"Good to a thousand" mentality??

[muledeerarea33?]

Minority? With a sighted in gun and proper ballistic app I can't see how anyone couldn't shoot 5-600 yards? What am I missing here?

couldn't cause they don't bro. It's like driving a golf ball 200 yards and sinking it compared to a 400 yard drive with a 30' put.

[Pine Donkey]

The other camp is the guys who blow the dust off grandads "thurdy naught six" once a year in Oct, chug some Mtn Ops and hit the hills with their selfie sticks projecting their mad skills on social media.

 

Great line Wampus Cat!

[rageinthesage]

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[5guyshunting]

Minority? With a sighted in gun and proper ballistic app I can't see how anyone couldn't shoot 5-600 yards? What am I missing here?

ballistics apps? You gotta practice the shot.

[trphyhntr]

 

Minority? With a sighted in gun and proper ballistic app I can't see how anyone couldn't shoot 5-600 yards? What am I missing here?

ballistics apps? You gotta practice the shot.

You gotta check and make sure it's good dope. But if you put in reasonably good info I can't see how someone couldn't hit at 5-600. With the obvious things like a good rest and not gail force wind. A 1000, that's pretty far. I'm just saying 5-600 is not hard and doesn't take an expert

[Eagle mountain ranch]

This is a lot of guys trying to poser a long range shooter !!!!

[10Turkeys]

Long before long range hunting and shooting became the rage, a now dead gun writer said There are a heck of a lot of four hundred yard rifles sitting in the racks of 50 yard riflemen.

[Coach]

Might be my last post on this, but have you ever lined your gun up on a bench as solid as you can and just move your head around to see how the sight picture changes? As you move around without touching the gun the crosshairs move with you while the gun is still pointed at the exact same spot. My point is, if you don't have the ability to line up exactly the same each time - cheek weld, head and neck position, you aren't even aiming at the same spot consistently. People spend years just learning this - off a bench. To go in the field and and replicate that one thing - having your eye aligned exactly as you had practiced is a tough skill to master.

[azgutpile]

Might be my last post on this, but have you ever lined your gun up on a bench as solid as you can and just move your head around to see how the sight picture changes? As you move around without touching the gun the crosshairs move with you while the gun is still pointed at the exact same spot. My point is, if you don't have the ability to line up exactly the same each time - cheek weld, head and neck position, you aren't even aiming at the same spot consistently. People spend years just learning this - off a bench. To go in the field and and replicate that one thing - having your eye aligned exactly as you had practiced is a tough skill to master.

Are you shooting with a scope that has a parallax adjustment? It should be very minimal if you adjusted your scope correctly.

[mattys281]

Might be my last post on this, but have you ever lined your gun up on a bench as solid as you can and just move your head around to see how the sight picture changes? As you move around without touching the gun the crosshairs move with you while the gun is still pointed at the exact same spot. My point is, if you don't have the ability to line up exactly the same each time - cheek weld, head and neck position, you aren't even aiming at the same spot consistently. People spend years just learning this - off a bench. To go in the field and and replicate that one thing - having your eye aligned exactly as you had practiced is a tough skill to master.

 

 

This is called parallax and most of the high power scopes I've looked at have an adjustment knob for it. When set correctly, you should be able to move your head where ever you want without the cross hair moving in the field of view.

[trphyhntr]

Long before long range hunting and shooting became the rage, a now dead gun writer said There are a heck of a lot of four hundred yard rifles sitting in the racks of 50 yard riflemen.

Does that mean dudes that only shoot 50 could be shooting 400?

[Coach]

Guess my scopes don't have parallax adjustment, lol. Maybe I haven't caught up with technology and 600+ yards with the latest scopes and rifles really is a "chip shot". I do appreciate the constructive feedback.

[DesertBull]

As I get older I find myself just worrying about my hunts and hunting style and not giving a squat about what other dudes are doing.

[NMBPMAN]

As I get older I find myself just worrying about my hunts and hunting style and not giving a squat about what other dudes are doing.

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[Pine Donkey]

Guess my scopes don't have parallax adjustment, lol. Maybe I haven't caught up with technology and 600+ yards with the latest scopes and rifles really is a "chip shot". I do appreciate the constructive feedback.

Many people who own scopes with parallax adjustment do not know what it is. It might be the most overlooked adjustment there is.