missing shot holes

[kzin]

Yesterday in 50yd 22lr 'service rifle' sling prone practice i shot 5 shots at each of 10 bulls. Results:

7 bulls with 5 holes in the black
3 bulls with 4 holes in the black
No other holes in the paper.

I'm not very good at this so the 'groups' used up a lot of the black in many cases. I'm not talking one ragged hole in the 10 like I might do in f-class practice.

This leaves 2 possibilities that both seem quite unlikely:
1. I yanked 3 shots much, much worse than the 47 others, completely off the paper without calling any nearly that bad. Brand new CCI SV with no fails to feed or extract so I don't think it's bad rounds.
2. 3 holes were near perfect doubles too close to pick any of the 4 as a double over the others. Only one clear double on the whole sheet.

This has happened to me several times in the past.

Does this happen to everybody or am I cursed?

I guess I need to go to one or two shots per bull to see if I really am losing some that badly.

 

[Immike]

Try a back ground paper next time. Just to eliminate that they flew off.

 

[Milo 2.0]

Show us a pic of the groups, we can then decipher if you missed the paper, lol

 

[ebb]

moving backer

 

[hpshooter]

Buy yourself a .22 rimfire scoring plug and a scoring template if you don't already have one. Helps tremendously in finding doubles. May also want to explore a target frame that holds a backer target 4"-6" behind your score target. This set up is used primary to triangulate cross fires but is helpful in finding doubles.

Doubles are sometimes easier to detect by careful examination of the back of the target.

Doubt you missed the target completely with 3 shots with 47 others "in the black" Wait until you can get them all 10's and x's, then it is really interesting. DISCLAIMER: I can't but the youngest daughter can and has with regularity when she is on her prone game.

 

[Ggmac]

No strange sounds ? Check bore for a ring , just to be sure . After each shot check target and verify hits .
No , I've never had a problem like that .

 

[XTR]

Yesterday in 50yd 22lr 'service rifle' sling prone practice i shot 5 shots at each of 10 bulls. Results:

7 bulls with 5 holes in the black
3 bulls with 4 holes in the black
No other holes in the paper.

I'm not very good at this so the 'groups' used up a lot of the black in many cases. I'm not talking one ragged hole in the 10 like I might do in f-class practice.

This leaves 2 possibilities that both seem quite unlikely:
1. I yanked 3 shots much, much worse than the 47 others, completely off the paper without calling any nearly that bad. Brand new CCI SV with no fails to feed or extract so I don't think it's bad rounds.
2. 3 holes were near perfect doubles too close to pick any of the 4 as a double over the others. Only one clear double on the whole sheet.

This has happened to me several times in the past.

Does this happen to everybody or am I cursed?

I guess I need to go to one or two shots per bull to see if I really am losing some that badly.

I've only done a few XTC matches, but it only took me two get credited with a miss in rapids. Ten shots seen in the impact area, all other 9 in the black, but they could't find the double. It happens.

Not related to your missing shots (and I don't think they are missing, they are doubles) but what targets are you using?

 

[kzin]

Thanks for the input. Several good suggestions are nearly impossible at my range.

I'm going with a fresh backer at 25 yards and 1 shot at each of 30 bulls.

If I do that with no missing shots 2 or 3 times I'll feel safe to assume doubles in the future.

Maybe I'll need to repost on how to not miss the paper from a sling.

 

[kzin]

I've only done a few XTC matches, but it only took me two get credited with a miss in rapids. Ten shots seen in the impact area, all other 9 in the black, but they could't find the double. It happens.

Not related to your missing shots (and I don't think they are missing, they are doubles) but what targets are you using?

Self made 50yd reduced versions of the 100 yd mini-palma targets.
Very close to reduced versions of high-power '600yd' targets.

Printed on standard computer paper which doesn't help in finding doubles.

 

[foxguy]

Self made 50yd reduced versions of the 100 yd mini-palma targets.
Very close to reduced versions of high-power '600yd' targets.

Printed on standard computer paper which doesn't help in finding doubles.

Kzin,

If You would like to have clearer holes that can be seen easier, you may want to give either 28 LB Lazer paper, ot even 67lb cover stock paper. The bullet holes punched thru them are a lot cleaner - you don't get the rips in the paper.

I will also use a piece of cardboard behind the target paper if the backstop isn't very solid.