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How "long" is "long range"
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<blockquote data-quote="ejones338" data-source="post: 264608" data-attributes="member: 15266"><p><strong>Re: How "long" is "long range"</strong></p><p></p><p>My best answer would be that long range is the unachievable goal that we all strive for.</p><p></p><p> I practice with my bow out to 70 yards enough so that I maintain a group where no arrows go outside an 8" group and then I limit my "LONG RANGE" hunting shots to 50 yards. I will however take a longer shot if given the chance at an animal that I have already arrowed. I bust clay pigeons all day long at 400 yards with my .17HMR, but a gopher will go down its hole if I hit it at that distance, so I try to get closer if I can. Do you see where I am going with this.</p><p></p><p> Long range is always different to me. The instrument (not always a weapon), the weather, my health, it's always different, so long range is always different.</p><p></p><p> I have a .338 federal that I use on my long, steep, nasty, high mountain hunts that is long range at 400 yards, yet I have guns that are long range on the same game at 800 yards. </p><p></p><p> To me it is simply a goal that will always change, because if I reach it with one thing I will buy something that stretches it further.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ejones338, post: 264608, member: 15266"] [b]Re: How "long" is "long range"[/b] My best answer would be that long range is the unachievable goal that we all strive for. I practice with my bow out to 70 yards enough so that I maintain a group where no arrows go outside an 8" group and then I limit my "LONG RANGE" hunting shots to 50 yards. I will however take a longer shot if given the chance at an animal that I have already arrowed. I bust clay pigeons all day long at 400 yards with my .17HMR, but a gopher will go down its hole if I hit it at that distance, so I try to get closer if I can. Do you see where I am going with this. Long range is always different to me. The instrument (not always a weapon), the weather, my health, it's always different, so long range is always different. I have a .338 federal that I use on my long, steep, nasty, high mountain hunts that is long range at 400 yards, yet I have guns that are long range on the same game at 800 yards. To me it is simply a goal that will always change, because if I reach it with one thing I will buy something that stretches it further. [/QUOTE]
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