It was a beautiful morning at the range today. You couldn't ask for nicer weather on Nov 29.
I sat and enjoyed the weather for awhile. I watched my son shoot his revolvers and his Glock. I watched another member shoot his muzzleloader. When the muzzleloader packed up, I decided to shoot my .223 Remington 700 SPS Varmint rifle. I set up a target at 50 yards, one of those with nine three-inch circles.
Now, I am no particular marksman. I'm just out to have fun. I have no pride on the line here. I just want some opinions. I know already that my performance is nothing to brag about.
I had fifteen rounds of Black Hills FMJ left. I was shooting with the front of the gun resting on some two-by-fours with a sandbag on top. The rifle is scoped. I started with the upper left target. My first five shots:
The next five shots:
And the third set:
So, I was out of the Black Hills ammo, and I had some Wolf to use. Here's what happened:
Same gun. Same set up. Same shooter. One shot hit the target to the right. One hit the target below. The one in between the two targets was the start of the next set, but I had to pound on the bolt handle to extract the cartridge, so I quit.
My son noticed that the third set is much worse than the first two. Maybe I was getting shaky. But it seems to me that there is a big difference in the ammo itself.
What do you think? Did the shooter lose his ability to hold on the target? Or is the Wolf ammo crap?
Or both.
I sat and enjoyed the weather for awhile. I watched my son shoot his revolvers and his Glock. I watched another member shoot his muzzleloader. When the muzzleloader packed up, I decided to shoot my .223 Remington 700 SPS Varmint rifle. I set up a target at 50 yards, one of those with nine three-inch circles.
Now, I am no particular marksman. I'm just out to have fun. I have no pride on the line here. I just want some opinions. I know already that my performance is nothing to brag about.
I had fifteen rounds of Black Hills FMJ left. I was shooting with the front of the gun resting on some two-by-fours with a sandbag on top. The rifle is scoped. I started with the upper left target. My first five shots:
The next five shots:
And the third set:
So, I was out of the Black Hills ammo, and I had some Wolf to use. Here's what happened:
Same gun. Same set up. Same shooter. One shot hit the target to the right. One hit the target below. The one in between the two targets was the start of the next set, but I had to pound on the bolt handle to extract the cartridge, so I quit.
My son noticed that the third set is much worse than the first two. Maybe I was getting shaky. But it seems to me that there is a big difference in the ammo itself.
What do you think? Did the shooter lose his ability to hold on the target? Or is the Wolf ammo crap?
Or both.