FUDD Military Precision Shooter needs schooling.

[Pro2A]

It is a reason you can say for missing at long range.


I would imagine most misses are due to these fundamentals….
1) too few shots in zero'ing
2) lack of hit probability validation in load testing (too few shots in load testing)
3)) scope don't hold zero

While all of your points contribute/are possible, I'll take THE WIND for the win. Wind separates the shooters from the trigger tuggers. "What we have here.....is a failure to communicate".....with the wind.
Moving vast distances to new terrain also contributes to misses. Paid snipers relo 30 days prior to needing to shoot to learn atmosphere, wind action on God's wind flags....vegetation, dirt,....confirm new DOPE. It's the art on top of the science that makes the impacts.

 

[bluedog69]

While all of your points contribute/are possible, I'll take THE WIND for the win. Wind separates the shooters from the trigger tuggers. "What we have here.....is a failure to communicate".....with the wind.
Moving vast distances to new terrain also contributes to misses. Paid snipers relo 30 days prior to needing to shoot to learn atmosphere, wind action on God's wind flags....vegetation, dirt,....confirm new DOPE. It's the art on top of the science that makes the impacts.

When I was a kid in high school it was #3!
Scope didn't hold zero! If someone missed a big buck the scope was off.

No joke, most kids who missed a big deer blamed it on someone turning the power ring the day before. Everybody knows that if you want your scope on 7 power you sight it in on 7 power and then don't change it. Cause that will cause you to miss your buck.

 

[M118LR]

Nowadays, with Lazer range finding day scopes that instantly access ballistic programs, adjusting the turrets automatically, and feeding the shooter all this info via blue tooth, how can anyone possibly miss a shot? Just an Old FUDD that annotated a log book and needed to actually shoot a shot on the KD Range before spinning a turret as part of a shooting resolution. That green wax pencil that became black under a red lense angle head flashlight might make me an Old School FUDD that needs a little schooling?