Ending the winter season of the Kent Black Powder league with a whimper rather than a bang! Round 10 was a disappointing 77.1 with no good grouping.
Again the usual setup was in place, along with CCI percussion caps. Average still below 80, and Std. Dev. has worsened to almost 2.
Stats
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Detail score: 77.1
Running average: 79.82
Barrel count: 587
Std. Dev.: 1.99
Cards: 45
As prep work for the next season, I'm looking to try a thinner patch (0.010") as well as going back to two of my original lubes: [12] Aqueous cream:Water 1:2 and [09] Tallow:Olive Oil 1:6. I'm looking to see the groups tighten up.
On a very soggy range, managed to shoot rounds 8 and 9 of the Kent County Black Powder 2013/2014 Winter League.
Lots of standing water on the range - the firing point hard-standing almost under water as well.
Round 8 was a very loose card with no signs of any grouping. Shot a 76.1 Swapped from Dynamit Nobel caps to CCI caps, as I had two misfires during the initial capping off.
Round 9 gave a much better grouping, with 11 shots in the black. With a score of 79.0, this card was almost back at the running average. Std. dev. for this card was 0.62
Stats
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Detail score: 76.1 + 79.0
Running average: 79.88
Barrel count: 574
Cards: 44
Shot a very poor card for round 6 of the competition. The two month break between shooting did not help, even though I do some pistol stance exercises at the gym, three times a week.
For round 6 shot a 74.1 with a lot of high-right wild shots! Must remember to do some dry-fire practise, or some exercise, before shooting a comp card after a long break.
In round 7, I shot a much better 83.2, although the group was slightly to the right. The result of the poor R6 card and the better than average R7 card, means that the STD has increased above 1.0, and the average has dropped below 80.0
Stats
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Detail score: 74.1 + 83.2
Running average: 79.98
Barrel count: 548
Std. Dev.: 2.27
Cards: 42
After a bit of a delay (Sorry!), finally got round to updating the round 5 score for the Kent County Black Powder 2013/2014 Winter League.
Managed an 81.0 with only three shots off in the white. Too many in the 8-ring though. Very strong sunlight low in the sky, just above the buttstop.
Usual setup but with Dynamit Nobel 1075 caps - had two misfires though!
Stats
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Detail score: 81.0
Running average: 80.06
Barrel count: 522
Std. Dev.: 0.67
Cards: 40
The standard deviation [Std. Dev.] stat indicates how close to the average that the shot score was. The lower the number the better.
Shot round 4 of the Kent winter black-powder leagues with another exactly on average score of 80. This is the third card in a row with the same score.
Managed to get 5 shots inside the 9-ring, but still letting off some flyers. Again I used the previous setup with the Ballistol lube 17 recipe.
Stats
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Detail score: 80.0
Running average: 80.03
Barrel count: 509
Cards: 39
Next weekend it is the Trafalger Meeting down at Bisley. I am not shooting this year, but will be going to see the other Club members efforts, as well as spending some money at the trade fair. Hopefully I'll find some .354 balls!
Today the range was VERY busy, but managed to get on my favourite firing point and shoot rounds 2 & 3 of the Kent winter black-powder leagues.
This time the group was very slightly to the right. Shot an 80.1 Again I used the previous setup with the Ballistol lube 17 recipe.
The round 3 card was also an 80.1 A much better grouping position wise, but needs tightning up. Not sure how to achieve this. Again I used the previous setup with the Ballistol lube 17 recipe.
Stats
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Detail score: 80.1 + 80.1
Running average: 80.03
Barrel count: 496
Cards: 38
Arriving late at the range, I was the only person to shoot in the last detail of the morning, the other two shooters having slready started to pack up. In a bit of a rush to finish, I shot an off-center 76.0 for round 1 of the Kent winter black-powder leagues.
The group was about 3" to the left. Used the previous setup with the Ballistol lube 17 recipe.
Stats
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Detail score: 82.2
Running average: 80.03
Barrel count: 470
Cards: 36
I will repeat this setup on the next few competition cards.
