simon1
Self Ignored by Vista
I've never shot competitively, but I drug out my old plinkin' smallbore rifle silhouette swinging target today just for grins. I forgot how SMALL they are at distance. I didn't do any shooting today...may do that tomorrow.
Placed it at 40 meters for the chicken and tried to hold the crosshairs on the chicken at 3x, 4x, 6x (like I've heard people use for that one), and 9x. This was on my 10/22 with a Bushnell 3x9. At 9x I was all over the whole target offhand, and at 6x I could barely keep it just around the outline of the chicken while sitting and resting an elbow on my knee. This stuff is tuff.
As everyone knows, things shot with a camera look a lot further away than they look with the nekid eye, but here's some camera shots:
The swinging target in all of its glory:
No magnification on the camera at 40 meters in my back yard. It's the little black dot between the evergreen tree and the bigger oak tree...it's the black dot a little closer to the evergreen. Remember, it's a camera:
At 12x on the camera...and the ram is hiding behind a blade of grass :
I won't put up a video of trying to hit the chicken tomorrow...that would be too embarrassing!
Placed it at 40 meters for the chicken and tried to hold the crosshairs on the chicken at 3x, 4x, 6x (like I've heard people use for that one), and 9x. This was on my 10/22 with a Bushnell 3x9. At 9x I was all over the whole target offhand, and at 6x I could barely keep it just around the outline of the chicken while sitting and resting an elbow on my knee. This stuff is tuff.
As everyone knows, things shot with a camera look a lot further away than they look with the nekid eye, but here's some camera shots:
The swinging target in all of its glory:
No magnification on the camera at 40 meters in my back yard. It's the little black dot between the evergreen tree and the bigger oak tree...it's the black dot a little closer to the evergreen. Remember, it's a camera:
At 12x on the camera...and the ram is hiding behind a blade of grass :
I won't put up a video of trying to hit the chicken tomorrow...that would be too embarrassing!