It got the worst end of that confrontation. The major deformation leaves it as a kind of “smear” of lead. Sure does fit like a glove in the cardboard indentation and tear. I think I found it after the session (seen on the right in the target close-up). In fact, it seems to have dropped the bullet dead in its path. The shot that turned the target and tore a big chunk out of it actually hit the pressure-pinch circle, and the wiry, stubborn, little widget didn’t do much more than turn in place. Today’s Observation? Not so significant, but genuinely interesting to me: these cheapo, bent-aluminum/steel (?) yard sign holders are tough. I’m really happy with how compact this total group is, and the “flier” is the exception that proves the point. Shot o’the Day is the “one that almost got away” out where the target was held in place. This is definitely my new strategy for 50-yard targeting. I may only use the 6-inchers for 100 yard-plus shooting from now on. This is the tightest total group I’ve ever shot at 50 yards (or any other distance to the best of my knowledge), and I’m pretty sure I owe most of the credit to the pizza-box cardboard insert and the 2-inch Shoot-n-C target for helping me concentrate and center better than ever. Today’s Lesson? I do much better with smaller targets! Counter-intuitive but true. How great is it to be able to post another 50 for 50 round? Pretty great. No stains on carpets or tables …īut enough about a stupid piece of black synthetic fabric! What a hoot today’s shoot was! The rimfires were poppin’ and flyin’ with wild, blustery, ballistic abandon. It works great, with its plasticized pad, as both a ground cloth and as an indoor gun-cleaning catch-all-base. Today’s Recognition? Did I say shooting mat? Actually, in classic, Gun-a-Day cheapskate style, that black throw is a barbecue grill pad that I got on clearance. Today’s Documentation? The “gallery “picture” is the time-lapse video (in part ’cause I just found out that my Flickr account is getting overloaded … I’m running out of free storage space) which includes the rifle on the shooting mat at the end. No doubt there’s a bit of good fortune involved in those shots, but they did happen, and this gun is taking on legendary and heroic proportions in my mind … I also found from the pictures that I had some very tight shot pairs in the process (interested parties may refer to shots 12 & 13 and 14 & 15 in the time-lapse– the first two touch over another hole, and the second pair are almost single-holers at 3 o’clock on the target edge). But it turns out that I learned some very good things that I might not have otherwise. The potential for redundant self-indulgence was pretty serious, since the plan for iron-sight shooting turned, at the last minute, into another practice round with the scope.
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