Yesterday I found a scope in a box with a big ? mark on the end. AHH?? Apparently the scope was suspect of something?
I dug out a spare set of rings and mounted scope on the RAR 22lr and went out to shoot some "boxes" to see if I could determine why I'd assigned the "?" mark. I had to stop due to the wind and chilly fingers but decided I could do a "wind drift" test with the final 5 shots.
Five shots of Blazer HV @ 100 yards with increasing crosswind up to maybe 15 MPH resulted in a horizontal string of 4" -- not quite as much as I'd expected but still significant as it would cause a total miss of small game @ 40-50 yards.
Regarding the scope: still unsure about the "?" as it tracked pretty close around the square. I'll let Tom run it around the next time he's here and there's no wind to see what his results are.
I dug out a spare set of rings and mounted scope on the RAR 22lr and went out to shoot some "boxes" to see if I could determine why I'd assigned the "?" mark. I had to stop due to the wind and chilly fingers but decided I could do a "wind drift" test with the final 5 shots.
Five shots of Blazer HV @ 100 yards with increasing crosswind up to maybe 15 MPH resulted in a horizontal string of 4" -- not quite as much as I'd expected but still significant as it would cause a total miss of small game @ 40-50 yards.
Regarding the scope: still unsure about the "?" as it tracked pretty close around the square. I'll let Tom run it around the next time he's here and there's no wind to see what his results are.