Shot the .25 Cricket a bit at 100 yards
First this morning I went out when the wind still appeared calm and set out a target at 100 yards, the first 3 shots were literally through the same damn little 3/8″ hole :shock:, but right after that a constantly changing little 2-3 mph wind took up and was blowing all subsequent shots off by 1-2 inches 👿 so I called it a morning and headed in.
Throughout the day the wind was gusting on and off and I used the less-than-perfect weather to deep clean the barrel using JB bore paste and goo gone, and later to adjust my speed to ~930 fps with kings.
Finally a couple minutes after the sun had set the wind died down to nothing and I rushed to get set up and sight in at 50 yards. After that I grabbed a pizza box and set it up at 100 yards with a flashlight on it. I then shot two, back to back, 5 shot groups:
The first group was the better out of the two measuring 1.38″ ctc:
I am fairly positive that I jerked that flyer on the second group but it is what it is, this one measured 1.84″ ctc:
I am sure that i can improve upon those groups quite a bit but for the second time shooting for groups at 100 yards I am quite impressed and will go to bed with a smile on my face 😉
Oh and here is what mine will do when the wind is either steady or nonexistent at closer range, 5 shots at 50 yards:
Cheers
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We’re sometimes a slow bunch, 3×3, you want a fast reply, post a boobie pic 😛 Or make any sort of political comment.
Those groups are really good! Being able to nail a squirrel, rabbit or pigeon at 100 yds is nothing to sneeze at. What kind of rest are you using?
You are using some sort of rest…right 😯 ?
Exceptional for a first series of 100 yd. groups. It may be hard to tighten those up without serious pellet sorting and reliably calm wind. At 100 yds, even a grasshopper fart can throw a pellet off!
No one? lol, come on gimme a little feedback here guys, are these groups good? Bad? Ugly? Should I expect more? Any tips, tricks, advice?
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Hi 3^2,
I am getting 3/8 on 50 yrd and 5/8” on 75 yrd CTC.
I never shot at 100 yet so cant give you feedback on that but your 50 is very good.