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<blockquote data-quote="Muddyboots" data-source="post: 1744479" data-attributes="member: 63925"><p>Just banging away at a range about 25+ years ago and fella next to me was taking very measured aim and shots downrange. He asked me I thought I was doing and I said OK. Basically keeping them in pie plate kill zone at 300 yards at best. I watched him do something I never saw done before. He then took another rifle out of a case, set up for a 300 yard shot, squeezed off a round and then oddly placed the rifle back into the case and put back into his truck. He never looked downrange with rifle or a spotting scope. That's really odd I thought. So couldn't just sit there and not ask the dumb question. "Why didn't you check you shot?" He said he was replicating hunting pressure and I will check it shortly. SO then I asked " So if it isn't a good shot why not shoot again to you get one?". His answer was "Animals don't stand there and ask you to shoot again." He explained that once he is sighted in, he takes the rifle to range and only takes one shot. It forces him to increase his focus to replicate one shot on an animal. And yes, the shot was **** near perfect on the intersection of the X. Then I started to ask more questions and got the bug bad to improve my accuracy and not just throw stuff downrange. I learned to reload better, better rifles, optics and so on. </p><p></p><p>I still do what he did that day. This year was no different. I drove 30 minutes to range. Placed target at 300 (max distance I have there) and took one shot. I felt ready to go when I went down to pick up target, little high but right at 12:00 on the 1" bull. A chance meeting at the range 25+ years ago changed everything in my shooting world. I never saw him again since I heard he moved to Alaska and wished I could have thanked him for setting me on a road to accuracy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Muddyboots, post: 1744479, member: 63925"] Just banging away at a range about 25+ years ago and fella next to me was taking very measured aim and shots downrange. He asked me I thought I was doing and I said OK. Basically keeping them in pie plate kill zone at 300 yards at best. I watched him do something I never saw done before. He then took another rifle out of a case, set up for a 300 yard shot, squeezed off a round and then oddly placed the rifle back into the case and put back into his truck. He never looked downrange with rifle or a spotting scope. That's really odd I thought. So couldn't just sit there and not ask the dumb question. "Why didn't you check you shot?" He said he was replicating hunting pressure and I will check it shortly. SO then I asked " So if it isn't a good shot why not shoot again to you get one?". His answer was "Animals don't stand there and ask you to shoot again." He explained that once he is sighted in, he takes the rifle to range and only takes one shot. It forces him to increase his focus to replicate one shot on an animal. And yes, the shot was **** near perfect on the intersection of the X. Then I started to ask more questions and got the bug bad to improve my accuracy and not just throw stuff downrange. I learned to reload better, better rifles, optics and so on. I still do what he did that day. This year was no different. I drove 30 minutes to range. Placed target at 300 (max distance I have there) and took one shot. I felt ready to go when I went down to pick up target, little high but right at 12:00 on the 1" bull. A chance meeting at the range 25+ years ago changed everything in my shooting world. I never saw him again since I heard he moved to Alaska and wished I could have thanked him for setting me on a road to accuracy. [/QUOTE]
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