Today before the rain came I continue on practicing my shooting stick hold with the mighty Prosport. There was a strong wind this afternoon
and I need wind practice as well.
After checking my zero I decided to recheck my holdover dope. But this time instead of shooting at lines and dots on paper, I used my rabbit with a 1/4" KZ. I was able to verify my hold from 9 yards out to 20 yards, before I got tired. Doing it this way I think I'm getting a better "real world" hold for actual field target use. I would not call it good until I knocked it down 2 or 3 times with a clean shot through the 1/4" KZ, not hitting any steel on the field target. Now when the wind allows I still have to verify out to 55 yards, but will go with a bigger KZ once I get to 40 yards, probably a 3/8" or 1/2".
Here's the rabbit set out at 20 yards before quitting for the day. The tape runs back into my garage another 30' or so.
View attachment 424660 Close up... Note the squirrel and crow out at 41 and 42 yards, these are new and reset (no string)
View attachment 424663 Here's a not so good view of the rabbit at 20yards through the scope on 16 power. It's not easy balancing the gun on sticks while trying to focus the iphone camera one handed..lol. Trust me the real view is much better than this.
View attachment 424664 The mighty Prosport is resting now. It shot extremely well for me today.
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