Six consecutive 5 shot groups at 50 yards...

[L.Leon]

Wind was from the SW 6 mph with lots of calm in between breezes. The holes are ragged as I did not have any of my MDF backers. On group number three the gun came off the reg for the last three shots. Did a partial fill to 3K psi and shot groups 4-6. Group number four is easily 1/4". Bipod front, rear bag, JSB Exact Jumbo 18s at 875 fps. All groups single loaded, except group 6, which was shot from the magazine.

 

[Bob-in-WV]

Nice shooting!

 

[Kgphotos]

Sweet groups. I would most definitely be proud to show off those targets.

 

[airgunmike56]

Dam good shooting , Yep your deep in the sport,,,,

Mike

 

[Flintsack]

Excellent groups!

mike

 

[budwig]

Thanks, ..my new goal.

 

[L.Leon]

Thank you gents... Conditions were right and I felt good...

 

[Saltlake58]

Well done, Hard enough to get one or two good groups. 5 is an accomplishment

 

[fe7565]

The fact that these were "Six consecutive" groups (and not cherry picked) gives even more praise for these excellent results. Would love to see 5 consecutive 10-shot groups  

 

[Banjo5]

That’s Awesome! 

 

[Ezana4CE]

@L-Leon I know I post enough replies to your posts, but I hardly post groups. I admire your shooting and I’m working to get there. Here’s a 10 shot group from 50 yards with my .25 Bantam Sniper HR, bi-pod up front, and my arm for the rear rest. One of my better groups of the 12. Shooting JSB King Heavy MKII 33.95 grain and a rough average of 745 - 755 fps (I haven’t tallied up the chrono data but that’s the range from the averages I can recall). Very light intermittent gusts, wind was mostly nonexistent. 

 

[L.Leon]

@ezana4ce, thanks. That's a fine 10 shot, 50 yard group, especially without a solid rear rest. I find my concentration goes south after five shots, I believe my groups would get bigger if I went to ten shot groups. For my pesting and plinking fun, five shot groups are an adequate measure of how my gun is doing.

 

[Ezana4CE]

@ezana4ce, thanks. That's a fine 10 shot, 50 yard group, especially without a solid rear rest. I find my concentration goes south after five shots, I believe my groups would get bigger if I went to ten shot groups. For my pesting and plinking fun, five shot groups are an adequate measure of how my gun is doing.

Thanks for the compliment. How does the group size affect your concentration? Is it because you’re stacking pellets and can’t see much of an impact on the paper targets after a good 5 shots?

 

[L.Leon]

@ezana4ce, mostly for me it's the human factor, the gun could probably group as well with ten shot groups. Me? Not so much, while shooting for groups I try not to let the previous shots affect the shots yet to be sent. For me in a practical sense five shot groups tell me what I need to know about my gun for hunting, pesting, or plinking. I like grouping, but love getting first round hits on small objects at varying distances most.

 

[Ezana4CE]

@ezana4ce, mostly for me it's the human factor, the gun could probably group as well with ten shot groups. Me? Not so much, while shooting for groups I try not to let the previous shots affect the shots yet to be sent. For me in a practical sense five shot groups tell me what I need to know about my gun for hunting, pesting, or plinking. I like grouping, but love getting first round hits on small objects at varying distances most.

That I can understand. First round hits tend to make my day. I have yet to try shooting hard candy or paintballs. Do you have a preferred small target material or system that helped sharpen your abilities and improve your shooting?

 

[L.Leon]

@ezana4ce, I like sidewalk chalk, cut into four pieces. They powder nicely and the drifting chalk gives a wind indication. But also shoot black walnuts, wine corks, leftover partially consumed charcoal briquettes from grilling, etc. I use an FFP scope and practice both dialing and holdovers at various distances. I confirm my distances by dialing and holding dead on, or by just simply holding over, getting the hits either way at any useable magnification. For my uses I've found my FFP scopes to be awesome, my hit ratios definitely went up after switching over from a SFP scope.

 

[Ezana4CE]

@L-Leon Thanks for your input. I have some of those things on hand. The groups in the pic were from the Bantam Sniper with an Alpha 6 SFP at 13x magnification. I have also been running a FFP scope on another platform and I can’t tell if it’s the scope, the gun, or me, but my 50 yard groups look like I sprayed the target with a shotgun. I haven’t been using this setup long, so before I comment on what the problems are I need to gather my bearings with the scope and find the right tune for the rifle. I can say this, it’s a different experience for me. I will definitely be paying more attention to my groups between FFP and SFP glass. I may swap them out across platforms to do a grouping comparison. Thanks again for the info.