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<blockquote data-quote="BrentM" data-source="post: 1734442" data-attributes="member: 61747"><p>Not sure what a 6mm has to do with it. It's steel, </p><p></p><p></p><p>Instead of going off memory I looked up the post, should have do so in the first place. I wasn't there so it didn't hold as much value to me to retain. However, after competing for several years and seeing first hand the results of matches, this is not uncommon. Matches don't always equate to field shooting as we tend to just shoot steel instead of kill zones as a hit is a hit. Things like the vortex challenge hold a little more value as you have fewer shots and #1 is the most valued. I have shot many of those practical matches with positional shooting and the results are about the same. Very few first round impacts and overall hit percentage is low. I have been in the top of those matches several times and the misses bug the hell out of me. As result when I teach long range hunting courses I am drilling home the importance of field shooting and not just banging steel of a bench. Most of the students do well prone but once that stability is gone, accuracy is gone. </p><p></p><p></p><p><u><strong><em>Here is the life size deer target that I placed at 730 yards. 28 of the shooters found this target and engaged it with 2 rounds. Keep in mind, these shooters practice between matches, have rifles that shoot .5 moa or better, and are hunters themselves. Also it was nearly calm winds all match.</em></strong></u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u><strong><em> Of the 56 rounds, 9 were clean kills, 8 were "lucky" spine or neck kills, 14 were slow deaths where the hunter would have to track blood trails with varying success, and the rest were misses.</em></strong></u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u><strong><em> If these shots were at 56 animals would that be acceptable?</em></strong></u></p><p><u></u></p><p><u><strong><em> If you can get closer, get closer. If you want to brag about how far you can shoot, do it with a target not an animal.</em></strong></u></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrentM, post: 1734442, member: 61747"] Not sure what a 6mm has to do with it. It's steel, Instead of going off memory I looked up the post, should have do so in the first place. I wasn't there so it didn't hold as much value to me to retain. However, after competing for several years and seeing first hand the results of matches, this is not uncommon. Matches don't always equate to field shooting as we tend to just shoot steel instead of kill zones as a hit is a hit. Things like the vortex challenge hold a little more value as you have fewer shots and #1 is the most valued. I have shot many of those practical matches with positional shooting and the results are about the same. Very few first round impacts and overall hit percentage is low. I have been in the top of those matches several times and the misses bug the hell out of me. As result when I teach long range hunting courses I am drilling home the importance of field shooting and not just banging steel of a bench. Most of the students do well prone but once that stability is gone, accuracy is gone. [U][B][I]Here is the life size deer target that I placed at 730 yards. 28 of the shooters found this target and engaged it with 2 rounds. Keep in mind, these shooters practice between matches, have rifles that shoot .5 moa or better, and are hunters themselves. Also it was nearly calm winds all match.[/I][/B] [B][I] Of the 56 rounds, 9 were clean kills, 8 were "lucky" spine or neck kills, 14 were slow deaths where the hunter would have to track blood trails with varying success, and the rest were misses.[/I][/B] [B][I] If these shots were at 56 animals would that be acceptable?[/I][/B] [B][I] If you can get closer, get closer. If you want to brag about how far you can shoot, do it with a target not an animal.[/I][/B][/U] [/QUOTE]
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