Tipping point with standing
I shot two matches Saturday one an M1 and the next a vintage bolt both at 100 yards. I shot a 252 with the M1 and a 258 with the Mark I, placing 2nd with the M1 by 3 points and winning the vintage bolt which had just three competitors.
The strangest thing occured in standing with the 1903. After establishing natural point of aim it was as if the front sight was drawn to the black like a magnet. I wound up with all ten shots on a horizontal string about 2 1/2 inches high for a 79 with all shots on the SR1 repair center, the best I've ever done standing. I wish I had had a good scope stand and an 03 sight mike, it may have made a lot of difference. A decent coat is on the way, I shot this in a T-shirt.
That aside, my position holding me in the black was such a good, comfortable feeling I'm sure that aided in my confidence and score. The zone is such a good place to be! Perfect practice makes perfect, I suppose.
My loads were nothing to write home about, 46.5 IMR 4895 and a 150 grain boat tail spire point Speer. I settled on that when I read one of Maury's posts about calling it macaroni and practicing standing! Sage advise.
Phillip McGregor (OFC)
"I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur