thewoodsrunner
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With a good steady rest i've zeroed (or close enough to zeroed for hunting purposes - "minute of buck kill-zone") - sights that have needed filing as adjustment. In three or four shots, applying the file-in-between, been hitting where i want it. Then two or three more shots to make certain. From thereon in any ammo expended is going to be offhand at various rates of fire to simulate field conditions.
400 yards is sniping, not hunting in my books. It's where you spot the animal and the stalk begins, the actual hunting skills start. I admire a good sniper, and appreciate a technically excellent sniping rifle. But that's a different subject from that part of general bushcraft that includes hunting and killing game. We owe it to a living creature to take the least risk possible of wounding. 400 yard shots are not taking this into account. Fun on the range, 400 yards plus? Absolutely! See what you and your rifle can do.
400 yards is sniping, not hunting in my books. It's where you spot the animal and the stalk begins, the actual hunting skills start. I admire a good sniper, and appreciate a technically excellent sniping rifle. But that's a different subject from that part of general bushcraft that includes hunting and killing game. We owe it to a living creature to take the least risk possible of wounding. 400 yard shots are not taking this into account. Fun on the range, 400 yards plus? Absolutely! See what you and your rifle can do.
