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Hitting a softball at 1000 yds
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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 1872469" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>Nobody is doing that consistently at 1,000 yards. Not with a hunting rifle. That's beyond the capability of most sniping rifles and nearly any factory ammunition. A rifle that posts 0.5 moa at 100 yards has a beaten zone of 5.5 inches at 1,000 yards, without factoring in ammunition velocity differences between shots, wind variables and mirage. The scope required to be that precise would also be a factor, and no-one I know of hunts with 20 power and up scopes. A lower power would allow too much variation in sight picture. The ammunition would have to have single digit sd's. A difference in aim point of 0.5 in. at 100 yards would generate a miss. Mirage can cause that and more at 1,000 yards. Like the man said, if someone can do a 3.5 in. target(soft ball) at 1,000 yards consistently, with first round hits, at 1,000 yards with a standard weight hunting rifle, that person is among the top rifle shots in the world. Just the shooter's heartbeat would generate misses on a target that small at 1,000 yards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 1872469, member: 60453"] Nobody is doing that consistently at 1,000 yards. Not with a hunting rifle. That's beyond the capability of most sniping rifles and nearly any factory ammunition. A rifle that posts 0.5 moa at 100 yards has a beaten zone of 5.5 inches at 1,000 yards, without factoring in ammunition velocity differences between shots, wind variables and mirage. The scope required to be that precise would also be a factor, and no-one I know of hunts with 20 power and up scopes. A lower power would allow too much variation in sight picture. The ammunition would have to have single digit sd's. A difference in aim point of 0.5 in. at 100 yards would generate a miss. Mirage can cause that and more at 1,000 yards. Like the man said, if someone can do a 3.5 in. target(soft ball) at 1,000 yards consistently, with first round hits, at 1,000 yards with a standard weight hunting rifle, that person is among the top rifle shots in the world. Just the shooter's heartbeat would generate misses on a target that small at 1,000 yards. [/QUOTE]
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