Wow. I can not believe it's been five months...
Weather finally cooperated with my schedule and I took the AR out for its(my) first shoot.
I scrubbed the barrel clean of its factory test firings long ago, now it was time to do the scrubbing between owner's first shots...not that big of a deal.
I had told myself I would document/note every shot, something I'd never done...turns out I left the pen and notebook in the range bag - I mean, really, I'm just sighting the thing in and scrubbin' between rounds. pfft.
Anyway...
Target 25 yards, prone, backstop 75yds behind, first round, MISS!!!
Uh, maybe I should bore sight it? lol
Bore showed my bullet likely went high and right, a lot! Ooops.
Second round, bore sighted by eye, 25yds, hit dead center 1.5" low.
The ground I'm on is an undulating flood plain. My target, once I got set, had nothing but trees behind it. I tried to have the backstop behind it but I figured 200 acres of trees would suffice should I miss.
Dumb-dumb(me) worked backwards on the elevation turret. Third round struck a berm ten feet in front of me. Miss.
Repositioned target and myself so the backstop was no doubt gonna be the spent round's resting place. Realized my zeroing error and after the ninth round moved the target to 100 yds. Tenth round was high/left.
Here's rounds 11-15, 4" target.
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So, a question arises. Is there a chart describing rifle shooter technique errors for bullet placement such as exists for handguns?
Conditions were 60º, 35% humidity, 10-20mph crosswinds.
Federal Gold Match 168gr.
