Dilettante
Member
I went shooting yesterday and I just SUCKED.
I was using my Buckmark pistol at 7 yards, and my typical shot was well over an inch off. Groups as big as 4" in diameter.
I'm wondering if I can blame the ammunition. A few weeks ago I got two cheap bricks of Remington's "golden bullet" 22lr at Wal-mart. Yesterday was the day I broke into them.
Yesterday was also the first time I've shot since cleaning the chamber last week. But maybe 1 in 10 rounds wouldn't fire.
A few shots were "wildly" off, when I don't think I had flinched or hiccuped. (I was also trying a new sandbag technique, resting my forearms--not the pistol--on the bag. But my aim seemed steady.)
Any ideas? Is the ammo really bad enough to explain this, or did I just have a crappy day?
I was using my Buckmark pistol at 7 yards, and my typical shot was well over an inch off. Groups as big as 4" in diameter.
I'm wondering if I can blame the ammunition. A few weeks ago I got two cheap bricks of Remington's "golden bullet" 22lr at Wal-mart. Yesterday was the day I broke into them.
Yesterday was also the first time I've shot since cleaning the chamber last week. But maybe 1 in 10 rounds wouldn't fire.
A few shots were "wildly" off, when I don't think I had flinched or hiccuped. (I was also trying a new sandbag technique, resting my forearms--not the pistol--on the bag. But my aim seemed steady.)
Any ideas? Is the ammo really bad enough to explain this, or did I just have a crappy day?