CB
posted this
09 March 2009
Not having read this post before I guess I should start my comments beginning with the first post..
Those damn flyers!
Welcome to the world of CB shooting! Flyers are a pretty much normal part of the sport. I wonder though, are you taking any fouling or sighting shots before you shoot your string? Are the flyers in the first couple of shots? Do the flyers occur with any regularity in the string?
The reason I ask is that you may be trying to figure something out that could possibly be unsolvable.. If you are getting the flyers with a degree of regularity in the beginning or at a certain shot number in your string, why not just drop down to a sighter target and let them go where they please?
The question isnt to solve the flyer, but avoid it from affecting your score target. The way I deal with that is to use that sighter target and let the wild one go and then go back to the score target for the record shot. Pay particular attention to where what number shot goes to see if this is happening at a certain shot in your string.
Shooting small groups takes three things that need to come together at the same time.. Skill, Wisdom and Luck.. Generally 2 out of three aint bad and the luck factor seems to happen with more regularity once you master the other two..
It also doent hurt to shoot enough sighters to pick at least 2 different wind conditions that you can find that 10 ring. It also doesnt hurt to drop down to the sighter to verify in the middle of a string. Who says you have to shoot 10 rounds in succession on the record target?
I shoot Kentucky windage a very large portion of the time.. I hold off instead of adjusting the sight. This way I do not have to constantly figure out where my zero is. I know with issue sights this can be difficult, but Marines do it all of the time. Fortunately I was training in the shooting arts by such a person, Gunnery Sgt. G. David Bailey was an amazing shot and I was honored to have know him. One hell of a man and friend.
There is a marine training manual on this subject floating somewhere out in cyber space, has some nifty tricks on windage in it. When I get some time I will see if I can track it down for you.
The main trick is practice. Somewhere someone is practicing, and when you face him in head to head competition, he will beat you because he practiced more than you did.