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Milk jugs at 500yrds for practice
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<blockquote data-quote="Pinoniper" data-source="post: 1019335" data-attributes="member: 83870"><p>I too think one gallon plastic milk jugs full of water make wonderful, reactive, nice-sized targets. I have accumulated dozens of 'em, plus the odd bleach bottle, laundry detergent bottle, etc. I don't own a range finder (yet), but I measure distance with my Garmin hand-held GPS. I create a waypoint at the spot from which I will be shooting. I then tell my unit to navigate to that point, but I walk away from it with jugs in hand. That technique gives me a step-by-step reading of yardage, as I walk out to place my milk jugs. </p><p></p><p>I got real consistent at hitting them, cold barrel, every time, at 310 yards, but I also got a very good feel for what that size looked like in my particular scope. This helped me immensely in taking a pronghorn cleanly at what turned out to be 375 yards last October, for my very first big game kill, at age 49. Admittedly, not all that long range a shot, but for me it was what I was ready for with a live animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pinoniper, post: 1019335, member: 83870"] I too think one gallon plastic milk jugs full of water make wonderful, reactive, nice-sized targets. I have accumulated dozens of 'em, plus the odd bleach bottle, laundry detergent bottle, etc. I don't own a range finder (yet), but I measure distance with my Garmin hand-held GPS. I create a waypoint at the spot from which I will be shooting. I then tell my unit to navigate to that point, but I walk away from it with jugs in hand. That technique gives me a step-by-step reading of yardage, as I walk out to place my milk jugs. I got real consistent at hitting them, cold barrel, every time, at 310 yards, but I also got a very good feel for what that size looked like in my particular scope. This helped me immensely in taking a pronghorn cleanly at what turned out to be 375 yards last October, for my very first big game kill, at age 49. Admittedly, not all that long range a shot, but for me it was what I was ready for with a live animal. [/QUOTE]
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