Last week over coffee following a morning at the range the range buds and I were discussing technique. So the engineers in the group did a classic back of the napkin calculation the answer was eye opening!
If the pistol is 10in in length grip to muzzle at a range of 25 yards a deflection of the muzzle by 1/10 inch due to any number of bad technique errors results in an impact at 25 yards skewing 9 inches!
Eyes wide open and dont move!
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The amount of movement to change the POI 1" @ 100 yards is shockingly small as well. It's 3:50am and I can't remember it off the top of my head, but it's TINY
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So at 100 yards your hitting the target next to yours?
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It doesn't take much. That's why good technique is so important.
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Wambli Ska
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When you run the math it’s amazing you can shoot good groups at all, especially considering ALL the other variables.
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Indeed. It comes down to the human body is capable of crazy things. Just a little bit of machining work and comparing things and you can calibrate your “eyecrometer “ to see differences of .005 of an inch.Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 2:10 pm When you run the math it’s amazing you can shoot good groups at all, especially considering ALL the other variables.
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Wambli Ska
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That is truly amazing.CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 2:51 pmIndeed. It comes down to the human body is capable of crazy things. Just a little bit of machining work and comparing things and you can calibrate your “eyecrometer “ to see differences of .005 of an inch.Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Fri Mar 21, 2025 2:10 pm When you run the math it’s amazing you can shoot good groups at all, especially considering ALL the other variables.