The "Goat Hostage" situation got me thinking, lol. I'd like to test my skill. I spent a summer testing myself in the field, hiking then picking a rock for "double lung shot" and building a position with my tripod. I got 100% confident inside 600 yards.
A man's got to know his limitations, lol...
All ya'll who say it can't be done, tell me how I need to run a fair test to calculate my efficiency at CNS shots at long range. I will video tape it. I won't sandbag cause I am all about long range. Maybe I'll be convinced to add CNS shots to my bag of tricks.
Many in the thread say that no one has any business shooting beyond some arbitrary range. I get it, and there's room for the opinion. But, is there anything I could do to change your mind.
I sure don't feel like I am blowing smoke up anyone's skirt. Here is one video I took the summer I proved out my system. On the video, for my cold bore shot I generally held center mass on the rock, and then the additional shots I used the first impact as my point of aim. You can see things drifting in the wind, so you know conditions were perfect.
I'll try to make it as cold bore/hunting/field conditions as I can. I have a place in the desert I can set up multiple targets at multiple distances. I can paint a line on steel, draw a deer outline on paper and shoot based on anatomy, draw the actual "kill zone" for the CNS as aiming point, etc.
To make it as "cold bore" as possible, I will shoot once per position. I will start every shot with everything on my pack. I won't shoot any shots in prone, unless ya'll want it, cause I rarely get a prone shot in the wild I just don't practice it much.
For reality check on my skill, here is the CNS and other major nerve systems of a deer.
The CNS for deer is a pretty slim target, head, neck or Brachial Plexus (BP). When it comes to long range, there are so many variables that come into play to make a shot that flips the off switch. I'll try them all though. You can tell me how many times I flip the off switch.
You can run the numbers for yourself from the couch, too. Pull the ballistics for whatever rifle you want to consider, whatever weight or construction, and run the numbers. Put it in Applied Ballistics WEZ (Weapon Employment Zone) for a reality check on the probability of a strike.
Some days, I could feel confident to make a cold bore shot on CNS, and do. Others, I am humbled by some factor I didn't even know existed.
Its easy to get off in the weeds, but I like to get to the details and proof. If someone shows me the rifle system and skill to pull off the shot with sufficient probability, you'll get no objection from me. If I can prove it for myself, well, I'm not bothered if you disagree for any reason.