I'm lucky enough to have an underground range at my club, so wind is not a factor. With high velocity rounds like my .22-250, .257 Wthby or .243 with light bullets, I shoot 3 shot groups to avoid waiting forever for barrels to cool. But I do place the targets in the same spot as it is revealing when you take that third target off and see what that 9 shot group looks like. We use target stapled to cardboard backing, hanging from a steel frame, and I put a new sheet of brown paper on the cardboard before shooting. I then draw a line along the top of the first target and mark the corners so the others go in the same place.

Most of the time, I don't get more than a couple of shots at game if the first one isn't good.


�That rifle on the wall of the labourer's cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.� George Orwell