Value of testing at shorter range

[dgeesaman]

I'm trying a variety of pellets and tweaking tunes - is there any ground to be gained in the winter season on the indoor range is 20y long and I'm ultimately going to be shooting at 25 and 50 outdoors?

I'm thinking I can at least eliminate some definite 'no' combinations and later I can test the better performers at full distance.

 

[Ranchibi]

Definitely! Practice does wonders! My rather short range is 20yds at an angle and I almost shoot my RAW daily and only get to stretch it's legs at my friends permissions which is usually 40-120yds for ground squirrels and starlings, the 20yd practice sure comes in handy for me! Just aim SMALL at short distances , still very satisfying to hit pea sized aim points.

 

[manabeknives]

I do a lot of testing insdie my apartment which allows me a 10m lane to shoot.
With a smaller distance, I use a smaller target.
I shoot at these targets to test the consistency and accuracy of the pellets i use.
need to be very discrimiating when looking at the results, but you'll be able to tell what will/won't work
once you get it dialed in..shoot the center without touching the lines

View attachment EdCan_100_Bull_.25.pdf

 

[Firewalker]

Just like they said above, aim small, shoot small.

I do a crap-ton of 10m bullseye shooting in the winter, 1 shot per target, bullseye inside the center wins.

Amazingly difficult with any gun, nearly impossible offhand (for me).

 

[Ranchibi]

Just like they said above, aim small, shoot small.

I do a crap-ton of 10m bullseye shooting in the winter, 1 shot per target, bullseye inside the center wins.

Amazingly difficult with any gun, nearly impossible offhand (for me).

Firewalker.....I have got to be THE WORST offhand shooter in this GALAXY so don't feel too bad...!

 

[Firewalker]

I'm glad for some company!

 

[beerthief]

I'm glad for some company!

in this case 3 is not a crowd !

 

[Bam86]

Yes definitely. Just for fun this year I took some shots at 5 yards, just to see what the holdover was.
then about a week later while hunting, I happened upon a squirrel that close. I would have missed if I hadn’t just practiced that shot.

so you never know.

plus any trigger time is good for muscle memory.

 

[igolfat8]

I'm trying a variety of pellets and tweaking tunes - is there any ground to be gained in the winter season on the indoor range is 20y long and I'm ultimately going to be shooting at 25 and 50 outdoors?

I'm thinking I can at least eliminate some definite 'no' combinations and later I can test the better performers at full distance.

I think their is something to be learned from shooting at shorter distances. If you can't hit a small target at 10-20Y neither the pellet nor the gun's accuracy isn't going to improve at longer distances.

 

[dgeesaman]

Well I’ve been shooting indoors and I already learned that a roller top shoots better than my rimfire fuzz button top. (My roller arrives tomorrow.)

So while the groups are really small at 20y they can still help you reduce scatter.