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

 

[bwill6]

Finally tried it. 11/20. It was humbling. I counted the one just touching the 3 MOA circle - not sure if that's the correct way. I hit 5/5 on the prone target, and I sucked at everything else. My wobble zone off-hand is like 15 MOA at least.

 

[Nevwild]

Finally tried it. 11/20. It was humbling. I counted the one just touching the 3 MOA circle - not sure if that's the correct way. I hit 5/5 on the prone target, and I sucked at everything else. My wobble zone off-hand is like 15 MOA at least.

If you have the opportunity to do dry fire practice of this drill you really should. I know that really helped for me.

 

[bwill6]

Didn't realize I hadn't uploaded the pic.

 

[9487329]

I’m in my first year of shooting guns of any variety, I was unfortunately not raised in a firearm family. This was my second time ever shooting a center-fire hunting rifle, the first being zeroing my scope a few days ago.

112 yards. First shots of the day, no warm-up or zeroing. 22" used Tikka 223 1:7 from Scheels, sold the vortex scope it came with, disassembled, degreased, free floated, Loctited, and torqued everything to form's specs with the factory stock. UM Tikka rings and swfa 10x. Shitty fiocchi 55gr target max.

This was just the first string of fire, as I’m not good enough to work on timed reps yet.

Just wanted to thank everybody on here for sharing so much incredible, free information. Posting this here for accountability and motivation to get good. Hopefully this time next year, I’ll see some significant improvement.

 

[ztc92]

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I’m in my first year of shooting guns of any variety, I was unfortunately not raised in a firearm family. This was my second time ever shooting a center-fire hunting rifle, the first being zeroing my scope a few days ago.

112 yards. First shots of the day, no warm-up or zeroing. 22" used Tikka 223 1:7 from Scheels, sold the vortex scope it came with, disassembled, degreased, free floated, Loctited, and torqued everything to form's specs with the factory stock. UM Tikka rings and swfa 10x. Shitty fiocchi 55gr target max.

This was just the first string of fire, as I’m not good enough to work on timed reps yet.

Just wanted to thank everybody on here for sharing so much incredible, free information. Posting this here for accountability and motivation to get good. Hopefully this time next year, I’ll see some significant improvement.

Just wanted to commend you for being so diligent in your pursuit of getting better! It sounds like you’re off to a great start despite so little experience growing up. Keep up the good work and those targets will look even better before long!

 

[9487329]

Just wanted to commend you for being so diligent in your pursuit of getting better! It sounds like you’re off to a great start despite so little experience growing up. Keep up the good work and those targets will look even better before long!

I appreciate that. It's been pretty rewarding to see the improvement that a few thousand rounds of 9mm drills have done already.