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<blockquote data-quote="26Reload" data-source="post: 1938532" data-attributes="member: 99519"><p>I taught myself to shoot a bow(almost 40 years ago)...</p><p>I practiced hard at 20 to 40yds.....paper plates were not hard to stay inside of at that range.....8-10"....</p><p>I was at a sporting goods shop talking with the owner..an UPS driver came in and started in our conversation....he turned and looked at his van and commented that he couldn't hit the radiator at that distance....well it was maybe 30yds...glad he wasn't bow hunting....imagine the wounded animals...</p><p>Any ways.... proficiency is the name of the game..i changed my shooting distance greatly...i started with a couple warm-up shots of 30....but practiced at 70..80(hedge)..90(yellow line in middle of road)..100 (was on opposite side of road)yes..waited for traffic often)....</p><p>But after all that long distance shooting..those 30 and 40 became gimmes......same goes for rifle shooting....</p><p>Get a good load...confidence load....use a small rock at 600yds or a huge chunk of steel painted white to see your hits....learn what that bullet will do with just a vertical holdover...learn it's drift....let the wind teach you what you need to know.....then adjust....have fun with it....do it with each rifle you have...prove to yourself they do what you think they should....</p><p>This is my first shooting at steel with my new and old 65284..</p><p>I didn't allow for what the wind was doing....i must have missed that 10" steel 22 times with the new rifle...as,i later figured out....</p><p>I grabbed my goto hunting rifle and dialed...shot the bungee cord off the left edge of the plate...had to go reattach it...old rifle again missed just left....third shot showed me I hadn't been off on height...just didn't believe the wind call correctly...</p><p>Top hit on plate....</p><p>So I redialed and sent three from the new rifle.....with correct wind.....those are the bottom three....</p><p>This distance was 875yds......</p><p>Now...i just need to get back out there and prove to myself it was not a fluke......</p><p>put trust into your system....that means you..your rifle..your loads.......</p><p>Make the effort...reap the rewards.....[ATTACH]202799[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="26Reload, post: 1938532, member: 99519"] I taught myself to shoot a bow(almost 40 years ago)... I practiced hard at 20 to 40yds.....paper plates were not hard to stay inside of at that range.....8-10".... I was at a sporting goods shop talking with the owner..an UPS driver came in and started in our conversation....he turned and looked at his van and commented that he couldn't hit the radiator at that distance....well it was maybe 30yds...glad he wasn't bow hunting....imagine the wounded animals... Any ways.... proficiency is the name of the game..i changed my shooting distance greatly...i started with a couple warm-up shots of 30....but practiced at 70..80(hedge)..90(yellow line in middle of road)..100 (was on opposite side of road)yes..waited for traffic often).... But after all that long distance shooting..those 30 and 40 became gimmes......same goes for rifle shooting.... Get a good load...confidence load....use a small rock at 600yds or a huge chunk of steel painted white to see your hits....learn what that bullet will do with just a vertical holdover...learn it's drift....let the wind teach you what you need to know.....then adjust....have fun with it....do it with each rifle you have...prove to yourself they do what you think they should.... This is my first shooting at steel with my new and old 65284.. I didn't allow for what the wind was doing....i must have missed that 10" steel 22 times with the new rifle...as,i later figured out.... I grabbed my goto hunting rifle and dialed...shot the bungee cord off the left edge of the plate...had to go reattach it...old rifle again missed just left....third shot showed me I hadn't been off on height...just didn't believe the wind call correctly... Top hit on plate.... So I redialed and sent three from the new rifle.....with correct wind.....those are the bottom three.... This distance was 875yds...... Now...i just need to get back out there and prove to myself it was not a fluke...... put trust into your system....that means you..your rifle..your loads....... Make the effort...reap the rewards.....[ATTACH]202799[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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