Offhand at 800yrds - Video and Challenge

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Yes it's an honest 800yrds. Yes I was standing up. Yes I do this kinda often. No, I don't hit every single time, that's dumb. As long as the target is about 3MOA I can pretty regularly smack it.

DA was about 4500ft. 7BR with 130's. Rifle is my metallic silhouette race gun.

Look up the dirt road to where it butts against the hill. On the right side is the target. You'll see it swing.

Now the Challenge: Go out and pull off an offhand shot. 3MOA target max, 200yrds or more. 4 shots to pull it off. Post a video reply here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymmH3yFDLLA


 
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I won a off hand shot at 530 yds, once. There was 5 of us shooting off hand. I did not try it again. :D
 
I shoot metallic silhouette (high power and rimfire) competitively. High power is done from 200-500m at more or less life size silhouettes of chickens/pigs/turkeys/rams offhand. It's extremely challenging but once you get some of the form bits down and use a rifle properly set up for it things get a lot less difficult, just never actually easy. If someone really wants to pick up their offhand game, attend a match, chat up some folks and you'll get pointers for sure.
 
That's some great shooting! I'm thinking about getting into this sport and would like to have you explain your reasoning for a 7 BR with 130's over the 6's and 6.5's which also seem so popular. Also, a picture of your gun and reasoning on the scope choice would also be appreciated!
Thanks!!!!
 
Well, the 7BR was one of 2 options available but it was actually what I wanted so that worked out. I was about to pop for a brand new race gun in 7BR when one of the other guys pops up at a match and says, hey I got this nearly new 7BR race gun for about 1/3 of what you were going to spend and it comes with 1000 rounds of brass and bullets and load data and dies. Couldn't resist. Trimmed the stock a tiny bit to fit me and now I shoot a lefty rifle right handed and have come to prefer that arrangement. 7BR has one big benefit over the 6.5's and 6's, mo' bettuh barrel life. My coach uses a 6.5BR and used to use a 6BR. The 6 chewed up barrels too fast for him and his budget has always been bigger than mine. He's using the 6.5 now and just recently started showing undeniable signs of it being shot out after only 3 seasons. I've got 3 seasons on my barrel and I'll get at least 3-4 more. My 130's do about 2560, my 168's do 2250fps. The heavies are a bit pokey but they hold a lot of knock down for the rams out at 500m.

The scope is a Weaver T-24. It's a perfectly adequate optic with really good turrets and very good glass meant for competition use. It has a thin crosshair and 1/8moa target dot. That configuration is basically standard equipment it's so common. You need a thin crosshair to not obscure the target and it helps you avoid canting the rifle, that's also a reason why we mount our scopes up really high and the cheekpieces are so high with huge numbers for drop at heel and comb. The dot is your timing and aiming point and lends itself to adjusting your target break point with a good visual indicator.

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The sport will definitely make you a better shooter. You really learn natural point of aim.
 
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