Thread: 3 shot groups are useless!

Originally Posted by Tentman

Well it's safe to say that there was a lot of talk, but generally of a quiet reserved nature, they were with the exception of about 3-4 guys "hunters".

On the bullet catchers (at 571M) we had a 400mm gong, then a 300mm, an 200mm, and finally the 150mm.

Maybe a third the guys made a first shot hit on the 400mm. Several "confident" chaps started on the 300mm. Nearly all of them missed.

There was much talk along the lines of "wtf my app says a come-up of X" and our spotters would have to gently point out "well your impact was Y moa low, so wind on another 12 clicks or whatever".

We had a Garmin chrony there and several were relying on factory or guesstimate velocities, most of them had to make big corrections - usually with much muttering of "wtf, how come it's 200 fps slow".

One of our helpers is a pretty good PRS shooter, he makes the podium at shoots occasionally and is very consistently in the "top ten" at any shoot. He made 3 consecutive shots on the 150, I didn't see if he started there, probably not, and he commented that the wind was switching impacts the full width of the plate.

Another guy who is an experienced club member was able to do 3 after a couple of tries.

About half the shooters didn't try or didn't hit the 150mm gong, which was fair enough, they were kinda set up and it's a tough challenge to shoot MOA at 600Y to point of aim. The 10 ring on a 600Y F class target is 6", and it is very hard to shoot a "possible" without good gear, and a hell of a lot of practise, and finally on the day, a wee bit of luck.

Everyone (well mostly, one or two of the hunters buggered off quick and a couple of the "non hunters" were positively snotty) seemed to enjoy themselves, nearly everyone wanted to come back, which was good for hunting, and good for our club, it's exactly what we were wanting to achieve.

It's what you'd expect. A 1MOA target at longer ranges is terribly difficult to hit consistently if you are honest with yourself.