Well, no one showed up but I went ahead and tried it anyway. It has been years since I have shot any F/TR. So here is the rig. One thing, it was a lil wobblely, due to the fact that this one forgot to back bore the hole for the adaptor (the stud actually) to fit properly, so I had to makeshift a spacer for it to tighten up. It was half donkeyed of a try, but I made due with it. So I would have to load it up like a Harris, over all it felt at least a lil solid. Recoil was consistant, though the front sight came down just a lil to the left, leaving only the left side of the target frame in the front iris, it was consistant with each shot. I can not say that I had too much variation in that.
Don't know if any of you all have ever shot at Oak Ridge, but the winds can get brutal here. And today was no different. There is a front moving in and the winds were changing up from around 10-15 mph, with gust enough to blow my shooting stool over serveral times. With out a pit pig to pull the target, nor any flags or mirage, I attempted want I surely thought would be totally futile.
So I took a sighter, not having a good zero on the rifle and it was up near the top of the target. (After each shot during sighters, I would shoot one and then drive down to the pits to check the target) So I got back to the 600 yard line and made an adjustment on the sights, both front and rear. Shot another sighter, this one was an 8 at 8:30. So then I came up 3/4 and right one minute. Each shot was executed when I could not feel any wind blowing on me or around me, next sighter was a 12 o'clock X! So I go back to the 600 yard line again.. this time, I shoot a string. It was difficult to say the least, without the flags and no mirage to go by. There were were times I was just laying there, waiting for the wind to not swirl or blow me and my equipment away. Most times it was coming in at 3:30 to 5 o'clock, then just gust up into your face, blowing crap all over the place it seemed. Considering the conditions and that it has been a long time. I feel that I didn't do to bad, though there was one mistake that I did realize I had made, but only after reflecting on it after seeing the target. When I was laying there waiting for the wind to be friendly with me.. (ha!), I made the mistake of eyeing the sights instead of looking at something else while waiting for the what appeared to be good conditions to shoot in. It was a battle. I am not sure if laying on the sights cause any of my elevation, but I do know that it could have been a part of it. Though I bet the wind was mostly the criminal.
