I was up in PA this weekend and went to my old gun club with a friend who is still a member. They have a 500 yard range that I regularly shot before moving. I was excited because I had not shot any rifles since I moved to MD about a year ago... I used to shoot a couple times a week. 
I still had 40 of my .308 hand loads left over and started right on them at 300 yards to warm up. I could not hit anything.
Granted, it was raining and a little windy, but for someone who averaged 2-3" groups at that range a year ago, I should at least be able to hit the freaking paper. After finishing off the hand loads without a group that could be covered with a dinner plate and several bullets missing the paper altogether, I packed up my bolt gun. 
I know shooting is a skill that needs to be kept up, but damn! I never expected anything that bad.
But any day at the range is a good day. I went and took my frustration out on the 100 yard range, wasting aout 300 rounds of 5.56 before I packed up up for the day.
I still had 40 of my .308 hand loads left over and started right on them at 300 yards to warm up. I could not hit anything.
Granted, it was raining and a little windy, but for someone who averaged 2-3" groups at that range a year ago, I should at least be able to hit the freaking paper. After finishing off the hand loads without a group that could be covered with a dinner plate and several bullets missing the paper altogether, I packed up my bolt gun. I know shooting is a skill that needs to be kept up, but damn! I never expected anything that bad.But any day at the range is a good day. I went and took my frustration out on the 100 yard range, wasting aout 300 rounds of 5.56 before I packed up up for the day.
