When Iāve had a chance this week Iāve been working towards getting my Delta wolf on paper at 200 250Ā 300ā¦With both pelletsĀ and slugs.
200 and 250 with pellets
250 and 300 with slugs.
Iāve only shot at 300 once. That was with my 177 red wolf. It was a lot of work to find the paper. Iāll explain why.
Iām shooting on a flat through a Corredor in the woods that Iāve cut out to 300 yards. Thereās a couple feet of snow,Ā quite a bit of it fresh. You get absolutely zero feedback from your shot. Iām shooting from about 5 feet inside the room out through the window. The mirageĀ is much better when I move the bench back. But it is still extremely difficult. And I canāt see my impact. I canāt see it if I hit the paper, I canāt see it if I donāt hit the paper.
Today I decided I really wanted to get out to 300 yards with the slugs. So first I had to get on the approximately 4ā x 4ā paper at 250. I was using and testing two different weights of slugs while I was trying to get on paper. I like to complicate things. The heavier slugs point of impact was a good foot and a half below the lighter slugs. May not seem like much, but when youāre trying to hit a 4 ft.Ā² piece of paper at 2:50 or 300 itās interesting.
So I finally got on paper at 2:50 which wasnāt too bad. And then I shot a couple of groups that really intrigued me. I was still able to hold on my reticleĀ at 2:50. (For some reason when I say 250 it thinks Iām saying 2:50 in the afternoon. Iām going to quit fixing it each time). So you would think going from 2:50 to 300 would be pretty easy, right? Not so much.
remember I have to walk 300 yards across the creek uphill in both directions. And it was 2Ā° below zero when I started this morning. It took me three round trip walks, before I got it on paper. I was able to figure it out because I noticed some shots hitting short in the snow while I walked up to the target. They were hitting about 20 yards short.
To get on the 4 x 4 target area what Iām calling āon paperā, at 300 yards, I had to hold the reticleĀ significantly over the point of impact. I would guess about 5-6Ā feet
. Keep in mind again I canāt see where Iām hitting on any of my shots. Thereās too much mirageĀ to see the holesĀ inĀ the paper.
I finally was able to get three slugsĀ out of five on the paperā¦Way down on the bottom. The other two mustāve been short. Finally!!!
I bring paper andĀ a stapler with me whenever I walk out. I had enough time left in the day to shoot two more groups. They are posted below. I was going to walk out and check them out after I shot. And I thought to myself why not just finish that group I already had three shots in. The one way at the bottom of the target. I like to test things. SoĀ I shot the two shotsā¦They felt really goodā¦ So I grabbed one more slug
Ā and sent it down range. Iām sure youāve seen the resultant three shot group by now. Itās down below also.
To shoot all the targets at 300, I had to hold way over the target back stop on the very bottom of my retical. So it felt like I was balancing the bottom of my reticleĀ on a specific branch ofĀ the tree above the target. That was my holdĀ point or a point of aim. Remember I was dropping 5 to 6 feet below the bottom of my reticle. I did not want to change to lower magnification. Cant becomesĀ a huge issue in this scenario.
iām sure you figured out by now, I donāt have a magic scope. Iām going to put one of my bigger March 34 mm tube scopes on. The mount already has droop built-in. And Iām going to shim the scope in addition. I want to be able to get on the reticle at 300 yards. I have a ways to go, especially if I plan to use 60 X. None of this stuff is easy. I know there areĀ other guys have already done it.
The targets are all marked below at the yardage I shot them. If you look at the targets youāll see interesting things. They tend to have three or four shots that are grouped fairly close together with anĀ outlier. That tells me that the rifle is shooting better thanĀ the group size would indicate. Especially in the conditions I was shooting. Iām referring to the mirage,Ā the wind was actually quite nice.
I had a long ass week. I was actually skipping across the snow in anticipation of going to check out the groups I had shot. I like that a lot. This fires me up.
The Delta Wolf is one heck of a platform. I watched the built-in chronograph for 20 shots in a row. There was one 927, and one 931. Those were the extremes. The rest were all 928 929 or 930. That blew my mind. As Iāve mentioned before, there is absolutely nothing like the electronic trigger. Iāve mentioned it before on my red wolf.
Stay tuned, itās just starting to get fun.
mike
mike
200 and 250 with pellets
250 and 300 with slugs.
Iāve only shot at 300 once. That was with my 177 red wolf. It was a lot of work to find the paper. Iāll explain why.
Iām shooting on a flat through a Corredor in the woods that Iāve cut out to 300 yards. Thereās a couple feet of snow,Ā quite a bit of it fresh. You get absolutely zero feedback from your shot. Iām shooting from about 5 feet inside the room out through the window. The mirageĀ is much better when I move the bench back. But it is still extremely difficult. And I canāt see my impact. I canāt see it if I hit the paper, I canāt see it if I donāt hit the paper.
Today I decided I really wanted to get out to 300 yards with the slugs. So first I had to get on the approximately 4ā x 4ā paper at 250. I was using and testing two different weights of slugs while I was trying to get on paper. I like to complicate things. The heavier slugs point of impact was a good foot and a half below the lighter slugs. May not seem like much, but when youāre trying to hit a 4 ft.Ā² piece of paper at 2:50 or 300 itās interesting.
So I finally got on paper at 2:50 which wasnāt too bad. And then I shot a couple of groups that really intrigued me. I was still able to hold on my reticleĀ at 2:50. (For some reason when I say 250 it thinks Iām saying 2:50 in the afternoon. Iām going to quit fixing it each time). So you would think going from 2:50 to 300 would be pretty easy, right? Not so much.
remember I have to walk 300 yards across the creek uphill in both directions. And it was 2Ā° below zero when I started this morning. It took me three round trip walks, before I got it on paper. I was able to figure it out because I noticed some shots hitting short in the snow while I walked up to the target. They were hitting about 20 yards short.
To get on the 4 x 4 target area what Iām calling āon paperā, at 300 yards, I had to hold the reticleĀ significantly over the point of impact. I would guess about 5-6Ā feet
. Keep in mind again I canāt see where Iām hitting on any of my shots. Thereās too much mirageĀ to see the holesĀ inĀ the paper.I finally was able to get three slugsĀ out of five on the paperā¦Way down on the bottom. The other two mustāve been short. Finally!!!
I bring paper andĀ a stapler with me whenever I walk out. I had enough time left in the day to shoot two more groups. They are posted below. I was going to walk out and check them out after I shot. And I thought to myself why not just finish that group I already had three shots in. The one way at the bottom of the target. I like to test things. SoĀ I shot the two shotsā¦They felt really goodā¦ So I grabbed one more slug
Ā and sent it down range. Iām sure youāve seen the resultant three shot group by now. Itās down below also.To shoot all the targets at 300, I had to hold way over the target back stop on the very bottom of my retical. So it felt like I was balancing the bottom of my reticleĀ on a specific branch ofĀ the tree above the target. That was my holdĀ point or a point of aim. Remember I was dropping 5 to 6 feet below the bottom of my reticle. I did not want to change to lower magnification. Cant becomesĀ a huge issue in this scenario.
iām sure you figured out by now, I donāt have a magic scope. Iām going to put one of my bigger March 34 mm tube scopes on. The mount already has droop built-in. And Iām going to shim the scope in addition. I want to be able to get on the reticle at 300 yards. I have a ways to go, especially if I plan to use 60 X. None of this stuff is easy. I know there areĀ other guys have already done it.
The targets are all marked below at the yardage I shot them. If you look at the targets youāll see interesting things. They tend to have three or four shots that are grouped fairly close together with anĀ outlier. That tells me that the rifle is shooting better thanĀ the group size would indicate. Especially in the conditions I was shooting. Iām referring to the mirage,Ā the wind was actually quite nice.
I had a long ass week. I was actually skipping across the snow in anticipation of going to check out the groups I had shot. I like that a lot. This fires me up.
The Delta Wolf is one heck of a platform. I watched the built-in chronograph for 20 shots in a row. There was one 927, and one 931. Those were the extremes. The rest were all 928 929 or 930. That blew my mind. As Iāve mentioned before, there is absolutely nothing like the electronic trigger. Iāve mentioned it before on my red wolf.
Stay tuned, itās just starting to get fun.
mike
mike
You will find a way. I'm confident. We all would love the pneumatic details of how you get your projectiles to, with some incredible consistency, land where they do, at the distances you choose to shoot.Ā Impressive and admired.
that has been cut off at the top. IĀ use that as my point of aim, I line it up with theĀ very very bottom of the reticle. As you will notice both in the video, and my picture below.
Wish I had your drive and determination to push the limits!!