Spotting impact at 1000 yards

[ih784]

Good morning,

I’m very new to shooting this distance. How do you guys detect or spot hits at this range? I used a piece of plywood behind my steel target (18”x12”). I Shot five times only to discover I’d missed everything left. The left to right wind was blowing the dust and made it appear my shots were impacting right. So, I progressively made further left adjustments. I’m thinking a larger (36”?) square plate behind my target so I’ll at least know I’m in the ballpark and I’ll be able to see my groups and adjust once I do check the target. Any advice is appreciated.

 

[Swift]

I use my spotter set up w my phone in video mode!

 

[Wrench]

Spotter directly over the shooter. I like to set up on a steep hill so windage calls are easy to see. It messes with vertical, but we're usually dialed on elevation.

 

[ih784]

I’m in Virginia on the coast and it’s pretty flat lol. I like the idea of using my phone with a spotting scope. It’s just so damn breezy that it’s difficult for me to judge. I guess it’ll come with time and a a kestrel lol.

 

[Carl Ross]

Manage recoil such that I can spot my own shots. I'm not interested in any rifle setups that don't allow this reasonably.

Bipod prone at 1000 yards is about as forgiving as it gets in my opinion. Also, plywood behind your target makes it almost impossible. A good dirt berm directly behind it is ideal.

 

[Stalker69]

Long range camera,https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0...lr-3-2-mile-uhd-799610_2048x.jpg?v=1637521459

 

[kpalu]

Another vote for drive the rifle properly and you will see your own impacts. If you set up a cheek riser on the stock spotting impacts shouldn't be a problem, especially at 1000 yards. I typically can spot impacts from my 7 mag at 300 and further shooting prone or off a bipod.

 

[Pacific_Fork]

phone camera in slow mode attached to phone scope/spotter is what I use with success

 

[Justin Crossley]

Good morning,

I’m very new to shooting this distance. How do you guys detect or spot hits at this range? I used a piece of plywood behind my steel target (18”x12”). I Shot five times only to discover I’d missed everything left. The left to right wind was blowing the dust and made it appear my shots were impacting right. So, I progressively made further left adjustments. I’m thinking a larger (36”?) square plate behind my target so I’ll at least know I’m in the ballpark and I’ll be able to see my groups and adjust once I do check the target. Any advice is appreciated.

Carl Ross is correct in his post. You made it basically impossible by adding the plywood behind your target. All you need is dirt behind the plate and you'll see impacts.