I decided to try to practice scoring at 100 yards using the EBR targets that Centercut put a link for in his post on the "100 yards with a Thomas" thread. Wind was very light(0-5mph), but swirling into, behind, left, and right. I began by shooting the 4 small corner bulls on this splatterburst target:
I held on the center of the upper left bull and shot 10 shot group to get a feel for how much the wind was affecting the pellets and which flag combinations to watch. Then I shot 10 times at the lower left bulls, but held for the wind trying to make each pellet hit the center. I did the same for the right side. This is one of the best "scoring" targets I've ever shot. Later on, when the wind completely died down, I decided to check if the Crown was still "on", so I put this target back up and shot a 10 shot group holding on the center bull.
I then refilled to 240 bar and placed 4 of Centercut's EBR targets(I had printed on heavy paper) on the backboards at 100 yards. I was very pleased with how well I had done on the splatterburst practice target and I thought I was going to score really well. Wrong. WRONG!:
I refilled to 240 bar and shot at the next two targets:
Walking down to collect the targets, I thought I had done much better. When I got close enough to see them I was shocked. Ugh! I realized that my scope(Vector Taurus 5-30x56) wasn't high enough magnification(or high enough quality) to REALLY SEE the pellet holes. I remember kind of struggling to see where pellets landed on the sighters, and thinking I was hitting Xs(but they weren't). I had so much confidence after the practice target that I just ASSUMED the shots were going where I thought they were, and kept on shooting. I think the only holes I ACTUALLY saw were when a pellet hit in the white(away from the red) or when 2 pellets hit close and opened a bigger hole. I was adjusting and shooting without proper feedback(that I was used to getting from the splatter targets). Shooting those EBR targets was WAAAY different(and tougher) than I thought! Now you may realize why I put the practice splatterburst target back up and shot the center bull. Finally I took the targets inside and scored them(to the best of my ability).
Ugh, still a looong way to go and more work(and $) to be done.
I held on the center of the upper left bull and shot 10 shot group to get a feel for how much the wind was affecting the pellets and which flag combinations to watch. Then I shot 10 times at the lower left bulls, but held for the wind trying to make each pellet hit the center. I did the same for the right side. This is one of the best "scoring" targets I've ever shot. Later on, when the wind completely died down, I decided to check if the Crown was still "on", so I put this target back up and shot a 10 shot group holding on the center bull.
I then refilled to 240 bar and placed 4 of Centercut's EBR targets(I had printed on heavy paper) on the backboards at 100 yards. I was very pleased with how well I had done on the splatterburst practice target and I thought I was going to score really well. Wrong. WRONG!:
I refilled to 240 bar and shot at the next two targets:
Walking down to collect the targets, I thought I had done much better. When I got close enough to see them I was shocked. Ugh! I realized that my scope(Vector Taurus 5-30x56) wasn't high enough magnification(or high enough quality) to REALLY SEE the pellet holes. I remember kind of struggling to see where pellets landed on the sighters, and thinking I was hitting Xs(but they weren't). I had so much confidence after the practice target that I just ASSUMED the shots were going where I thought they were, and kept on shooting. I think the only holes I ACTUALLY saw were when a pellet hit in the white(away from the red) or when 2 pellets hit close and opened a bigger hole. I was adjusting and shooting without proper feedback(that I was used to getting from the splatter targets). Shooting those EBR targets was WAAAY different(and tougher) than I thought! Now you may realize why I put the practice splatterburst target back up and shot the center bull. Finally I took the targets inside and scored them(to the best of my ability).
Ugh, still a looong way to go and more work(and $) to be done.
