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<blockquote data-quote="Brent" data-source="post: 55524" data-attributes="member: 99"><p><strong>Re: Looks like I\'ve come to the right place</strong></p><p></p><p>I agree too. I just don't think you can really accurately simulate the enviromental effects etc unless you actually shoot in them, that's the biggest drawback I see. Shooting with a 22LR at LR is the closest thing you'll find to "simulation" at relatively close range and what I'd recommend, it is very unforgiving.</p><p></p><p>Once you get out past 400-500 yards in a good wind, even with the faster cartridges and high BC bullets you can start to get a good feel for the wind, 600-700 and you are increasing your difficulty quite a bit, out past that will help you with the closer in shooting tremendously and you will definitely learn quickly that controling vertical with the load/tuning, judging wind and noting all other things that are much less critical at closer ranges become pure necessity. </p><p></p><p>I think enviornmental conditions and type or quality of rest you're using at that moment determines if it's LR. From a bipod 500 yards is not very difficult in mild conditions with some practice. 600, 700, 800, 900 etc each require more and more skill in the fundimentals of LR shooting than the previous range.</p><p></p><p>One thing that is VERY important to learning the most you can with the least amount of time and ammo consumed is to TAKE EXCELLENT NOTES... EVERY SINGLE GROUP/ROUND YOU SHOOT... They must be in a log book, and not missing pertinant information here and there that you will need to review later on. The log must be well organized and complete. You must be able to actually READ QUICKLY and still UNDERSTAND it 1/5/10 years later, and you can't do that with half a$$ed notes on paper here, there and every where... And you won't remember nothing close to what is useful down the road if you don't wright it down, just forget it, there's way too much to keep track of.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brent, post: 55524, member: 99"] [b]Re: Looks like I\'ve come to the right place[/b] I agree too. I just don't think you can really accurately simulate the enviromental effects etc unless you actually shoot in them, that's the biggest drawback I see. Shooting with a 22LR at LR is the closest thing you'll find to "simulation" at relatively close range and what I'd recommend, it is very unforgiving. Once you get out past 400-500 yards in a good wind, even with the faster cartridges and high BC bullets you can start to get a good feel for the wind, 600-700 and you are increasing your difficulty quite a bit, out past that will help you with the closer in shooting tremendously and you will definitely learn quickly that controling vertical with the load/tuning, judging wind and noting all other things that are much less critical at closer ranges become pure necessity. I think enviornmental conditions and type or quality of rest you're using at that moment determines if it's LR. From a bipod 500 yards is not very difficult in mild conditions with some practice. 600, 700, 800, 900 etc each require more and more skill in the fundimentals of LR shooting than the previous range. One thing that is VERY important to learning the most you can with the least amount of time and ammo consumed is to TAKE EXCELLENT NOTES... EVERY SINGLE GROUP/ROUND YOU SHOOT... They must be in a log book, and not missing pertinant information here and there that you will need to review later on. The log must be well organized and complete. You must be able to actually READ QUICKLY and still UNDERSTAND it 1/5/10 years later, and you can't do that with half a$$ed notes on paper here, there and every where... And you won't remember nothing close to what is useful down the road if you don't wright it down, just forget it, there's way too much to keep track of. [/QUOTE]
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