Re: 22 LR group at 100 yards
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: KS</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Josh Smith</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have stopped posting targets on forums.
Certain people, because they cannot shoot extremely tight groups, assume that it's not possible.
I do not take kindly to being called a liar.
But suffice to say, I've done one hole, 10 shot groups with my Mk II at 100 yards on still days on high magnification.
Josh <>< </div></div>
ONE HOLE?...10 SHOTS?...100yds?
I won't call you a liar but the word "delusional" comes to mind. </div></div>
Guys, don't jump on Josh too hard. I don't know Josh and I'm not defending him, but whether intentionally or un-intentionally, his statement of <span style="font-style: italic"> <span style="font-weight: bold">"one hole, 10 shot groups"</span></span> is vague at best. I don't own a Mark II, but knowing what I can do with my MOA 10/22 at 100 yards I don't find it too difficult to believe that a Mark II can group 10 shots tightly at 100 yards under the right conditions.
There are extremely tight, "one-hole" groups where the projectiles appear to have passed through the very same hole, and then there are tight groups where, although the projectiles have obviously not passed through the very same hole the projectiles have punched a small hole in the paper that most would call a "one-hole" group. And, "No" - I've never done this with a .22.
<span style="font-weight: bold">EDIT:</span> I've never done the former with a .22 at 50 or 100 yards, for either 5 or 10 shots. If I had I would be a world class champion shooter and record-holder. However, I have done the latter at at 50 yards (10-shot groups), and at 100 yards (5-shot groups).
The group below was shot with my custom MOA 10/22 on a calm day, but with variable wind. It is 10-shots at 100 yards, and <span style="font-style: italic">was</span> an excellent "one-hole" group right up through the 6th shot, after which I got too excited (or maybe cocky), and started shooting too fast.
<span style="font-weight: bold">MOA 10/22 100 yard 10-shot group shot w/Winchester Super-X T22 40gr. Leupold Vari-X III 4.5-14X 40mm A.O., bipod & rear bag:</span>
I read Josh's statement as the latter rather than the former. If he had posted a 100 yard 10-shot group that looked like a single .22 hole I would call BS, as we know that even benchresters cannot obtain that precision for 5 shots with a .22 LR at 100 yards, indoors or out - let alone for 10 shots.
Keith