Thread: Longer Range Shots

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Before Easter we put up a gong "range" for sighting in. It ran from 200 to 720 yds, there was a swirling light to medium breeze from the left. Almost everyone started applying windage at 300 yds and missed. Shots were called off the left edge, aiming centre plate scored 2-3 inches right. At 4 and 500, same thing aim halfway to the left edge, one person with a dialling scope put .2 mil on and called that good.
Only one guy got the 720, 300 PRC with a sig bdx scope the rest of us ran out of talent at between 4 and 500. A lot of fun and very instructional, as we realized we over estimate wind especially without knowing the actual wind speed and paying scant regard to down range conditions.
Target sizes, 8 inch at 200, 12 at 3,4,450 and 720 yds and 16 at 500 because the target hanger got confused and wasn't going back to fix it

I'm surprised a SIG BDX got it done at that range, I haven't seen them work all that accurately past 500+.


Can't remember the exact podcast episode, I think it's this one but the dude has a lot worth hearing about accuracy in the field and he gets right into the nitty gritty on precision of a rifle and ammo vs practice using it, he had a good one on windcalls in the mountains.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/10m...RaW95Xhpdanbhw