Hi Guys,
Today my back played nice long enough for me to go shooting.
Back down at the range, two old 50m bench rest cards later and I'm very happy.
No more of this 184 and 188 out of 200 either.
I made three changes today.
1. Ammunition changed from SKR Match .22lr to Eley .22lr (not by choice, this is what I was given).
2. Shooting glasses. The yellow lens on my right eye allows me to see the centre ring of the target much easier, and the polarised lens on the left eye stops the glare, which stops my left eye from constantly trying to re-focus, and
3. I now use the thumbhole in the stock, rather than the rest. It's allowing me to use the pad of my finger on the trigger (which I'm finding is stopping a lot of the movement of the rifle when I used to squeeze the trigger), and not only feels better, but much smoother too.
I know i've still got some points to find, but today I shot:
195.6/200 and 197.8/200
The points I dropped on the second card I am more than happy to take full responsibility for. I know I moved the rifle, and I'm learning to correct it. On the first card, I squeezed the trigger, so that score is my fault, but at that stage I wasn't able to tell when I'd made a bad shot without first looking where it landed.
Also, the rifle seems to have had some work done to it. The scope was seriously out of whack when we started, but I got it zero'd in (with help of course), the barrel and stock are without any grime, and the bolt is nice and smooth. The breach (I think that's what it's called - where the bullet goes in) felt a bit sticky by the end of the shoot today (about 50 rounds put through it today), but I wasn't allowed to do anything about it. apparently "It'll be sorted".
So guys, it looks like things are getting back on track!