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Extreme Long Range Hunting & Shooting (ELR)
What is your hit probability on a 10" target at 1000 yards? First shot.
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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 2798798" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>Well theres the hunting part, and then theres the shooting part. lol</p><p>Fact is that the 1000 yd benchrest shooters never go to the record target without first shooting a few sighter shots.</p><p>Many of them will fire a couple just to check their zero, then wait till the sighter time is almost over before firing a last shot.</p><p>That way they know if the wind has changed, and when the record target goes up, they will have all their shots down range as fast as they can send them. Some of them can send ten shots from a single feed rifle in about one minit.</p><p>So that should tell you how some of the worlds best shooters go about (ahem) reading the wind.</p><p>Now as for hunters, the smart ones will do the same thing if at all possible. The goal isnt to prove how good we are, it is to kill an animal as quickly and cleanly as possible.</p><p>Also remember that some animals run when a shot is fired and some dont, at least most of the time unless they have been hit.</p><p>A whitetail buck as a rule wont run, so a first round miss is actually a sighter shot. </p><p>Much of this first round hit thing is simply to boost the ego of the shooter.</p><p>Fact is at least when hunting it dosent matter so long as the animal is taken.</p><p>No doubt there will be those who take what ive said as an insult.</p><p>And thats OK, im just stating what goes on in the real world with successful long range hunters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 2798798, member: 12443"] Well theres the hunting part, and then theres the shooting part. lol Fact is that the 1000 yd benchrest shooters never go to the record target without first shooting a few sighter shots. Many of them will fire a couple just to check their zero, then wait till the sighter time is almost over before firing a last shot. That way they know if the wind has changed, and when the record target goes up, they will have all their shots down range as fast as they can send them. Some of them can send ten shots from a single feed rifle in about one minit. So that should tell you how some of the worlds best shooters go about (ahem) reading the wind. Now as for hunters, the smart ones will do the same thing if at all possible. The goal isnt to prove how good we are, it is to kill an animal as quickly and cleanly as possible. Also remember that some animals run when a shot is fired and some dont, at least most of the time unless they have been hit. A whitetail buck as a rule wont run, so a first round miss is actually a sighter shot. Much of this first round hit thing is simply to boost the ego of the shooter. Fact is at least when hunting it dosent matter so long as the animal is taken. No doubt there will be those who take what ive said as an insult. And thats OK, im just stating what goes on in the real world with successful long range hunters. [/QUOTE]
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