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Finding maximum personal range
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<blockquote data-quote="Joe-boy" data-source="post: 1870536" data-attributes="member: 113266"><p>I think at least for me (I'm really not a long range hunter, never have taken a shot at an animal further than about 200 yards) this is the most difficult thing to handle; how far can I actually shoot and be confident I don't wound an animal? I get pretty confident I can hit a coin at 100 meters or a clay pigeon at 300 meters once I'm at the range and have shot couple of nice groups right before, but in reality when I'm hunting there's couple of more variables...</p><p>- Usually the shooting position is less than perfect</p><p>- It's cold</p><p>- The rifle has seen more or less abuse after it was zeroed; is the zero still OK?</p><p>- My hands are numb from cold</p><p>- It's getting dark</p><p>- The temperature is something else than it was when zeroed</p><p>- The barrel has been cleaned.</p><p>- Etc.</p><p></p><p>When pondering if I should take the shot or not, all these pile up in my head and I'm not that certain about my ability to make a clean kill any more.</p><p></p><p>What would really help is being able to take a shot every now and then at objects at different distances, but unfortunately that's not possible in my case. I hunt on a land where no other shooting is allowed, I can only shoot at the range, and the distances there are known 100, 150 or 300 meters). To be honest, 300 meters still seems like extended long range to me, so there's enough things to learn before I can confidently take a shot at a deer at 300 meters. Would require a couple of visits to the 300 meter range and verify what my real accuracy is at that distance, preferably trying different shooting positions as well. I think it would be enough, but in reality I'm not confident enough to go past let's say 200 meters at the moment. I hope and try to extend my range, but I refuse to do that by increasing a risk of wounding an animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joe-boy, post: 1870536, member: 113266"] I think at least for me (I'm really not a long range hunter, never have taken a shot at an animal further than about 200 yards) this is the most difficult thing to handle; how far can I actually shoot and be confident I don't wound an animal? I get pretty confident I can hit a coin at 100 meters or a clay pigeon at 300 meters once I'm at the range and have shot couple of nice groups right before, but in reality when I'm hunting there's couple of more variables... - Usually the shooting position is less than perfect - It's cold - The rifle has seen more or less abuse after it was zeroed; is the zero still OK? - My hands are numb from cold - It's getting dark - The temperature is something else than it was when zeroed - The barrel has been cleaned. - Etc. When pondering if I should take the shot or not, all these pile up in my head and I'm not that certain about my ability to make a clean kill any more. What would really help is being able to take a shot every now and then at objects at different distances, but unfortunately that's not possible in my case. I hunt on a land where no other shooting is allowed, I can only shoot at the range, and the distances there are known 100, 150 or 300 meters). To be honest, 300 meters still seems like extended long range to me, so there's enough things to learn before I can confidently take a shot at a deer at 300 meters. Would require a couple of visits to the 300 meter range and verify what my real accuracy is at that distance, preferably trying different shooting positions as well. I think it would be enough, but in reality I'm not confident enough to go past let's say 200 meters at the moment. I hope and try to extend my range, but I refuse to do that by increasing a risk of wounding an animal. [/QUOTE]
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