Posted: 1/24/2010 1:28:05 PM EDT
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After I attended my first high power match yesterday, I realized that after all the adjustments to the sights I made to hit the target, my rifle is most likely way off of it's 100 yard zero and needs to be resighted in. I know that many use special books to write down things such as sight adjustments, shot placement, wind conditions, etc. to keep track of what went wrong and what went right, and adjustments made to the rifle. I don't know much about it, but now see the need for this type of thing. How does it work? Do you write stuff down during the shooting string? Do you write stuff down after the string? How do you keep track of where your rifle is zeroed? Just curious. |
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Servicer Rifle Score book
pdf of scorebook pages on Iowa HighPower site The score books are designed to be filled in on the line. As you make a sight adjustment or read the wind. After you fire your shot you would fill in the call(where you think it went) of your shot. & then it could later be compared to the scored value. Find what parts of the book work for you and use it accordingly. It is a nice way to track things, & it will really help to identify an equipment problem. CD BTW: Glad you enjoyed your first match! |
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Quoted: My junior's club sells them as a fund raiser. When I have the extra cash, I'll probably buy one. For now, I get to shoot for free (until I'm 21). Servicer Rifle Score book pdf of scorebook pages on Iowa HighPower site The score books are designed to be filled in on the line. As you make a sight adjustment or read the wind. After you fire your shot you would fill in the call(where you think it went) of your shot. & then it could later be compared to the scored value. Find what parts of the book work for you and use it accordingly. It is a nice way to track things, & it will really help to identify an equipment problem. CD BTW: Glad you enjoyed your first match!  |
| I use a white paster, with my 200 yd windage and elevation zero's, that I placed on my stock. This way I remember what the zero's are for each of my rifles. I've found myself not keeping up with my sight adjustments (especially on windy days at the 600 yd line). I've been using a Jim Owens data book for the past couple of years. I started off with a PDF similar to the one CDKayak posted. No matter what data book you pick, it's only as good as the information you put in it. |
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At a minimum, you need to write down your no-wind zeroes for each yardline (and stage). Beyond that, recording light and wind conditions is nice, and even plotting your shots and calls can let you go back and try to figure out what's working and what isn't. If you plot your shots, plot one shot behind. Shoot shot N, record the call for shot N and the location of N-1. Then look at the target and value for shot N when it comes up, shoot shot N+1. Record the call, and the value of shot N. The idea is that you shouldn't be messing with the book when the target's in the air. You want that extra time so you can wait out bad conditions, or so you can take your time and not have to (or feel like you have to) rush your shots. I'm getting out of the habit of plotting my shots in prone slowfire, as I keep the rifle in my shoulder and the extra movement of writing (as opposed to just loading) is enough to make me have to rebuild my position once or twice more during a string. And, even if I'm trying to take my time, I end up shooting much faster without the book (even plotting a shot behind), meaning I'm less likely to get caught in a change
After the string, use your book (or a separate one) to write whatever comments you think are relevant, how did your position feel, was anything different from normal? How was the firing point? Did the differences help or hurt? (For example, I found that I like to have my toes a bit higher than my heels for standing, if possible and that, unlike a lot of people, I don't like to have my feet higher than my butt for shooting sitting by writing stuff like that down) Since you're not shooting at this point, take your time. The more detailed you are, the more you can learn later, and the quicker you can figure out what works. Writing notes about your position can help get you into the same position next time. Or, if you get into a rut, you can go back to when you were shooting well and try to see what changed. |