Well , well. Thanks again so much for all the help and advise from my other post, entitled nearly the same.
I will save the suspense and say this thing can flat out shoot when the guy behind the trigger shoots ok.
My most thought of comment today is: What a difference a better front rest makes. I got one of those Caldwell BR rest quickly sent to me from Amazon. I know there are better ones out there but this gave me leveling and repeatability. It really changed my game.
The wind was really troublesome today. I guess we are still getting the remnants of the winds and clouds from the tropical depression that hit the Houston/Beaumont area. Winds 5-20 MPH, according to forecast on phone, mainly out of the south but variable.
It was extremely hard to get a 5 shot group off without the wind changing speed or direction. When it did, I could get some really nice 5 shot groups.
So today I practiced with the rest, developing a pattern/routing in the shooting and didn't care too much where the shots went in this wind.
All I know is the Kidd gun is a shooter. And a darn good one. Any issues are all me.
Still can't wait for my ammo order to finally arrive here tomorrow with the good stuff.
Anyway, here are a couple pics that showed what was capable when the wind remained steady or died down and what it did when the wind was up and/or variable. I am quite pleased:
Next two things for me:
1. Need a good rear rest now. Any suggestions? My little rice bags are not sufficient.
2. Where do I start learning about the wind and how to read it and attempt to correct for it. I understand now that benchrest shooting is so much more than just a good shooting gun and I have a really long way to go.
Thanks again everyone for all your help!
I will save the suspense and say this thing can flat out shoot when the guy behind the trigger shoots ok.
My most thought of comment today is: What a difference a better front rest makes. I got one of those Caldwell BR rest quickly sent to me from Amazon. I know there are better ones out there but this gave me leveling and repeatability. It really changed my game.
The wind was really troublesome today. I guess we are still getting the remnants of the winds and clouds from the tropical depression that hit the Houston/Beaumont area. Winds 5-20 MPH, according to forecast on phone, mainly out of the south but variable.
It was extremely hard to get a 5 shot group off without the wind changing speed or direction. When it did, I could get some really nice 5 shot groups.
So today I practiced with the rest, developing a pattern/routing in the shooting and didn't care too much where the shots went in this wind.
All I know is the Kidd gun is a shooter. And a darn good one. Any issues are all me.
Still can't wait for my ammo order to finally arrive here tomorrow with the good stuff.
Anyway, here are a couple pics that showed what was capable when the wind remained steady or died down and what it did when the wind was up and/or variable. I am quite pleased:
Next two things for me:
1. Need a good rear rest now. Any suggestions? My little rice bags are not sufficient.
2. Where do I start learning about the wind and how to read it and attempt to correct for it. I understand now that benchrest shooting is so much more than just a good shooting gun and I have a really long way to go.
Thanks again everyone for all your help!