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What Is a Practical Zero?
- Thread starter Mike H.
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good article, I will admit to long distance, over 100 yards being a weakness in my shooting skills.
powerboatr
Professional
EXCELLENT
this article fully supports my guess what happened to my 308 scope and sight being off
its raining today, so maybe a removal of scope, clean, re mount and boresight will be the plan
great articel
this article fully supports my guess what happened to my 308 scope and sight being off
its raining today, so maybe a removal of scope, clean, re mount and boresight will be the plan
great articel
An easy way to become a “long distance shooter” when no true long ranges are available is precision .22 LR. A hit with a .22 at 200 is as satisfying as a .308 at 600
Jfal
Professional
Yeah, I saw 22 plinkster hit a 22LR at 700+ yards (coke can if I remember). He still had a pretty souped-up 22 if I remember correctly....not a stock Ruger 10/22. Now that I think of it, I don't even own anything in 22....An easy way to become a “long distance shooter” when no true long ranges are available is precision .22 LR. A hit with a .22 at 200 is as satisfying as a .308 at 600
But I'm open to be converted!
Lo-Profile
Operator
Mine is a Ruger American Rimfire with a 22" barrel .... Easy shooting to 200+y
powerboatr
Professional
yup i have a less costly .22 ruger rifle that has a nice little scopeAn easy way to become a “long distance shooter” when no true long ranges are available is precision .22 LR. A hit with a .22 at 200 is as satisfying as a .308 at 600
its a blast plinking the 100 yard metal....plus no sore shoulder after 300 rounds
youngolddude
Professional
Plus those .22 rounds are much less costly after shooting those 300. I once thought a .338 Lapua would be nice and then I found out the cost of each round. In a similar vein, I once thought about getting a machine gun and then thought about how much to shoot multiple bursts.
Years ago I watched some long range shooters at a cowboy side match. I asked where the target was. They pointed at something about 300 yards distant. I looked again and asked, where the target was? Needless to say, I was no longer interested in shooting long range.
I applaud those who can shoot at crazy distances, but I cringe when they discuss shooting an animal at something over 250 yards. Some folks switch to antique or replica arms to make things more challenging. Others have gone to bow hunting for similar reasons.
Belt Fed
Ronin
I'd be happy to hit one at 10 yards.I switched to traditional black powder long rifles decades ago for that very reason. I used to shoot at fairly decent ranges (out to 600) with my match Garand and an old 6.5x55 Swede Mauser. It was fun and does help develop skills. Plus I used to shoot pasture poodles out to 400-450 with a Ruger 77V in .220 Swift. Prefer hunting in the woods with my long guns and a patched round ball. Range is typically 75 or less. For a real hunting challenge get a .32 or .36 round ball rifle and try squirrels. That puts the hunt back in hunting (and will make you a much better deer Hunter at the same time.
Belt Fed
Ronin
Used to do that all the time, haven't been in a while. need to break those guns out and shoot them again.
Jfal
Professional
C'mon now....I'm thinking I might buy a Yeet Cannon just out of curiosity. For $180...jeez, I spent $800 on a scope for a toy...what's $180? That's not even 2 oil changes on my Silverado these days.
SL66
Custom
I hear that, just changed plugs in 5.7 Hemi RAM. That's more than a few YEETS. LOL
Belt Fed
Ronin
you can get the 10mm one for that
Jfal
Professional
I forgot about the 10....I've been leaning toward a FNX10 lately....might have to switch gears...
Belt Fed
Ronin
The FN is going to be a lot nicer gun with better trigger, but........there';s the price. The HP doesn't have the greatest trigger in the world but it goes bang every time.
powerboatr
Professional
we had a freak of nature at our clubs turkey shoots using our clubs ruger 22 plinker rifles
at 100 feet , a hanging golf ball on string gently moving with the breeze , he would drive a bullet through the center, like it was 3 feet away
he was repeatable , sit down, aim and plink another golf ball with a new hole
not to mention he would shoot one handed with his 1911 and just drive bullets into the the same set of holes over and over...
he would do it with my 1911 cold and bam dead on
he said he spent 5 or 6 years in the marines and all he did for a job was range days 4 days a week for 1ks of rounds or more
i think the firearms are part of his arm
