The .22 I am shooting exclusively dines on lead pellets and expels them at a maximum of around 900 fps - well below the approximate 1250 fps speed of sound.

Returned to the range today - what a difference. Began with two in the black, overlapping by more than 50%. I almost decided to quit while I was ahead and go home!

After that the misses were the suprise exceptions, Usually on the misses I could tell that I pulled the shot or should have backed off to get a steadier scope image. Fun, fun, fun!

Paper bullseyes, metal knockdown targets, cans and bottles hung from string, old spoons hung from wires, metal spinner targets, lengths of metal pipe suspended from string - they all went down hard or were rung or punctured. Eventually I focused on one plastic bottle and shot it until it fell from its string.

The differences seemed to be I was relaxed, I used only the padded tip of my trigger finger, and I began to be able to hold the scope image after firing to see the impacts, holes, etcetera.