It was a simple plan... Go to the shooting range at Delaware and get a muzzy dialed in.
I have 2 muzzies. One is a Remington Genesis .50 that, as of the last time I was at the range, seemed to be hitting ok at 100 yards with a 250 grain powerbelt and 100 grain pyrodex. The other is a CVA .45 That has barely even been shot. i wanted to get them both dialed in.
I set the target at 50 yards at first and got out the CVA. First 2 shots were down and right. made a couple adjustments and the third shot punched the bullseye. I wanted to move back but there was a LOT of guys at the range today so rather than call a cease fire I figured I would get the .50 out and run a couple through it before moving the target back. I had just got the barrel swabbed and was ready to load when someone else called a cease fire. I went ahead and moved the target back to 100 yards and stayed with the .50 since it was already on the bench. The first shot was high and left like I expected. I made a couple adjustments to the scope, cleaned the barrel reloaded and fired again. After the smoke cleared there were 2 new holes in the target. neither one was where I expected to see one.
Long story short, Someone else was shooting at my target. There were a lot of other larger bore rifles being shot and I had no luck figuring out who it was. I had no idea weather I was making adjustments to my shots or someone elses. Add the fact that it looks like I still haven't found the right load for that gun, by the time I quit, I still had no idea where it was hitting at 100 yards.
I got the .45 back out and ran 2 through at 100 yards and they weren't even on the paper.
After 4 hours at the range, I still don't have a muzzy I am confident with at 100 yards. Maybe I will go back next week during the Buckeye game, I hear it isn't as busy down there during the games. So i came home, cleaned both guns and got the bow out to fling a few arrows, just to make myself feel better. I punched the 9th shot and spent the next 30 minutes looking for my arrow.
Think I will just go to bed.
I have 2 muzzies. One is a Remington Genesis .50 that, as of the last time I was at the range, seemed to be hitting ok at 100 yards with a 250 grain powerbelt and 100 grain pyrodex. The other is a CVA .45 That has barely even been shot. i wanted to get them both dialed in.
I set the target at 50 yards at first and got out the CVA. First 2 shots were down and right. made a couple adjustments and the third shot punched the bullseye. I wanted to move back but there was a LOT of guys at the range today so rather than call a cease fire I figured I would get the .50 out and run a couple through it before moving the target back. I had just got the barrel swabbed and was ready to load when someone else called a cease fire. I went ahead and moved the target back to 100 yards and stayed with the .50 since it was already on the bench. The first shot was high and left like I expected. I made a couple adjustments to the scope, cleaned the barrel reloaded and fired again. After the smoke cleared there were 2 new holes in the target. neither one was where I expected to see one.
Long story short, Someone else was shooting at my target. There were a lot of other larger bore rifles being shot and I had no luck figuring out who it was. I had no idea weather I was making adjustments to my shots or someone elses. Add the fact that it looks like I still haven't found the right load for that gun, by the time I quit, I still had no idea where it was hitting at 100 yards.
I got the .45 back out and ran 2 through at 100 yards and they weren't even on the paper.
After 4 hours at the range, I still don't have a muzzy I am confident with at 100 yards. Maybe I will go back next week during the Buckeye game, I hear it isn't as busy down there during the games. So i came home, cleaned both guns and got the bow out to fling a few arrows, just to make myself feel better. I punched the 9th shot and spent the next 30 minutes looking for my arrow.
Think I will just go to bed.