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<blockquote data-quote="chessman" data-source="post: 55522" data-attributes="member: 2451"><p><strong>Re: Looks like I\'ve come to the right place</strong></p><p></p><p>Hey Ben!</p><p></p><p>I fairly new here myself. There are a great bunch of guys on this forum, and I think you'll find just about every question you have answered here. </p><p></p><p>I agree with IceSniper. Long range is whatever taxes the ability of the shooter and the capability of the rifle. I LOVE hunting the little Sonoran ground squirrels on my property with a .22 rimfire. 75-100 yards on one of those four inch tall suckers is definitely long range. Here in the desert, I rarely take a shot at coue's deer inside of 300 yards, and have dropped several at much longer distances. We regularly set up on prairie dogs at 400+ yards as a way to keep practicing fun and challenging. In short, there are no criteria. What seemed like long range yesterday will be an easy shot tomorrow if you keep working on improvement. </p><p></p><p>The NRA has played the smaller target for simulated long range game for a while. It still isn't real. I don't have any practical solution to trying to simulate distances. Form be damned, the difference between a good long range marksman and a great marksman lies in the ability to read the wind. You don't get that up close with a smaller target. </p><p></p><p>As for long range varmints - I know people who sit back and try to shoot prairie dogs at 1000 yards hoping to bag one and join the 1000 yard club. I would rather hit 100% of the dogs at 400 yards than an occasional dog at 1000, but that is just me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chessman, post: 55522, member: 2451"] [b]Re: Looks like I\'ve come to the right place[/b] Hey Ben! I fairly new here myself. There are a great bunch of guys on this forum, and I think you'll find just about every question you have answered here. I agree with IceSniper. Long range is whatever taxes the ability of the shooter and the capability of the rifle. I LOVE hunting the little Sonoran ground squirrels on my property with a .22 rimfire. 75-100 yards on one of those four inch tall suckers is definitely long range. Here in the desert, I rarely take a shot at coue's deer inside of 300 yards, and have dropped several at much longer distances. We regularly set up on prairie dogs at 400+ yards as a way to keep practicing fun and challenging. In short, there are no criteria. What seemed like long range yesterday will be an easy shot tomorrow if you keep working on improvement. The NRA has played the smaller target for simulated long range game for a while. It still isn't real. I don't have any practical solution to trying to simulate distances. Form be damned, the difference between a good long range marksman and a great marksman lies in the ability to read the wind. You don't get that up close with a smaller target. As for long range varmints - I know people who sit back and try to shoot prairie dogs at 1000 yards hoping to bag one and join the 1000 yard club. I would rather hit 100% of the dogs at 400 yards than an occasional dog at 1000, but that is just me. [/QUOTE]
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