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Shootings biggest Misconception!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Frank in the Laurels" data-source="post: 1156404" data-attributes="member: 8845"><p>Without question it's that any rifle/bullet 100 yard performance WILL determine it's long range capabilities !! I read on here so often you can tell by looking at the size of the group at 100 yards will tell you how big the group will be at longer distances, NOTHING could be further from the truth. The average rifle shooter thinks that if a rifle bullet combination shoots a 1 in group at 100 yards that it will be 2 in at 200, 3 in at 300, 4 in at 400 and so on... I hear this all the time at local ranges. I was the range master at a groundhog match for 10 years and got a chance to see everything there is in the shooting world, made by the BEST smiths in the world with best equipment made. Lots of times new shooters would see their 100-200 yard target and see that 1/2 inch group and start thinking what it should look like at 300-400-500 etc., then when they see the actually shot groups it's either better or worse than what they thought, and to honest most of the time it's much better. The worst cartridge for this was the 6.5/284, I saw countless 6.5's that shot 1 in groups at 100 yards and about the same at 2-3-4 and even out to 500 yards, the shooters see their targets and leave the scoring table shaking their heads, they can't figure that out..I see the same thing on this site, shooters try something at 100 and then make a judgment of how it will do out further, DON't get trapped by this thinking, Nothing could be further from the truth !!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frank in the Laurels, post: 1156404, member: 8845"] Without question it's that any rifle/bullet 100 yard performance WILL determine it's long range capabilities !! I read on here so often you can tell by looking at the size of the group at 100 yards will tell you how big the group will be at longer distances, NOTHING could be further from the truth. The average rifle shooter thinks that if a rifle bullet combination shoots a 1 in group at 100 yards that it will be 2 in at 200, 3 in at 300, 4 in at 400 and so on... I hear this all the time at local ranges. I was the range master at a groundhog match for 10 years and got a chance to see everything there is in the shooting world, made by the BEST smiths in the world with best equipment made. Lots of times new shooters would see their 100-200 yard target and see that 1/2 inch group and start thinking what it should look like at 300-400-500 etc., then when they see the actually shot groups it's either better or worse than what they thought, and to honest most of the time it's much better. The worst cartridge for this was the 6.5/284, I saw countless 6.5's that shot 1 in groups at 100 yards and about the same at 2-3-4 and even out to 500 yards, the shooters see their targets and leave the scoring table shaking their heads, they can't figure that out..I see the same thing on this site, shooters try something at 100 and then make a judgment of how it will do out further, DON't get trapped by this thinking, Nothing could be further from the truth !! [/QUOTE]
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