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<blockquote data-quote="Afrikaboom" data-source="post: 1677829" data-attributes="member: 69746"><p>600 meters shots with iron sights is easy. I am South-African and we grew up shooting with iron sights only. Shot my uncle's Mauser and Lee Enfield and hit targets out from 300 meters to 700 meters. I was then just 13. Later on, in the military, that was 30 years back, I could easily shoot down 12 x 12 steel plates at 500 meters using iron sights with a R-4 5.56mm. We only trained on the 300m and 500m line. Shooting with iron sights is easy; I had a hard time getting use shooting with a scope. I heard from other families that the Boers were very skilled shots. They were excellent hunters and with the areas of open plains had to learn to shoot long distances. The British had no answer for it. They got shot off their horses and had no idea where it came from. Even 14 year old boys were taking the Brits down. The Boers were very skilled in guerilla warfare. So the Brits (Pommies) rounded up woman, children and the elderly and threw them in concentration camps to break the spirit of the Boers. I believe 700/800 meters kill shots are highly possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Afrikaboom, post: 1677829, member: 69746"] 600 meters shots with iron sights is easy. I am South-African and we grew up shooting with iron sights only. Shot my uncle's Mauser and Lee Enfield and hit targets out from 300 meters to 700 meters. I was then just 13. Later on, in the military, that was 30 years back, I could easily shoot down 12 x 12 steel plates at 500 meters using iron sights with a R-4 5.56mm. We only trained on the 300m and 500m line. Shooting with iron sights is easy; I had a hard time getting use shooting with a scope. I heard from other families that the Boers were very skilled shots. They were excellent hunters and with the areas of open plains had to learn to shoot long distances. The British had no answer for it. They got shot off their horses and had no idea where it came from. Even 14 year old boys were taking the Brits down. The Boers were very skilled in guerilla warfare. So the Brits (Pommies) rounded up woman, children and the elderly and threw them in concentration camps to break the spirit of the Boers. I believe 700/800 meters kill shots are highly possible. [/QUOTE]
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