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Shot a sparrow with my BB gun at around 12yds, premium daisy BBs, no I didn't have a tag, and no I wasn't wearing orange
Quote from: bow-n-head on December 08, 2009, 08:36:30 PMI would guess that most of you have seen the NightForce rifle scope commercial on the net. For those of you who don't think thousands of regular folks are trying to do what they are showing us what their rifle scopes will do I would say it's time to get out of the box. If you weren't there to see the shot you have no reason not to believe them. Or maybe you don't believe because you yourself are not capable of making such a shot. It takes time, fine tuning and lots of practice, but it can and is being done by lots of hunters. If you don't like it ignore it and just hunt the way you want. Myself and two other guys snuck up on a bedded bull out in the prairie. We got to 683 yards and my hunting partner told the guy with the tag that he could get the bull from here. He was a local farmer. My buddy cranked up his Swarovski scope on his 30-378 and handed it to the farmer. The farmer reluctantly took the rifle, but with some reassurance he took aim on the bedded 6pt bull. A moment later he took the shot and the bull never even got up. The farmer stood up and said "I feel like I just murdered that thing". I guess long distance shooting isn't for everyone.With the right knowledge and equiptment, a solid rest and stable winds, anybody who is capable of pulling a trigger without flinching is imho capable of making a 400-600 yard shot... Take away any one of those factors and the shot is darn near impossible... Michael
I would guess that most of you have seen the NightForce rifle scope commercial on the net. For those of you who don't think thousands of regular folks are trying to do what they are showing us what their rifle scopes will do I would say it's time to get out of the box. If you weren't there to see the shot you have no reason not to believe them. Or maybe you don't believe because you yourself are not capable of making such a shot. It takes time, fine tuning and lots of practice, but it can and is being done by lots of hunters. If you don't like it ignore it and just hunt the way you want. Myself and two other guys snuck up on a bedded bull out in the prairie. We got to 683 yards and my hunting partner told the guy with the tag that he could get the bull from here. He was a local farmer. My buddy cranked up his Swarovski scope on his 30-378 and handed it to the farmer. The farmer reluctantly took the rifle, but with some reassurance he took aim on the bedded 6pt bull. A moment later he took the shot and the bull never even got up. The farmer stood up and said "I feel like I just murdered that thing". I guess long distance shooting isn't for everyone.
just because they have the right equipment does not mean they can pull off the shot. how many times in your hunting career have you had a rock solid rest with no wind or a steady breeze? i wouldn't recommend anyone shooting outside there capabilities nor ask them to. on the other hand experience is everything. my shooting partners and i go through atleast a barrel a year on the rifle we decide to shoot for that season. we will practice at differnt elevation, diferent temps, different winds, different weather they all play a role in making that one shot that counts! heck ive heard storys of people shooting 600 yds with there old 06. but when you ask were they held they say 2" high and on the shoulder. If thats the case they would have hit about there knees and to the right... Guess im being the ass griping about people shooting beyond there capabilities. if you take the time and effort you can build a 500$ rifle that well shoot 800 yds i know because we built one for fun! we baught a 25-06 from a pawn shop for 275$ then put a 100$ tasco 16x scope on it bedded the action and put a rifle basix trigger on it. we built a score card out to 800 and started shooting data. that rifle shot extremely well, 6" groups at 800 yds . i guess what i am saying is show some respect to the animal and spend some time shooting your rifle before you start taking those long shots and make them count! not a lucky shot!
Quote from: longrange7mm on December 09, 2009, 03:59:39 PMjust because they have the right equipment does not mean they can pull off the shot. how many times in your hunting career have you had a rock solid rest with no wind or a steady breeze? i wouldn't recommend anyone shooting outside there capabilities nor ask them to. on the other hand experience is everything. my shooting partners and i go through atleast a barrel a year on the rifle we decide to shoot for that season. we will practice at differnt elevation, diferent temps, different winds, different weather they all play a role in making that one shot that counts! heck ive heard storys of people shooting 600 yds with there old 06. but when you ask were they held they say 2" high and on the shoulder. If thats the case they would have hit about there knees and to the right... Guess im being the ass griping about people shooting beyond there capabilities. if you take the time and effort you can build a 500$ rifle that well shoot 800 yds i know because we built one for fun! we baught a 25-06 from a pawn shop for 275$ then put a 100$ tasco 16x scope on it bedded the action and put a rifle basix trigger on it. we built a score card out to 800 and started shooting data. that rifle shot extremely well, 6" groups at 800 yds . i guess what i am saying is show some respect to the animal and spend some time shooting your rifle before you start taking those long shots and make them count! not a lucky shot! Call it lucky but every shot I've had over 300 yards was with little to no wind... I personally would never shoot over 300 with a pretty heavy wind... I don't know my windage adjustments. I myself am comfortable out to a good ways. Wish I had the time/money to get better equiptment and the experience but I don't.I agree with everything you said, though I think if a person like yourself shows up with the right gun, the right dropchart, a reliable range finder and the right conditions (solid rest/no wind), you could put a person in a position to shoot a 600 yard shot pretty easy if you let them use your gun... Not saying they'll group like you do on the range, but they can put the bullet where it counts on a deer or elk...Michael