Strider
Lil-Rokslider
All last winter I read the literary works of the "cult" leader / small caliber prophet @Formidilosus. I drank the kool-aid. Rebarreled my tikka to a 6.5cm and scrounged up a SWFA 3-9 and started buying ammo in bulk. My volume of shooting increased by 10x. I stopped letting my barrel cool. Shot 10 and 20 round groups for a legit zero. Got my groups to 1.25moa for 10rds prone off bags. Then actually started to practice off my pack and poles. This all lead to planning a little shooting competition for my friend group. It was 13 8"-12" targets spread out through a clear cut. Shots were 300-800ish. It was to simulate hunting. We had to hike in with just hunting gear. Each shot under 600yds was timed. It was 3pts for a first round impact. 1pt for a 2nd round impact. So max points was 39. I ended up winning with 17pts. Field shooting is incredibly hard. It was a real eye opener for me. I thought I was practiced and prepared. The first shot of the day was 400yds on a 10" gong. There was 0 first round hits. 0 first round hits with a 2:30 minute timer maybe 2mph wind and a solid log to shoot off of. There was 9 of us shooting. With all but 2 being extremely avid hunters and guides. A few guys have hit and eventually killed animals out to 780yds. By the end of the shoot 1st round hits were more common. But that was 20 or so shots in. The rifle systems were primarily magnums with 3-15x scopes. No one and I mean not a single person were spotting their missed shots. Not seeing your own impact is a legit handicap when shooting from improvised positions on the field.
Also of note. I read a lot of people saying scope rings and action screws don't need thread lock. Out of 9 people we had one scope come loose at the bases and another rifle that's action screws were incredibly loose. you could grab the barrel and turn the action back and forth. That's over 20% failure rate of gun systems.
My take away is this. If you want your on demand effective range to be over 300yds in the field. You must go shoot in the field. You can not just practice field position on a flat range. You must go shoot in the field under some sort of stress. It's almost like Form knows what he is talking about...
I would encourage every one to hump some steel into the woods and have a fun / eye opening day with some friends.
Also of note. I read a lot of people saying scope rings and action screws don't need thread lock. Out of 9 people we had one scope come loose at the bases and another rifle that's action screws were incredibly loose. you could grab the barrel and turn the action back and forth. That's over 20% failure rate of gun systems.
My take away is this. If you want your on demand effective range to be over 300yds in the field. You must go shoot in the field. You can not just practice field position on a flat range. You must go shoot in the field under some sort of stress. It's almost like Form knows what he is talking about...
I would encourage every one to hump some steel into the woods and have a fun / eye opening day with some friends.
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