Thread: The dinner plate challenge

Originally Posted by dannyb

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

What’s the approximate diameter of your circles/ plate 12”?

Originally Posted by 2post

What’s the approximate diameter of your circles/ plate 12”?

Jock traced one of his dinner plates as a template so he will have to confirm but I would say 12" if I was a betting man @PerazziSC3 will have to confirm

Originally Posted by dannyb

Jock traced one of his dinner plates as a template so he will have to confirm but I would say 12" if I was a betting man @PerazziSC3 will have to confirm

26cm

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

26cm

Just over 10"

Good shooting you blokes.

The more you shoot the better you be.

Shooting hundreds of wallaby a year for the last few years has upped my game. One thing I have learned is that its worth while making sure you have the best rest possible and its only in the sudden spook and shoot situations that I will shoot off hand. My hit rate on running wallaby is pretty miserable but with a good rest I seldom ever miss out to a few hundred yards.

I've shot 40 deer this year for about 45 shots. Don't recall a miss but there has been the odd follow up shot when they have not gone down quick enough. 50 to 500 yards. Maybe 5 of them were standing shots, the balance with a rest. Sometimes just a tree or my pack on a scrub bush. Mostly off a bipod.

I put a lot of time into ensuring that my rifles shoot spot on. But I know this, when it comes to shooting a 12" plate at 200 yards Im very likely to embarrass myself. I will give it a go though and post the results.

my rough boresight was miserable fail with the .45/70......was about 12" low at about a hundy.....
I say about as the rock I used to check on knob down hill was small and I wasnt going down to check....got it back to near enough....and still managed to miss a wallaby at 50 yards....I did however get two with one round later on...at all of 25 yards,both got a finishing round but neither would have lived long.
did find out that 4x makes them look tiny at 5-600 yards LOL... will have to do the proper range thing and see whats what..... the three paper plates I carried all day were not harmed in the making of this journey.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Good shooting you blokes.

The more you shoot the better you be.

Shooting hundreds of wallaby a year for the last few years has upped my game. One thing I have learned is that its worth while making sure you have the best rest possible and its only in the sudden spook and shoot situations that I will shoot off hand. My hit rate on running wallaby is pretty miserable but with a good rest I seldom ever miss out to a few hundred yards.

I've shot 40 deer this year for about 45 shots. Don't recall a miss but there has been the odd follow up shot when they have not gone down quick enough. 50 to 500 yards. Maybe 5 of them were standing shots, the balance with a rest. Sometimes just a tree or my pack on a scrub bush. Mostly off a bipod.

I put a lot of time into ensuring that my rifles shoot spot on. But I know this, when it comes to shooting a 12" plate at 200 yards Im very likely to embarrass myself. I will give it a go though and post the results.

Don't bother shooting it at 200y shoot it at 500y or whatever your self imposed max hunting range is outside of load developement I don't shoot paper at all infact I hate shooting targets for groups believe it or not.
My rifles are meat gathering tools

Originally Posted by dannyb

Don't bother shooting it at 200y shoot it at 500y or whatever your self imposed max hunting range is outside of load developement I don't shoot paper at all infact I hate shooting targets for groups believe it or not.
My rifles are meat gathering tools

Yikes. 500 yards would be a double embarrassment for me. But ok, I will do it.

Only do 1 shot groups with hunting rifles, where the first shot goes on clean barrel means much to me, seldom shoot over 200 meters, most shots 20-40 meters.

Originally Posted by Gibo

I would be horrified if that was my result at 200m, no offence to you but personally thats not good enough for what i want

@Gibo, it 200 not 20

Oh, my bad

at 20mtrs with a smoothbore that would be very good.......

My efforts.

Unknown distance. If I remember I’ll try n RF it.
Two shots. Different positions both unsupported.


Target is at bottom of white line.

Second shot bullet ‘skipped’ onto plate.


First shot clipped the edge.
Second is closer to the middle.
The corner where the dirt is was stuck into the ground.

It’s a bread n butter plate size. 7-8” maybe…


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Originally Posted by tiroahunta

My efforts.

Two shots. Different positions both unsupported.


Target is at bottom of white line.

Second shot bullet ‘skipped’ onto plate.


First shot clipped the edge.
Second is closer to the middle.
The corner where the dirt is was stuck into the ground.

It’s a bread n butter plate size. 7-8” maybe…


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Shot this later…
Unknown distance again. Closer than plate though.


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Good luck with the dinner plate shooting guys,interesting.
Id be pissed off if i cant shoot a 5 cent coin at a hundy,cold clean bore shot(kill shot),shooting off a rest.But 500 yds would be my limit on a red,400 on a fallow,but id want a good shooting position for that distance.Probly shot half my deer out to 100yds,me standing no rest.Ten deer+1 pig last summer plus 2 misses.The 2 misses were around the 300 350yds,hurryed shots,not confortable shooting positions lying on stoney river bed,bugger it.Every couple of months in summer i go to the range,using 147gr nato ammo.I practice hitting the dinner plate at 50,100yds just standing,can be hard to do sometimes.
If you can.just fire two rounds at your target say,200yds,go home,let the barrel cool down over night.Come back the next day fire 2 more.These are yr kill shots out hunting if you are on the dot.You hear a lot of guys shooting 20,30 rds in one visit to the range,your barrel gets too hot,you chasing yr scope around.Any how got lucky 2 summers ago,shot two deer on the run thru the necks at 160yds and 200yds.Shot both deer about a minuts apart,shooting thru a thermal clip on.
I cant do the dinner plate thing at the moment,my scope is off the rifle.Im waiting for a new scope,nothing flash,to come up from the deep south.