It's been awhile since I shot a rifle ... my old eyes ain't what they used to be ... but I can still hold Minute-of-Whitetail. At 50 yards all my shots with all 3 bullets stayed under an inch. Not something to write home about, but it'll still work. Part of it is age but the BIG part is lack of practice shooting a rifle! I have been concentrating on handguns and will continue. But I do need to work in more practice with the long guns.
I took time off from the Range and came home ... had some lunch ... took a nap .. then I gathered up my grandsons (ages 9 and 11) and went back to the Range with my Ruger American .22 Magnum bolt rifle.
The boys want to hunt Deer but have not used a 'scoped rifle before, so we have started with the .22 Magnum. I set up at 40 yards and put up some targets with a 2" aiming point. I had them each fire 3 shots at their target and then we checked the targets, talked about what we can do to improve and the fired 3 more each.
The 11 year old consistently put 2 shots together and pulled one out. Takes after his grandpa. The 9 year old was having problems seeing the scope. Turns out he is left eye dominant. I had him switch to shooting left-handed and he started doing real well. He had no more than 1/8" vertical dispersion, though the horizontal was broader. We worked on getting him in a more steady position and that helped.
We finished up shooting clay pigeons on the bank which they love to do. That's what they endure punching paper for ... so they can shoot clay pigeons. They love blowing them up and then shooting the small leftovers.
So .. it was a tough hard day ... but someone had to do it.
