Well, everyone makes a bad shot some time.
This young chipper was at ~27 yards and (I found out hours later) I hit this one in the side of the abdomen. Although I looked and looked for it seconds after the shot, I simply could not find it where I thought it would be.
A couple of hours later, I went back out and looked again. Because of the flies, I found it this time not far from where I thought it would have been. Passed through and entrails blown out on exit.
Did not have my phone with me to take a pic.
Not proud of this shot, but we all miss some time.
As usual, .177 Benjamin Fortitude Gen2 using CPUM 10.5 @ ~750fps for ~12+fpe. Scope is Aim Sports Alpha 6 4.5-27-50. Shot was seated with improvised rest.
No cigar for screwing up this shot.
P.S.
The chipper was quartering to me with left side exposed. I simply did not account for the strong left to right (gusting) wind. The shot hit between 1/4 and 1/2 inch to the right of where I was aiming.
At least that is the best reason I can come up with for missing my aim on this shot. Of course, it could have simply been me.
P.S.p.s.
Well, maybe it wasn't the wind. I just noticed that I can't adjust the barrel band to where the shroud does not touch it no matter what I do. This was not the case the last time I checked it, but I did fall off of my porch (took a header) with gun in hand the other day (morning of Sept. 20), so that may have done something. I did check the zero/POI immediately after the fall and all was good... then. But I started missing low and right recently and when I checked the barrel band, its position seems to account for the problem.
Don't know why it took over a week to show up, or at least for me to figure out something was wrong. Head shaker for me.
So, I removed the barrel band completely and so far, it seems to have brought back my accuracy/precision. Time will tell...
BTW, my security cam caught the fall/header I took, but I am not going to post it here. Too embarrassing. (smile)
Update:
I finally took a closer look and found that all four screws that hold the breech block to the gun were loose. Tightened all of them and now have the barrel band back on with no problems. Accuracy is back to normal as well. I feel a little stupid for not realizing the problem earlier.
This young chipper was at ~27 yards and (I found out hours later) I hit this one in the side of the abdomen. Although I looked and looked for it seconds after the shot, I simply could not find it where I thought it would be.
A couple of hours later, I went back out and looked again. Because of the flies, I found it this time not far from where I thought it would have been. Passed through and entrails blown out on exit.
Did not have my phone with me to take a pic.
Not proud of this shot, but we all miss some time.
As usual, .177 Benjamin Fortitude Gen2 using CPUM 10.5 @ ~750fps for ~12+fpe. Scope is Aim Sports Alpha 6 4.5-27-50. Shot was seated with improvised rest.
No cigar for screwing up this shot.
P.S.
The chipper was quartering to me with left side exposed. I simply did not account for the strong left to right (gusting) wind. The shot hit between 1/4 and 1/2 inch to the right of where I was aiming.
At least that is the best reason I can come up with for missing my aim on this shot. Of course, it could have simply been me.
P.S.p.s.
Well, maybe it wasn't the wind. I just noticed that I can't adjust the barrel band to where the shroud does not touch it no matter what I do. This was not the case the last time I checked it, but I did fall off of my porch (took a header) with gun in hand the other day (morning of Sept. 20), so that may have done something. I did check the zero/POI immediately after the fall and all was good... then. But I started missing low and right recently and when I checked the barrel band, its position seems to account for the problem.
Don't know why it took over a week to show up, or at least for me to figure out something was wrong. Head shaker for me.
So, I removed the barrel band completely and so far, it seems to have brought back my accuracy/precision. Time will tell...
BTW, my security cam caught the fall/header I took, but I am not going to post it here. Too embarrassing. (smile)
Update:
I finally took a closer look and found that all four screws that hold the breech block to the gun were loose. Tightened all of them and now have the barrel band back on with no problems. Accuracy is back to normal as well. I feel a little stupid for not realizing the problem earlier.
