GALLERY RIFLE & PISTOL NEWS
I always check to see where my first few rounds are going when I’m shooting at the longer distances just to make sure that I’m hitting in, or around, the x or 10 ring. If I’m not, then at least I’m able to see just how far off I need to aim, or simply dial in the required offset using the turret adjustments. There’s no point in putting 24 rounds down range during a 1500 Match 3 at 50m only to find out when you go forwards to score that the rounds were actually landing down inside the 8 or 7 ring instead, just because you couldn’t see where your shots were going at the time.
Whatever caliber you shoot, there is no magic magnification setting to use when shooting at the longer distances as it all boils down to personal preference, experience and ability. Some shooters will only use a magnification of somewhere between 6 and 10x because “the sight doesn’t wobble around as much.” In reality though their stability remains the same, it just appears to be more stable as the movement on the target is simply less magnified than it would be on a higher setting.
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your scores and overall performances and is well worth persevering with.
As well as making sure that the lowest power setting on your scope is suitable for your intended needs, you must equally ensure that it will provide you with enough magnification at the opposite end to enable you to see where your shots are actually landing on the target. This is especially important when shooting up to 50m where such things as wind, lighting conditions or even an accidentally knocked scope can change the point of impact by quite a margin, especially on the much smaller 22 rimfire targets.
Many of the GB team use between 12 - 20x at this distance with very good results but it is definitely something that you will have to work on over time, in conjunction with improving your trigger pull of course. Most of my best results have been achieved using between 20 - 25x at both 25 & 50m but I did experiment with using maximum settings of between 12 & 15x at both the Phoenix and Nationals this year and the results were fairly comparable, although I did have to turn the magnification up to check my point of impact a few times during some of the matches as I couldn’t see where my initial shots were going.
Spending time practicing on the range trying all of the magnification settings is the only to find the optimum settings for you personally, at each of the distances involved. Once you have found the magnification setting that gives you the best results at a particular distance, make sure that you stick with it and don’t
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