by Chronos » 10 Feb 2014, 8:59 pm
It comes down to what your trying to achieve. I find shooting fun targets and steel gongs pointless after the first 1 or 2 shots.
I don't see the attraction in shooting a 10" steel plate at 200m. My rifles are expected to shoot sub MOA at least. That's near enough to 2" at 200m. Give me a challenge, make it a 1" gong and I'd be interested.
I've watched guys throw boxes of ammo at a steel plate at 400m. What did they learn? They have no idea what kind of groups their guns are capable of because they don't have targets to compare groups with previous trips or see how wind changes affect fall of shot.
Try different shooting positions, try shooting fast, slow, try to put every shot in the same hole. If you can't ask yourself "why not ?" I've heard guys say "shooting at 50m is pointless"
my mate asked them "can you put every shot in the same hole? Then why do you need to shoot further? You're groups aren't going to get smaller at 200m"
Have fun but remember why you're there and make sure you go home knowing more about your rifle, your ammo or your self than you did before you went to the range
Chronos