{"id":1566,"date":"2008-09-12T17:54:17","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T17:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/74.220.207.152\/~hogonice\/?p=1566"},"modified":"2008-09-12T17:54:17","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T17:54:17","slug":"finally-a-gun-that-makes-bullets-go-where-you-tell-them-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/?p=1566","title":{"rendered":"Finally a Gun That Makes Bullets Go Where You Tell Them To"},"content":{"rendered":"

Savage Rocks<\/i><\/p>\n

I just got back from the range. I shot 100 rounds from the .17 HMR, 50 from the S&W 27-2 with new Pachmayr grips, and 50 from the SW1911. What a day.<\/p>\n

I started with the target at 50 yards, and the first shot hit the paper. From then on, it was a simple matter of adjusting the scope. This is about 15 shots, I think:<\/p>\n

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The first shot is below the frame. You can already see how easy this gun is to shoot. Here’s the second 50-yard group:<\/p>\n

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The bullets started going through the same hole. It was clear that shooting at 50 yards was a complete waste of time, so I stopped and moved back. Here’s what happened as I sighted the scope in and tried to figure out what I was doing:<\/p>\n

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I had some trouble getting comfortable and finding the right place to put my right hand. When I grip the gun naturally, my finger contacts the trigger up by the stock, which is no good, so I had to keep moving it down. And I had problems figuring out where to put my cheek; it made the optics seem all wobbly. Finally I developed a little bit of a routine, but not before this happened:<\/p>\n

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Am I complaining? No. That’s a small target. The group is smaller than a tennis ball. By my standards, that is good shooting.<\/p>\n

I started to get it together on the third group. You can see the shots glomming into several distinct areas. The central area, which is where they went when I did things right, and then the other areas, where they went when I did stupid things:<\/p>\n

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I still feel uncomfortable with my shooting rest. It’s too damned low. I don’t understand how anyone can be comfortable with a rest less than ten inches high. Maybe I should get a tall bipod. And I see what Chris Byrne<\/a> was talking about, when he said target stocks make for better geometry. But I think this one will be okay once I get used to it. I think the scope is too far back; he mentioned that, too. When my eye is too close to the rear lens, the optical sweet spot gets small and wanders around, making it hard to center the target.<\/p>\n

I ordered Pachmayr grips for my Smith & Wesson 27-2, so I decided to shoot it today. The results were horrendous. I think the heavy spring may be part of the problem. Also, after my long layoff, I just plain forgot how to hold the grip:<\/p>\n

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That was humiliating. So I took out the SW1911 to see if my problem extended to all pistols. I shot considerably better, so I didn’t feel the need to seek therapy.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the rifle on the rest:<\/p>\n

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I highly recommend the Savage Mark II .17 HMR rifles. This thing shoots itself, and it was cheap. The 14 power Burris Fullfield II scope is great. I’m glad I didn’t go smaller. At a hundred yards, I can see the holes without a spotting scope.<\/p>\n

Fantastic day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Savage Rocks I just got back from the range. I shot 100 rounds from the .17 HMR, 50 from the S&W 27-2 with new Pachmayr grips, and 50 from the SW1911. What a day. I started with the target at 50 yards, and the first shot hit the paper. From then on, it was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guns-hunting-fishing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toolsofrenewal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}