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What is your hit probability on a 10" target at 1000 yards? First shot.
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<blockquote data-quote="LRNut" data-source="post: 2800277" data-attributes="member: 3230"><p>"They" was a single person - the rest of only put 80% in the 10" ring. Bryan said the difference between the winner and the rest was an astounding 8 points - unheard of. </p><p></p><p>Look, there have been many times F class shooters have gone clean - mostly in 20 shot contests. But look at their scorecards and see what their sighters - their first shots - scored. </p><p></p><p>I am saying the best don't hit 90% of the time. Granted, they don't have the luxury of waiting for a specific condition, but they do have the feedback of the previous shot, which is huge. In hunting, you don't have that feedback - you misread the wind, you gut shoot an animal. Maybe you have time for a second shot, maybe not. In F class, you see your wind call error and correct for it - no vapor trail, no buddy on the spotting scope - you see exactly where it hit. And still, they don't put every shot into that 10" ring. But somehow other shooters, with inferior equipment, less practice, and perhaps less than 500 rounds fired at 1000 yards in their lifetime can?</p><p></p><p>Look at the physical reasons why they don't hit above 90%...for one thing, your wind call has to be perfect - and not change during the TOF. A .308 225 ELDM at 2950 drifts 4.8 inches at 1000 yards. If your rifle shoots 1/2 MOA, you stand almost a 50% chance of missing with an error of only 1 mph. To hit 100% of the time, you can only tolerate 2.5" of drift error, which tanslates into a wind call that is within 1/2 mph. You can do that 9 of 10 times?</p><p></p><p>At some point, that becomes impossible - if not at 1000 yards, then certainly farther - but not much farther. It is simple math.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRNut, post: 2800277, member: 3230"] "They" was a single person - the rest of only put 80% in the 10" ring. Bryan said the difference between the winner and the rest was an astounding 8 points - unheard of. Look, there have been many times F class shooters have gone clean - mostly in 20 shot contests. But look at their scorecards and see what their sighters - their first shots - scored. I am saying the best don't hit 90% of the time. Granted, they don't have the luxury of waiting for a specific condition, but they do have the feedback of the previous shot, which is huge. In hunting, you don't have that feedback - you misread the wind, you gut shoot an animal. Maybe you have time for a second shot, maybe not. In F class, you see your wind call error and correct for it - no vapor trail, no buddy on the spotting scope - you see exactly where it hit. And still, they don't put every shot into that 10" ring. But somehow other shooters, with inferior equipment, less practice, and perhaps less than 500 rounds fired at 1000 yards in their lifetime can? Look at the physical reasons why they don't hit above 90%...for one thing, your wind call has to be perfect - and not change during the TOF. A .308 225 ELDM at 2950 drifts 4.8 inches at 1000 yards. If your rifle shoots 1/2 MOA, you stand almost a 50% chance of missing with an error of only 1 mph. To hit 100% of the time, you can only tolerate 2.5" of drift error, which tanslates into a wind call that is within 1/2 mph. You can do that 9 of 10 times? At some point, that becomes impossible - if not at 1000 yards, then certainly farther - but not much farther. It is simple math. [/QUOTE]
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