Thread: The dinner plate challenge

instead of aiming to hit the plate aim to hit the black dot in the middle, aim small miss small. i am curious to see how far the barrel can be stretched until i miss the plate now the challenge has been laid.

Originally Posted by silentscope

instead of aiming to hit the plate aim to hit the black dot in the middle, aim small miss small. i am curious to see how far the barrel can be stretched until i miss the plate now the challenge has been laid.

Not too many deer have "dots" on them, for a more realistic test lose the dot. Most hunters I see at the range would benefit from learning to "select" an aiming point.

Last deer I shot was standing at 120M and the impact point was at least 125mm off my intended impact point. Will see what I can do at range tomorrow.

I put tape in the middle because it was a white plate on a white back ground. I couldn’t see the tape in the end because it was covered with the reticle.
Feel free to add a target to your plate, it’s about hitting the kill zone and taking home dinner.

Originally Posted by silentscope

instead of aiming to hit the plate aim to hit the black dot in the middle, aim small miss small. i am curious to see how far the barrel can be stretched until i miss the plate now the challenge has been laid.

I do something like this but the 'dot' is halfway between the centre of the plate and the top. That is my aim point when the shots are out past the 'scope is full of animal '" rage . If it is within 60 m or so it is really point and shoot abut most of my (few) hunting shots are between 100m and 250m. So the reason I use the above aiming point is : I set my scope so it is 1.5" high at 100m It peaks at 1.7" at about 150m and is very close to zero at 200m. A t 300m I am about 4.5 inches below. So if the 10 inch plate is th kill zone that I need to put the shot into, I aim the cross hair on where the circle is located.


Say the plate / kill zone is 10 inches.

If the deer is within 0 to 50m I will hit somewhere between the cross and the circle as the bullet rises.
Between 50m and 150m it will be between the circle and about 1 inch below the top edge of the plate.
From 150m at peak to 200m it will hit in the same place on the way down.
From 200m to 275m it will hit somewhere between the circle and about to about an inch below the cross in the centre.
It drops off the bottom at around 350m but I would say that I need to get closer as I dont like to take shots past about 200m to 250 as it is getting past my abilities rather than the rifles.

By doing it this way, I am able to be wrong on my distance estimate and still be able to make the shot effective.

I could hit the target but the risk of losing a wounded animal if I missplace the shot is not something I will do.

Originally Posted by timattalon

I do something like this but the 'dot' is halfway between the centre of the plate and the top. That is my aim point when the shots are out past the 'scope is full of animal '" rage . If it is within 60 m or so it is really point and shoot abut most of my (few) hunting shots are between 100m and 250m. So the reason I use the above aiming point is : I set my scope so it is 1.5" high at 100m It peaks at 1.7" at about 150m and is very close to zero at 200m. A t 300m I am about 4.5 inches below. So if the 10 inch plate is th kill zone that I need to put the shot into, I aim the cross hair on where the circle is located.



Say the plate / kill zone is 10 inches.

If the deer is within 0 to 50m I will hit somewhere between the cross and the circle as the bullet rises.
Between 50m and 150m it will be between the circle and about 1 inch below the top edge of the plate.
From 150m at peak to 200m it will hit in the same place on the way down.
From 200m to 275m it will hit somewhere between the circle and about to about an inch below the cross in the centre.
It drops off the bottom at around 350m but I would say that I need to get closer as I dont like to take shots past about 200m to 250 as it is getting past my abilities rather than the rifles.

By doing it this way, I am able to be wrong on my distance estimate and still be able to make the shot effective.

I could hit the target but the risk of losing a wounded animal if I missplace the shot is not something I will do.

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My rifle is set the same as yours, zero at 200, it will be two inch’s high at 100 and 4or so at 300. All the deer I’ve shot have been in the 100 to 160 range and I’ve limited myself to 200. The dinner plate challenge will be my test for longer ranges. Until the other day I’ve not had anywhere further than 200 to prove my and my rifles ability. Having shot at 1K I should have confidence to shoot up to 500 but I’ll limit myself to 200 until I pass my own test.

No range here but I do have a place over the back with a big ridge where I can safely get out to 200m. Probably have to sit this one out though unless some snow melts.

Only deer shot to date was sitting with rifle unsupported but then deer was less than 20m away.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

No range here but I do have a place over the back with a big ridge where I can safely get out to 200m. Probably have to sit this one out though unless some snow melts.

Only deer shot to date was sitting with rifle unsupported but then deer was less than 20m away.

And .. you had been practicing 'off hand' shouldering, target acquired and snapping off virtually every night in the lead up

Must try this. Try to go supported as much as I can(three points of contact). It'll be interesting

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I can remember attending a practical shooting competition a few years ago. Targets from 100 to 700m. Very first stage was 100m targets of decreasing size to be shot off hand.............................................. ..................... All other stages were prone off bipod.
Most of us got off to a bad start

The hunters course at sparrow hawk is a pretty good test for this sort of thing. No hiding from the sound of a gong

300 winmag at 500m prone in the tussock country. Not ideal



6.5 creedmoor 500m same shooting position. Just fired 3x as I hadn't shot past 100m with this rifle but it's on the money

Cold bore at 500yards haven't actually shot this rifle without the magnetospeed hanging off the end until today.
Will need to shoot a target at 100y to confirm absolute zero without the magnetospeed.
But still easily dead deer at 500y.



Went on to shot a group.
Pretty happy with that for a 500yard group.




Bread and butter plate at 100yards standing, the shot highest and furthest right is me 1 shot at 100y standing.
Jock also had a couple cracks at it too and they are the other 2 holes.



Cheers for a fun session Jock always good to catch up
Learnt a valuable lesson not to leave my pastie unattended around the short legged visla

@dannyb dog is happy with himself

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

@dannyb dog is happy with himself
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He should be with half my pastie in his gullet lucky he's cute

I will say those pink dots are about 2" diameter and they are plurry hard to line up on at 500y but had to improvise as we didn't have any plates
We also had a slight wind, sunstrike and shooting uphill to contend with, no excuses just putting it in perspective these were "field" shots not shot off a bench on a flat sheltered range.
Good times