwich...your offhand,the one that's not on trigger is on forend back of hand on top of post. Or left elbow on top of post. If you insist on keeping rifle on post for crying out loud pad it with something soft. But you seriously handicapping yourself. You need to be prone with rifle in both hands with soft cushion,rolled sleeping bag,jacket etc under front hand and forestock or under mag n forend with offhand holding firmly Infront of that. Then line up bullseye,when your steady,close eyes for ten or twenty seconds and open them again.you still lined up??? If not wiggle around and move support padding until you are. An elcheapho bipod Harris knock off is under hundy bucks and will help you get steady but shooting over a soft rest should be second nature to you.

Thanks for all the extra tips Micky, as I said above, I'm a novice, I would have shot less than 300 rounds total, 60 of them been from this 220, 20 from a 44 mag, and the rest 22lr
I'll shoot my next group from some soft bags on the ground and see how it changes, Is it okay to have the target slightly lower than myself or does it need to be level?

I actually just got in from shooting some more rounds and it seems the groups are worse already with the old scope back on it, the overall 6 shot group was 8cm but within that group there were 3 shots within 2cm and 2 shots within 2 cm with 1 flier. still a wide group though.
Guess it'll be interesting to see if theres a measurable improvement with bags vs fence post,

I did try the shut your eye test and I had moved although not by much, still within the blue circle just no longer center.

It does seem that the scope is leading to weird grouping compared to the 4x but I don't know enough to draw much of a conclusion there.