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Bone to pick with new rifle owners - 100 yards out of the box
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<blockquote data-quote="Small Lady" data-source="post: 2925822" data-attributes="member: 126670"><p>Right now I feel very confident on a not windy day at 400 yards, so will take that shot. On a light wind day 200, fairly windy 100, truly gusty 50 yards.</p><p>My goal is to get where I feel 100% confidence shooting targets at 800 on a calm day, and will then hunt up to 600 yards away. On a really windy day all bets are off, and wouldn't be out hunting, and definitely not shoot past 50 yards.</p><p>When I can line up 20 beer cans say 5' apart and 800 yards away from me, and never miss 1, I'll call myself proficient at 800 yards, and ready to hunt to 600 which is my goal. </p><p>Maybe I hold myself to higher standards than some others do, but I don't want to be mediocre.</p><p>And I really don't care if people want to laugh and joke about it, go ahead. </p><p>But I push myself daily to do the best I can, no matter what the task is. </p><p>Not everyone wants to do so.</p><p>Some will settle for hitting a large piece of paper at just 300 yards, to me that makes them possibly proficient at 15 yards. </p><p>I practice in my daily existence, just calming myself, then holding my breath, and envisioning my fingers slowly squeezing a shot off. Silly? Maybe to some, but I came to realize that breath control and gentlest squeeze were my two main problems before, so worked on them.</p><p>That helped immensely for me.</p><p>Lay down get comfortable first, control your breathing, calm your nerves, then move slowly and methodically, no quick or jerky movements. Don't even take in a big breath, when ready, just a normal breath, hold it, and squeeze ever so gently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Small Lady, post: 2925822, member: 126670"] Right now I feel very confident on a not windy day at 400 yards, so will take that shot. On a light wind day 200, fairly windy 100, truly gusty 50 yards. My goal is to get where I feel 100% confidence shooting targets at 800 on a calm day, and will then hunt up to 600 yards away. On a really windy day all bets are off, and wouldn't be out hunting, and definitely not shoot past 50 yards. When I can line up 20 beer cans say 5' apart and 800 yards away from me, and never miss 1, I'll call myself proficient at 800 yards, and ready to hunt to 600 which is my goal. Maybe I hold myself to higher standards than some others do, but I don't want to be mediocre. And I really don't care if people want to laugh and joke about it, go ahead. But I push myself daily to do the best I can, no matter what the task is. Not everyone wants to do so. Some will settle for hitting a large piece of paper at just 300 yards, to me that makes them possibly proficient at 15 yards. I practice in my daily existence, just calming myself, then holding my breath, and envisioning my fingers slowly squeezing a shot off. Silly? Maybe to some, but I came to realize that breath control and gentlest squeeze were my two main problems before, so worked on them. That helped immensely for me. Lay down get comfortable first, control your breathing, calm your nerves, then move slowly and methodically, no quick or jerky movements. Don't even take in a big breath, when ready, just a normal breath, hold it, and squeeze ever so gently. [/QUOTE]
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