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Dale · 25th Jun 2008, 11:51

I'm frustrated.

As most of you know, I've recently returned to shooting after a looooong break and I have been granted permission on 3 farms. I was overjoyed to get permission and had 6 bunnies on my first 2 outings, just about a fortnight ago now.

Since then though, it's all dried up a bit, I hardly see any rabbits, I've probably seen maybe 8 in the last 2 weeks. The ones that were in range, I missed as my scope had crept forward and the gun was shooting low without my knowledge. I fixed the scope down properly and a bit closer to my eye as I was reaching to see through the scope. I went to one of the farms yesterday to zero the scope and although it's shooting reasonably accurately, I'm getting some flyers now and again. I was able to put 2 shots through a ten pence piece sized dot at 35 yards yesterday, then the next 3 pellets went wide and high

. I managed to get a slightly bigger than one inch group in the end, with the odd flyer.

I was quite happy with the grouping so I went to another farm and sat for over an hour in the one spot and didn't see a single bunny and I had shot 4 at this spot on my first 2 outings.

Sorry for the winge but surely I haven't shot them all, there are supposed to be hundreds there.

25th Jun 2008, 11:51	#1 (permalink)
Dale Full Member Join Date: 17th Jun 2008 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland. Age: 41 Posts: 151 Images: 2	I'm frustrated. As most of you know, I've recently returned to shooting after a looooong break and I have been granted permission on 3 farms. I was overjoyed to get permission and had 6 bunnies on my first 2 outings, just about a fortnight ago now. Since then though, it's all dried up a bit, I hardly see any rabbits, I've probably seen maybe 8 in the last 2 weeks. The ones that were in range, I missed as my scope had crept forward and the gun was shooting low without my knowledge. I fixed the scope down properly and a bit closer to my eye as I was reaching to see through the scope. I went to one of the farms yesterday to zero the scope and although it's shooting reasonably accurately, I'm getting some flyers now and again. I was able to put 2 shots through a ten pence piece sized dot at 35 yards yesterday, then the next 3 pellets went wide and high. I managed to get a slightly bigger than one inch group in the end, with the odd flyer. I was quite happy with the grouping so I went to another farm and sat for over an hour in the one spot and didn't see a single bunny and I had shot 4 at this spot on my first 2 outings. Sorry for the winge but surely I haven't shot them all, there are supposed to be hundreds there. Last edited by Dale; 25th Jun 2008 at 11:53. Reason: Spelling.