Just did some testing with my impact 22 at 100yds. The tightest groups came from very fast shooting. Just wondering if it's a tuning issue or if fx guns just don't like time for the regulator to rest.
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A very long time ago I was in Dwight Scott's basement as he completed a barrel he had done for me. While we were talking I mentioned the 7 minute time limit in Centerfire Benchrest group shooting. I don't even know how that came up, but Dwight heard me say 7 minutes and he stopped me right there. He then asked why I thought we had 7 minutes to shoot a group and I responded that 7 minutes was the time allowed. He then began speaking... kind of like E.F. Hutton.... when Dwight speaks "people listen".
He mentioned that 7 minutes was the time given from "Commence fire" to Cease fire". He then said that on any given day if you watch and time the conditions you will usually find a time that the conditions stay the same long enough to get 5 well aimed shots down range. The Idea he said was that you had 7 minutes to decide which 20 seconds you were going to fire your group down range.
I learned a lot with that barrel job.
He mentioned that 7 minutes was the time given from "Commence fire" to Cease fire". He then said that on any given day if you watch and time the conditions you will usually find a time that the conditions stay the same long enough to get 5 well aimed shots down range. The Idea he said was that you had 7 minutes to decide which 20 seconds you were going to fire your group down range.
I learned a lot with that barrel job.
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Conditions or maybe you not over thinking about each shot when going slow. I find fast is with a clear mind, slow has you thinking about every little detail and causes room for error. Applies to about most things in life.
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Conditions are always changing, knowing when to quickly send your string, (if target shooting) leads to tighter groups. Nothing wrong with sending slower, there’s just a chance for more wind variations between shots. Lots of shooting and observation brought me to the above conclusion.
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