What if you got 9?
- Thread starter ARK
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We’ve all shot confirmation shots. It confirms that I’m an idiot, and didn’t see the problem.Give it the same hold, if you think conditions are the same, and send another. I shoot confirmation 9's all the time...sheesh, what's the problem???
Based on all the information given, I'd probably go ahead and shoot another 9. 
Turbulent Turtle
F-TR competitor
I think it is Jason Cohen that has a license plate that is ”NINE1ON”
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If you’re at 600 yards and you have a flier that far out it would be noticeable in conditions if the conditions had changed. I would assume my load was acting up and I wouldn’t chase it.
If it’s 1000 yards and just barely a 9 that’s different I’d probably try to correct for it in a way that wouldn’t drop a point if im
Wrong.
If it’s 1000 yards and just barely a 9 that’s different I’d probably try to correct for it in a way that wouldn’t drop a point if im
Wrong.
Warren Dean
Team Savage F-TR
Warren Dean
Team Savage F-TR
Good call, bubba.Based on all the information given, I'd probably go ahead and shoot another 9.
It's a tried and true method....LOLStand up and shout, "WHO JUST SHOT MY TARGET?"
Ned Ludd
Silver $$ Contributor
There are two very obvious choices in that situation. You can either believe what your wind reading skills are telling you (i.e. there was NO change), in which case you hold in the exact same spot and send another shot; OR you choose NOT to believe what your wind reading skills are telling you, and hold off by some unspecified amount to correct for a wind condition that you cannot see and may not even believe is actually there. The first makes good sense, the second makes no sense at all.
Certainly it would also be possible to choose alternative "intermediate" solutions, such as holding off just a little more based on the location of shot #1, but not enough to put you out in the nine ring if your original wind call was correct and nothing had actually changed. Nonetheless, you'd still be hedging your bet on something you can't actually see. At some point you're going to have to take a shot. In the most conservative approach, even if you drop another point, you ought to know whether your wind call was correct or incorrect. So the key would be to minimize the total number of dropped points, even if that number would not be zero. An additional problem with the "Nine. One on." scenario is that it can mentally screw up your game for the rest of the string. IMO - it is much, much, MUCH harder mentally to shoot a 199-?X when your first shot is a nine, than when the nine falls much later in the string. So regardless of how you choose to approach the original windage dilemma, it's also equally critical to mentally put that first nine behind you as you finish the rest of the string.
The best news is that no matter what you do, buying lunch probably won't hurt quite as much as global thermonuclear war, total takeover and domination of earth by hostile extraterrestrials, or even a poke in the eye.
Certainly it would also be possible to choose alternative "intermediate" solutions, such as holding off just a little more based on the location of shot #1, but not enough to put you out in the nine ring if your original wind call was correct and nothing had actually changed. Nonetheless, you'd still be hedging your bet on something you can't actually see. At some point you're going to have to take a shot. In the most conservative approach, even if you drop another point, you ought to know whether your wind call was correct or incorrect. So the key would be to minimize the total number of dropped points, even if that number would not be zero. An additional problem with the "Nine. One on." scenario is that it can mentally screw up your game for the rest of the string. IMO - it is much, much, MUCH harder mentally to shoot a 199-?X when your first shot is a nine, than when the nine falls much later in the string. So regardless of how you choose to approach the original windage dilemma, it's also equally critical to mentally put that first nine behind you as you finish the rest of the string.
The best news is that no matter what you do, buying lunch probably won't hurt quite as much as global thermonuclear war, total takeover and domination of earth by hostile extraterrestrials, or even a poke in the eye.
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SBS
Gold $$ Contributor
Shoot more sighters, warm up and foul that barrel before going for record. If you're not shooting F class and only allowed 2 sighters, foul the barrel prior to match (day before maybe). Also check your rifle in a practice session to see if this is always what happens after 2 rounds downrange -- then you know what to expect.
I shot 4 confirmation 9's in a row one day. My wife asked me why I kept shooting the same place.Give it the same hold, if you think conditions are the same, and send another. I shoot confirmation 9's all the time...sheesh, what's the problem???
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