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ever had an off day shooting wise?

kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
edited March 2015 in General Discussion
Was at the range yesterday... Shoot great with my pistols.... Pulled out my m1 and I was all over the place... Ten inches on average above target.....nine inch groups at a hundred yards!!!!! Normally I print two inch groups in the black at 100 yards with this rifle![xx(]
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  • wiz1997wiz1997 Member Posts: 1,051 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    No comment.[:I]
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nothing I'd admit to.
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  • phipdeerphipdeer Member Posts: 101 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Could just be the m1. Just send it to me and I'll confirm.
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  • sxsnufsxsnuf Member Posts: 2,952 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't even know what you're talking about?
    Arrivederci gigi
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    buncha liars! [:D]
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  • wpagewpage Member Posts: 10,201 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you were shooting offhand and were tired...

    Understood. Sometimes the old garand gets a little heavy![:o)]
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,459 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think you need to send me all your guns so I can evaluate if it was the guns, the ammo , or yourself......
    PS, if the first two check out it will depend on the third thing before your guns are returned, I would hate to send them back if you are only going to continue to miss...
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Of course, that is why they make other days!

    Some days I'm on and some days I suck.

    A great friend once told me if he has a really bad day shooting at the end walk up and fire right in the bulls eye and call it a day until the next time!
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Only when I brag about how good of a shot I am, when there's a lot of people around![B)][:D]
    There is no such thing as Liberal Men, only Liberal Women with Penises.'
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  • longspur riderlongspur rider Member Posts: 2,620 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Generaly when we shoot sporting clays, I'm one of the guys that is hard to get ahead of even though I shoot a 410 most of the time.
    Had a day last fall when I was off. Came in last. That hasn't happened in a long time.
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  • AzAfshinAzAfshin Member Posts: 2,985 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by kidthatsirish
    Was at the range yesterday... Shoot great with my pistols.... Pulled out my m1 and I was all over the place... Ten inches on average above target.....nine inch groups at a hundred yards!!!!! Normally I print two inch groups in the black at 100 yards with this rifle![xx(]


    That sounds like there is more than just a bad shooting day. When groups open up by more than a factor of 2, it's usually due to a loose scope/sight (my buckmark is notorious for doing this).
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  • catgunguycatgunguy Member Posts: 6,089
    edited November -1
    Yes.
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,695 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had an On Day once.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by forgemonkey
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    buncha liars! [:D]


    ,,,,,,,,,,and the first one doesn't have a chance,,,,,,,,,,[:D]


    Hunters and fishermen! [:D]
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  • toolmaniamtoolmaniam Member Posts: 3,213
    edited November -1
    Made the mistake of drinking too much coffee before shooting a couple times, not good results.
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  • OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,565 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not enough good days at the range with these eyes anymore[:(] If it has iron sights, I might as well throw rocks at the targets.[:(][:(]Oakie
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nope, every shot hits.
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    something.
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  • SCOUT5SCOUT5 Member Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I always hit what I aim to................ eventually............ if my ammo holds out.
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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by AzAfshin
    quote:Originally posted by kidthatsirish
    Was at the range yesterday... Shoot great with my pistols.... Pulled out my m1 and I was all over the place... Ten inches on average above target.....nine inch groups at a hundred yards!!!!! Normally I print two inch groups in the black at 100 yards with this rifle![xx(]


    That sounds like there is more than just a bad shooting day. When groups open up by more than a factor of 2, it's usually due to a loose scope/sight (my buckmark is notorious for doing this).


    I tend to agree with just a bad day scenario. To go from a usual two inch pattern to ten inch high and scattered group at such a close range is something that I have never seen in a career of shooting the M-1 - other than having a not so good day. Of course, be did not say where the pattern was located on the clock other than high, but that bit of knowledge might also help narrow down the cause(s) as well.

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    OTOH, you could be right about it being another type of problem, i.e. in that it might have a shot out chamber, or similar type barrel problem, but they usually don't spread that badly at such a short range overnight, but once the problem begins it gets worse by the day. I'm talking iron sights here, and although I'm experienced with scoped M-1's, I've never seen a problem that produced such a pattern.
    What's next?
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  • kidthatsirishkidthatsirish Member Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh it wasn't the rifle.....handed it to another guy on the range and he printed a 1.5 inch group at one hundred yards.....just had a bad day I think..... I had been shooting fine with my pistols a few hours prior.[:(]
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