Equipment versus practice posts and Rifle practice/shooting

[Firth]

If you guys are using rimfires to do this are you staying with 100y or moving to 50y?
-Doc

I just do 50 with half size targets with rimfire. Mostly because I'm lazy and it's slightly easier, but also because it takes the wind component out. The cheap ammo I like to use also seems hold up better at 50 versus 100. I.e. it's a lot easier to shoot an moa group with cheap rimfire ammo at 50 versus 100. Probably some of that is wind but I think velocity variation with the cheaper 22 ammo plays a role. Could be in my head, too (lol).

 

[Pilsner]

I just do 50 with half size targets with rimfire. Mostly because I'm lazy and it's slightly easier, but also because it takes the wind component out. The cheap ammo I like to use also seems hold up better at 50 versus 100. I.e. it's a lot easier to shoot an moa group with cheap rimfire ammo at 50 versus 100. Probably some of that is wind but I think velocity variation with the cheaper 22 ammo plays a role. Could be in my head, too (lol).

I ended up just printing them out at 50% size and using them at 50 yards. Same issues with ammo. I have something like 7500 rounds of cheap rimfire ammo to burn up and as you mentioned it can hold decent groups at 50 but not so much at 100y.

 

[Anschutz]

I want to post this here to thank @Formidilosus . I started practicing these drills only a month ago (about the time I found this thread).

As much as I want a 400 yard shot story, firing off hand at 100 yards after a stalk was exactly what I had to do to shoot him.

I then maintained view of the impact within my scope in prep for a follow up shot thanks to the Rokstok but it wasn't needed.

T3x 65prc with the 147 eldm.

He stood up slightly canted off center and I shot him in the chest. Bullet went thru his heart and one lung, absolutely shattered his left shoulder in fragments. Exit hole was back of the armpit bigger than a golf ball. He went no more than 10 yards.

The damage from that energy was astounding (first time killing with that bullet).

I had the same story with both Caribou. Practice all summer out to 450-500 from field positions and end up taking your shots like when you were a kid trying to pop a squirrel running across a branch. #1 for me was 125ish running with a .270 145ELDX, dumped him. Second was a cat and mouse game in that tundra brush stuff to get a shot and he stopped and squared up at 30 yards. Frontal shot, same setup, same story.

ETA: To everyone asking about rimfire range, if you want to test your ability to execute a shot, do 50 at half-size, move to 100 when you want to test yourself in the wind. Match .22 ammo at 100 can get pretty wind sensitive. The difference in 5-10-15mph winds at 100 with Eley TENEX is ~2" on either side