Thread: Auck gong shoot done and dusted

damm, missed the altercation.....

Being a raw beginner at shooting past 100 meters my expectations for hitting anything at all past 300 metres were pretty low, especially since the targets were about the 1 MOA in size which leaves very little room for me to miscall wind or ballistics. And with a cheap $30 Chinese wind meter and an ‘un-tuned’ Android App I was not holding onto any illusions about being able to hit much. That said, the wind meter readings tallied with the more expensive Kestrel being waved about and ‘Shooter’ seems to work out some good numbers, that is once I played with the velocity back at home. Basically on the day I set the scope up to what the App told me to do and then relied on being talked in by whoever was spotting, and if I got a hit took down the actual MOA settings on the scope. Just need to work out why my app reckons that some shots needed an extra 1 MOA to be dialled; I need to go through my notes a few more times, find a pattern and adjust the velocity a little methinks.

The location was great from a shooting perspective, challenging shots across valleys/gully’s and at different angles to the wind meant that very few people were on target on the 1st attempt. For me, having the chance to try and tune my ballistic app to reality was a pretty good outcome as well as getting to shoot at some interesting targets. Good to meet some new faces as well, and see some awesome shooting.

Once again. Thanks for organising the shoot, looking forward to the next one!