Just missed a shot and am not happy
So, I was shooting some squirrels today and wasn’t paying much attention to the light drawing in, and about 3.00 I went to take a headshot on a Squirrel that was just sitting there and promptly missed. Now, I’m frustrated that I missed, but I’m trying to figure out why. The shot was at about 20 Yards and I can group ragged holes at that distance all day long, so it wasn’t a tough shot or anything. The two things that were different were that it was overcast, and everything through the scope looked hazy brown and no matter how I adjusted the scope I couldn’t get a sharp sight picture. The other thing was that I’m sure that I saw the pellet in flight, which I’ve never seen before. I’m guessing that these two things are related? Oh, the pellet is a JSB Exact at circa 950fps.
So any idea what went on? The squirrel was dead on at my sighted in range, and whilst I’m hardly Golgo 13 I’m not that bad of a shot either! The only thing that I can think of was the light as I’ve never shot when everything is getting dark, but how does that correlate to the miss and “seeing” the pellet in flight?
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was it cold out ?
my talons sometime do soft shotss when it gets cold, its the orings that stiffen up and takes hold on the barrel.