Thread: Zeroing: Getting too cocky leads to cockups

An update. Yesterday the weather was perfect no wind, and sunny so I revisited the swift. This was sort of the last chance as our gear goes south Monday.
So armed with 20 rounds off I went.
Two targets were shot at 100 slow deliberate fire, too groups on one target using the bipod. Then one off a pack. No sight adjustments were made from the other day.
The group off the pack is better at 1 1/2 compared to 2 and 2 1/2 but not stellar compared to the 223 which shot a 3 round .4
Several shots at a 300 yds target at least printed on the paper in a "group" 5 inches wide and with roughly the predicted drop.
I've since found out thanks to the Internet that no 1s are bit hit and miss and need some tweaking to improve. Bipods on a poorly attached forend aren't conducive to accuracy and ammunition loaded to touch the lands seems to be better. Still it's a start and should be a bit of a project.
So it's staying home this time and will be ready for the next one..
Just to feel better I finished off with the last of the 223 on an 8 inch plate at 385 yards using the mil dot reticle.