10-31-2009, 07:27 PM
This was a great post. What he is talking about sounds a lot easier then it is. Understand if you are shooting a 1/2 MOA gun, the best you're GUN (Not you behind the gun just the gun) will shoot in a perfect world at a thousand yards is 5" groups (If you can do that you could win bench rest competitions). Then add in you're not hunting with target ammo so to get a gun that shoots 1/2 MOA with a good hunting round that will kill ethically at that distance is very very difficult and takes the hand loading perfection mentioned above. Change that to 1 MOA shooting gun and your gun now in a perfect world is going to shoot 10" groups at 1000 yds and that is with no human element to screw it up. Add ANY wind, temp change, barometric pressure, altitude and the angle you're shooting and anyone with a brain will not take any shot even remotely near this distance unless you've put in the trigger time at that distance. If you're not practicing and doing pretty much exactly what Brainamus has stated above and are taking long distance shots like this then you are an unethical tird who shouldn't be hunting.
When I saw the title of this post I rolled my eyes as I hear so many BS stories about killing animals at distance. 99% of these kinds of posts are total BS. This post is the 1%. Thanks for posting it, hopefully nobody tries to duplicate it without putting in the practice and devotion it takes to make these kinds of shots. If you want to get into long range shooting its like crack, very addictive and will cost you a lot of money.
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When I saw the title of this post I rolled my eyes as I hear so many BS stories about killing animals at distance. 99% of these kinds of posts are total BS. This post is the 1%. Thanks for posting it, hopefully nobody tries to duplicate it without putting in the practice and devotion it takes to make these kinds of shots. If you want to get into long range shooting its like crack, very addictive and will cost you a lot of money.
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