I competed in the 2011 Steel Safari last weekend. Over the 2 day match I fired 120 times at targets.I hit 105 times and missed 15 times. Of those 15 misses 14 I'm cool with. Even though I should have shot better off the sticks on the first day dropping 5 of my 10 missed on day one from the sticks. So besides me sucking I understand those 10 misses. On day two I was better from the sticks thankfully and only dropped 5 targets out of the 60 for the day. Of those 5 misses one has wondering what the hell happened as the others were accounted for to me not holding correctly for wind, usually not enough as it was hard to get a good read downrange in the limited time we had to complete the stages.
So the missed shot. It was a stage that had 6 targets to be engaged from a prone position shooting off a ridge down into a somewhat protect gully or small valley whatever you want to call it. I don't have my notebook with me right now but I think the targets went 420, 460, 530,600, 600 and 667.
hit the first 2 pretty dam centered on the plates so my wind call was good. I dialed my dope for 530 had a great hold and a very good let off. The dam shot went way high, so high that I check my elevation knob thinking I messed something up but I had dialed correct. Get it out of mind take next shots and the wonderful sound of bullet hitting steel was my reward. I used my Swaro LSR to range the target again when I was done and the range I had was correct. There didn't appear to be anything in front of my muzzle to hit while shooting. So what causes a shot to go 20 feet high? Out of 120 shots I'm good with 119 of them but being the way I am I want to know why I dropped that point.
Any ideas?
So the missed shot. It was a stage that had 6 targets to be engaged from a prone position shooting off a ridge down into a somewhat protect gully or small valley whatever you want to call it. I don't have my notebook with me right now but I think the targets went 420, 460, 530,600, 600 and 667.
hit the first 2 pretty dam centered on the plates so my wind call was good. I dialed my dope for 530 had a great hold and a very good let off. The dam shot went way high, so high that I check my elevation knob thinking I messed something up but I had dialed correct. Get it out of mind take next shots and the wonderful sound of bullet hitting steel was my reward. I used my Swaro LSR to range the target again when I was done and the range I had was correct. There didn't appear to be anything in front of my muzzle to hit while shooting. So what causes a shot to go 20 feet high? Out of 120 shots I'm good with 119 of them but being the way I am I want to know why I dropped that point.
Any ideas?