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Self spotting while shooting 7.5-8.5lbs 7mm rem mag?
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<blockquote data-quote="Country Bumpkin" data-source="post: 1584142" data-attributes="member: 92230"><p>Hold on, I'm missing something. If you are spotting hits, I'm assuming you mean you are shooting steel and that you are wanting to see it impact and rattle the plate?</p><p></p><p>If you are shooting with a can, provided there isn't too much wind, you should be able to hear the impact if you are only wearing muffs or foamies, out to about 600 depending on your hearing. Beyond that I would think that proper form could get you back on target to visibly spot impact. </p><p></p><p>Regardless of whether you "spot" the initial impact, if you hit steel it WILL swing (indicating hit), obviously at some point you lose too much energy and it might not swing a large plate at distance. I don't personally have any use for big-*** plates at distance, if I can't hit vitals then I'm beyond my effective range. After enough iterations you can start to figure out approximately which quadrant of the plate you hit based of swing action. </p><p></p><p>If you are shooting paper, then I'm stumped, I'd be lost without a spotter on a really nice spotting scope standing about 20 yards behind me to avoid muzzle blast and decibels (no flinching spotter...).</p><p></p><p>I have an 8.25 lbs rifle, 7RM. No brake, no can, I can ALMOST get back on target to spot impact on steel at 500, but I'm not quite there (either haven't got the right form or I'm just not quick enough to recover from a nice relaxed trigger break to get back in motion without detriment to my follow through). I have tried very hard NOT to give into the temptation to scramble back on target because I feel like it ruins my form (but I'm a simpleton and have a real hard time NOT WANTING to peek).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Country Bumpkin, post: 1584142, member: 92230"] Hold on, I’m missing something. If you are spotting hits, I’m assuming you mean you are shooting steel and that you are wanting to see it impact and rattle the plate? If you are shooting with a can, provided there isn’t too much wind, you should be able to hear the impact if you are only wearing muffs or foamies, out to about 600 depending on your hearing. Beyond that I would think that proper form could get you back on target to visibly spot impact. Regardless of whether you “spot” the initial impact, if you hit steel it WILL swing (indicating hit), obviously at some point you lose too much energy and it might not swing a large plate at distance. I don’t personally have any use for big-*** plates at distance, if I can’t hit vitals then I’m beyond my effective range. After enough iterations you can start to figure out approximately which quadrant of the plate you hit based of swing action. If you are shooting paper, then I’m stumped, I’d be lost without a spotter on a really nice spotting scope standing about 20 yards behind me to avoid muzzle blast and decibels (no flinching spotter...). I have an 8.25 lbs rifle, 7RM. No brake, no can, I can ALMOST get back on target to spot impact on steel at 500, but I’m not quite there (either haven’t got the right form or I’m just not quick enough to recover from a nice relaxed trigger break to get back in motion without detriment to my follow through). I have tried very hard NOT to give into the temptation to scramble back on target because I feel like it ruins my form (but I’m a simpleton and have a real hard time NOT WANTING to peek). [/QUOTE]
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