Disclaimer: New shooter alert, stupid questions may be present. So, today I decided to check the zero on my CZ455 since I had put the scope back on after testing another one. Shot a .98in 3 shot group at 50m off the hood of the 4x4. Is this acceptable or should I expect more? I was using a homemade wood front rest but no rear rest and scope was a 6x42 Nikko Stirling. I know it's good enough for hunting because I rarely miss a wallaby's head when spotlighting but... would I embarrass myself if I turned up at the range? Can I get a sub 1 inch group at 100 m? Do I need a better scope and front and rear bags etc? With my current setup is that the best I can do?
Change of topic, since we have a lot of feral cats on our property I carry a rifle around as much as I can. Only problem is that I don't see anything when I'm carrying and almost always see the cats when I'm not. Except for today. Had two rifles with me this time since I was sighting them in and had just packed up and decided to go for a quick drive to the paddocks I know cats frequent. This time I did see a cat and multiple opportunities to take a shot but... both rifles were unloaded... By the time I had managed to grab a box of ammo and stuff a magazine the cat had decided it might be better off if it jumped the fence and disappeared into the bush.
Can anyone kindly share some tips? I've been trying to trap them but with no success, I must be doing something wrong. I did shoot one a few weeks back but only because it was caught hanging around the chickens and was dumb enough to not know what being lit up by a spotlight meant.