HOW MANY SHOTS

[mikee]

i'm doing my DSC in 3 weeks so i thought i had better get out and practice a bit for the shooting test, while i was banging away this afternoon i remembered reading on here about letting the gun cool down between shots, i fired 15 shots in groups of 3 over about an hour, i assume this is ok and wont damage my rifle.

 

ive got the prone position sussed, i had a couple of flyers to start with but managed 3 groups slightly under 2" in the end, even though i had to shoot from 150yds and not 100, the range i use is in my friends farm yard which is set in a bowl, you can shoot at any range upto 85 yds then from the other side of his lane and some bushes its 150 yds before you can see the target board again.

next trip will be the standing using sticks at 70m, probably far more tricky to hold the rifle steady, any advice on shooting methods would be gladly received

 

mikee

[Glensman]

i'm doing my DSC in 3 weeks so i thought i had better get out and practice a bit for the shooting test, while i was banging away this afternoon i remembered reading on here about letting the gun cool down between shots, i fired 15 shots in groups of 3 over about an hour, i assume this is ok and wont damage my rifle.

 

ive got the prone position sussed, i had a couple of flyers to start with but managed 3 groups slightly under 2" in the end, even though i had to shoot from 150yds and not 100, the range i use is in my friends farm yard which is set in a bowl, you can shoot at any range upto 85 yds then from the other side of his lane and some bushes its 150 yds before you can see the target board again.

next trip will be the standing using sticks at 70m, probably far more tricky to hold the rifle steady, any advice on shooting methods would be gladly received

 

mikee

 

 

For the DSC do they make you zero the scope or does it come pretty much set?

[Glensman]

Probably best if you turn up with it zeroed

 

 

Over here I was told by my RFD that you use the rifle they have and that you have to zero it in a reasonable number of shots, he said around 10.

[derek.snr]

if using your own rifle ,zero , it saves time ,and the standing shots are at 40m not 70m ,sitting or kneeling at 70m .

[mikee]

ive just read through the literature again and it says it would be nice if your rifle is able to hit the target if nor dead zero'd, and the instructors will assist is getting it spot on, no mention of a zeroing test

 

mine is zero'd at 150yds so about an inch and a bit high at 100, it seems to be dead on again at 40-50m so i assume it will be about .6"-.7" high at 70m

 

mikee

[strongski]

good luck fella hope all go's well

Edited September 27, 2009 by strongski

[Rem223]

I would practice offhand shooting with your .22, ammo is cheap and it wont make much noise. As far as damaging your .243 barrel goes provided you don't let it get too hot to touch you should be fine.

Edited September 28, 2009 by Rem223

[choke it]

mate it needs to be zeroed before you go only if you do the full course do you have a day practiceing

[hants rifle]

Take it there zero'd. Assuming your barrel is Sporter profile and not Varmint then 5 groups of 3 in an hour won't hurt it at all, even if the ambient temp is warm. Main thing is that after any more than 3 or 4 at a time thro a sporter barrel the accuracy starts to drift off until you let it cool down a bit, with most calibres anyway. I have .25-06 with a sporter barrel and I definitely see a deterioration after 3-4 shots.