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New at long range shooting, what would be considered an acceptional group at 800-1000yds?
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<blockquote data-quote="CanardNoir" data-source="post: 1560867" data-attributes="member: 64559"><p>Under nominal conditions, the 10" steel plate is the standard at the 1,000 yard line - because the wind and/or vertical thermals at that distance when actually afield, is simply an unknowable variable to the shooter at the moment the trigger is squeezed!</p><p></p><p>You're First trying to build a general amount of confidence in the rifle you're shooting at 800-1,000 yards. Then when you travel above 3-5,000' to actually hunt, the whole atmospheric game for your previously-understood ballistics - changes.</p><p></p><p>When I hunted out West every year during the '70s & '80s - we always included a day at the range near Cheyenne, Wy. to ballisticlly recalibrate our brains and our rifles, including a break for lunch which helped to simulate the ever-changing weather conditions from morning to evening. Because, if you don't live there, every distance appears different from your norm. Though today, the laser rangefinder is your best crutch...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CanardNoir, post: 1560867, member: 64559"] Under nominal conditions, the 10" steel plate is the standard at the 1,000 yard line - because the wind and/or vertical thermals at that distance when actually afield, is simply an unknowable variable to the shooter at the moment the trigger is squeezed! You're First trying to build a general amount of confidence in the rifle you're shooting at 800-1,000 yards. Then when you travel above 3-5,000' to actually hunt, the whole atmospheric game for your previously-understood ballistics - changes. When I hunted out West every year during the '70s & '80s - we always included a day at the range near Cheyenne, Wy. to ballisticlly recalibrate our brains and our rifles, including a break for lunch which helped to simulate the ever-changing weather conditions from morning to evening. Because, if you don't live there, every distance appears different from your norm. Though today, the laser rangefinder is your best crutch... [/QUOTE]
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