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I was doing some 40-yard target shooting today with my .22 Taipan Veteran 2 using FX 25.4g (MRDs) at 850fps.

It was very breezy with thunderstorms in the area – and the wind was constantly switching directions.

I’ve shot some excellent 40-Yard Challenge scores lately with the Taipan and MRDs – so I know that the rifle is dialed in.

I shot at 10 dots on the paper plate – 1 shot at each target in order and did 3 rotations around the target for a total of 30 shots. (31 counting one pulled shot that I reshot).

I was surprised that the pellets kept going through basically the same holes, despite the wind likely being completely different as I was rotating through the targets multiple times.

For example, on Target #1 I always missed high and slightly right, Target #2 was dead on, Target 6 was slightly right, Target 7 was slightly left, etc.

I’m not complaining about these “misses” – as I’m really happy with the results at 40 yards in the wind. The worst case Target #9 has three shots that didn’t touch, but all 3 fit inside a ½” diameter circle.

Question: Do you guys think that my consistent “misses” are due to sighting errors? If yes, how could I correct this?

Thanks,

Ed

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If you have shifting winds there's certainly PART of what's going on. "User error" (if you want to call it that) is also part of the equation. We're not machines. I'm borrowing a gun at this time that has a Sightron scope (& am really impressed with it) so I don't believe it's solely a sighting problem (parallax or something). We ALL deal with these variables every time we shoot so, imho, it's a combination of all the above & more. Hard to say without feeling & shooting the gun personally. Have you locked it in a clamp, rest or vice, centered on bullseye to remove as much human element as possible?
 
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Another possibility is the gun [may] be binding in certain positions? Every time you get to a certain bull the gun [may] have the same bind on it? Targets 1, 2, 3 and 10 [may] be the guns neutral position where there is no bind but when moving left or right of neutral there [may] be some bind or extraneous torque in your set up? Try setting the bi-pod's front feet on two individual pieces of slippery plastic and then rest those on another slippery plastic surface to free the feet of stiction. This would allow the gun to somewhat slide and release the bind.
 
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igolfat8 said:
Another possibility is the gun [may] be binding in certain positions? Every time you get to a certain bull the gun [may] have the same bind on it? Targets 1, 2, 3 and 10 [may] be the guns neutral position where there is no bind but when moving left or right of neutral there [may] be some bind or extraneous torque in your set up? Try setting the bi-pod's front feet on two individual pieces of slippery plastic and then rest those on another slippery plastic surface to free the feet of stiction. This would allow the gun to somewhat slide and release the bind.
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Ah yes, this is the only rifle where I use a bipod - usually I use a low tripod with a panoramic head that swivels - I thought of the pano head specifically to reduce/eliminate stiction. Definitely could be stiction.

Thanks.
 
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