Hunting rifle accuracy past 100m

[Gregg]

In the good old days if you could hit a bottle at 50m that'd do.

[Combat_Wombat]

My point in that post was not to say 500m shots are not possible, but in hunting there are a lot of variables, which increase along with distance. I don't want my recreation threatened by someone from the newly militant RCPCA finding a wounded animal and accusing all hunters of being careless mongrels. The ethic is clear; clean cleanly and if you make a balls of it follow up the animal. When ranges get out past 200m it gets a lot harder to do any of those things. If people want to see how far the rifle will shoot , oil drums and paper don't bleed. Let's say you do have a clear shot a 500m but as you squeeze the trigger the animal moves or the wind shifts, that can mean the difference between a clean kill and a gut shot. Think about it, Hunting fur is a lot different to hitting a target. The targets don't move.
JD

I think my post came out the wrong way I was trying to point out that even though you can hit a target at that range the groups aren't tight enough to safely shoot a deer sized target.

But saying that in a situation of hitting a rabbit at that range with a .308 or simmilar size provided that they sit nice and still and you manage to hit one any where in the centre of mass will be a humane kill.

[headspace]

You're right about that wombat, any hit on a rabbit with a 308 will be a humane kill!

[Herdsman]

Minute of deer is enough for most hunters at any distance

[Gwion]

One minute of a 130cm Sambar stag is 21.66mm. One minute of a 120cm Red stag is 20mm. One minute of a 90cm Fallow stag is 15mm.

If you can pull off that sized one shot groups (accurate to your point of aim) in the field, you're doing pretty good, i reckon.

[Monty]

I get the feeling Herdsman is thinking about hunting a bit more casually than you Gwion

[Gwion]

Oh... really??

[Sakoh]

Not all of us love breaking the maths books out

[Gwion]

Hehe... now let's figure out what a minute of rabbit is!

[bigfellascott]

Hehe... now let's figure out what a minute of rabbit is!

Furken small I can tell ya when ya trying to take their heads off out past 300m with a 3-9 scope on top and at 8.30pm at night with no light! - Shooter 1 - rabbit headless!

[BBJ]

Furken small I can tell ya when ya trying to take their heads off out past 300m with a 3-9 scope on top and at 8.30pm at night with no light! - Shooter 1 - rabbit headless!

You make life hard for yourself bigfella

[bigfellascott]

Furken small I can tell ya when ya trying to take their heads off out past 300m with a 3-9 scope on top and at 8.30pm at night with no light! - Shooter 1 - rabbit headless!

You make life hard for yourself bigfella

It was a good challenge and glad I achieved it (I was waiting for the last of the light before setting out for the nights spotlighting foxes. And I wanted to see just how late into the evening I could use the scope and at what distances, I often here about how good the Euro stuff is and wanted to see how the little Nikon stacked up again them in the usability dept late into the evening, I was very happy with the performance for a $200 scope.