I usually shoot at Lee Kay range, north end of Salt Lake City. Over the past two years, I've run into several people that knew of airguns, mostly Brits. Two separate occasions, two separate Brits, both were fascinated by the advancements of airguns and spoke of their early days of shooting with the sub-12FPE guns.
Yesterday, between groups fascinated with someone shooting a non-powder burner at the range, and such, I was having a pretty good day. Everyone was comparing calibers, with me on the small end and two lanes down, a 500 Nitro Express. Yes, I felt that one when he fired!
Then, I noticed something I'd never seen at Lee Kay before. Wind Flags on the far end of the range. Powder burners don't need wind flags at 50 or 75 yards, so it had to be someone else shooting airguns, and it was!
I went down to strike up a conversation and ask about his gun, (FX Crown in Walnut). Being polite, I waited for him to take the shot. Waited, waited, waited, finally gave up. He was taking longer per shot than I was taking per magazine. So, I came back during a cease fire and talked for a few minutes. He's an experienced center fire bench shooter.
What I found interesting was his patience. Taking so much time per shot. Lesson learned here. Slow down.
His rest looked like a pile of bags with a deep V in the middle and a thick blanket covering the bags and cradling the gun. Another lesson learned. Need to experiment on the types of rest I use, maybe a bipod isn't the only way to go.
Wind flags were active, lesson learned, the burns on the side of the range don't stop the wind, they just make it swirl more.
He showed me a couple of his shot groups. Lesson learned, while my groups were about the same across, his were fairly flat, more like a cut across the paper. Mine were circular type of groups. Lesson learned, I have a long way to go to get good groups. Mine were all over a 2 inch target, his were nice and tight creating single holes. I have a long way to go.
I am shooting better than I ever have in the past, and the thought that I can get 1.5 inch groups at 75 yards is fantastic. The gun removes most of the variables, so I know when I miss, it's me. This is where I wanted to be now, but it's good to see someone that's that much further ahead of me.
It gives me a goal to shoot for! (Pun Intended)
All in all, it was a very good day.
Yesterday, between groups fascinated with someone shooting a non-powder burner at the range, and such, I was having a pretty good day. Everyone was comparing calibers, with me on the small end and two lanes down, a 500 Nitro Express. Yes, I felt that one when he fired!
Then, I noticed something I'd never seen at Lee Kay before. Wind Flags on the far end of the range. Powder burners don't need wind flags at 50 or 75 yards, so it had to be someone else shooting airguns, and it was!
I went down to strike up a conversation and ask about his gun, (FX Crown in Walnut). Being polite, I waited for him to take the shot. Waited, waited, waited, finally gave up. He was taking longer per shot than I was taking per magazine. So, I came back during a cease fire and talked for a few minutes. He's an experienced center fire bench shooter.
What I found interesting was his patience. Taking so much time per shot. Lesson learned here. Slow down.
His rest looked like a pile of bags with a deep V in the middle and a thick blanket covering the bags and cradling the gun. Another lesson learned. Need to experiment on the types of rest I use, maybe a bipod isn't the only way to go.
Wind flags were active, lesson learned, the burns on the side of the range don't stop the wind, they just make it swirl more.
He showed me a couple of his shot groups. Lesson learned, while my groups were about the same across, his were fairly flat, more like a cut across the paper. Mine were circular type of groups. Lesson learned, I have a long way to go to get good groups. Mine were all over a 2 inch target, his were nice and tight creating single holes. I have a long way to go.
I am shooting better than I ever have in the past, and the thought that I can get 1.5 inch groups at 75 yards is fantastic. The gun removes most of the variables, so I know when I miss, it's me. This is where I wanted to be now, but it's good to see someone that's that much further ahead of me.
It gives me a goal to shoot for! (Pun Intended)
All in all, it was a very good day.
