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How to Determine Your Effective Range for a Hunting Shot
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<blockquote data-quote="j3cub" data-source="post: 1112632" data-attributes="member: 72220"><p>Jrock, question gets to the heart of the issue based on one parameter, the basic accuracy of the rifle/ammo combo. As everyone on this site probably agrees, there are a lot more factors involved in LR shooting. When I got into the competitive shooting game in the Navy, I was amazed at how far one could accurately place shots with a standard issue M-1 Grand. Later, when working for the Forest Service, we would take our guns to a box canyon and shoot at rocks at the far end. In competitive shooting we have the advantage of being able to fire 'sighters' before we shoot for score. If we miss, no big deal, it is just a sporting competing against other shooters. I have always hated "hunting" being referred to as "sport". Hunting is not a sport, hunting is hunting! We kill animals when we hunt. Ideally we want to kill game humanly, not wounded, to be lost and wasted. My limit, when using aperture sights is the width of my front sight covering the vital area of the animal. Considering what many LR hunters consider long range, I am proud to say I am a short range hunter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j3cub, post: 1112632, member: 72220"] Jrock, question gets to the heart of the issue based on one parameter, the basic accuracy of the rifle/ammo combo. As everyone on this site probably agrees, there are a lot more factors involved in LR shooting. When I got into the competitive shooting game in the Navy, I was amazed at how far one could accurately place shots with a standard issue M-1 Grand. Later, when working for the Forest Service, we would take our guns to a box canyon and shoot at rocks at the far end. In competitive shooting we have the advantage of being able to fire 'sighters' before we shoot for score. If we miss, no big deal, it is just a sporting competing against other shooters. I have always hated "hunting" being referred to as "sport". Hunting is not a sport, hunting is hunting! We kill animals when we hunt. Ideally we want to kill game humanly, not wounded, to be lost and wasted. My limit, when using aperture sights is the width of my front sight covering the vital area of the animal. Considering what many LR hunters consider long range, I am proud to say I am a short range hunter. [/QUOTE]
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