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<blockquote data-quote="Kenster-Boy" data-source="post: 75861" data-attributes="member: 2330"><p>I totally agree with what Ian said. I have heard it said a time or two that a person needs to have about 800 ft. pounds of energy at the target to consistently expire animals at extended ranges. Now take into consideration that all of these are relative to where you hit the animal and various other things such as bullet performance. I have also been told that UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS you need to be able to make consistent first shot hits on a milk jug sized target. The only real time to use a bench is for load development and to make sure your rifle can prove itself worthy of long range hunting. But other than that it is best in my opinion to practice under field conditions.</p><p></p><p>Practicing under field conditions would be simply using anything that you would have with you while hunting. ie. have a bipod on your rifle and use a jacket or hunting pack under the but of your gun and then just pick a rock on a distant hillside, range it, have your spotter confirm that they are on it, dial in the elevation/windage, and let er fly. </p><p></p><p>Other than that just practice makes perfect and a sub MOA gun is plenty good enough for LONG range hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kenster-Boy, post: 75861, member: 2330"] I totally agree with what Ian said. I have heard it said a time or two that a person needs to have about 800 ft. pounds of energy at the target to consistently expire animals at extended ranges. Now take into consideration that all of these are relative to where you hit the animal and various other things such as bullet performance. I have also been told that UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS you need to be able to make consistent first shot hits on a milk jug sized target. The only real time to use a bench is for load development and to make sure your rifle can prove itself worthy of long range hunting. But other than that it is best in my opinion to practice under field conditions. Practicing under field conditions would be simply using anything that you would have with you while hunting. ie. have a bipod on your rifle and use a jacket or hunting pack under the but of your gun and then just pick a rock on a distant hillside, range it, have your spotter confirm that they are on it, dial in the elevation/windage, and let er fly. Other than that just practice makes perfect and a sub MOA gun is plenty good enough for LONG range hunting. [/QUOTE]
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