Do you consider this doable?

[Lefty Dick]

From your feet, with your "typical hunting rifle', try putting 5 rounds into a 8" bull at 100 yds. No sling, no other supports.

"Typical hunting rifle": A standard configuration hunting rifle like a Ruger 77R, Rem 700CDL, Model 70 FWT, Savage11/110 or Sevens 200, with a scope or not, not exceeding 10lbs.

 

[brotherjack]

I dunno, I have almost never practiced off-hand shooting without the sling. All my hunting rifles have slings, and slings help hold steady, so I never saw the point.

With the sling -- yeah, that's pretty do-able, most days.

 

[TBMH]

Yes, that is "doable".

 

[broncoo]

yes no difficulty whatsoever

 

[grizzly416]

i can put a 3 rounds in a 12" gong from my 378 at 200m

 

[starpuss]

ya... i do it all the time with my encore. i can do 8-12" at 250 yards

 

[rem338win]

Yes. I have hit a 12" gong 10 outta ten times with a Glock 22 at 90yds, so yes, I would try that with a rifle. Its all about ammo, practice and keeping to the basics.

 

[sako6br]

Absolutely! 2" at 50yds and 5" at 100yds.
I practice offhand all the time. I've shot ground hogs running at 100yds for that matter.

Thane

 

[rembolt]

I have gone 5 for 5 on a 8" gong at 200 yds.not saying I can do it repeatedly .most times its 3 out of 5.

 

[LeRoy]

Shiloh #1, 45 2 1/10, 60 grs Swiss 1 1/2 Fg, 535 gr. MT Chambers boolit, WLR primers, SPG lube, Walters wad. Will hit an 8" gong with OPEN sights as long as you can handle the recoil. Oh, sorry, that's at 200 meters.

Later........

 

[manbearpig]

yes. in fact most people need to spend less time shooting off the bench and more time practicing shooting offhand.
a lot of people seem to think that if they can shoot a 1" 3-shot group off the bags that they will have no problems hitting an animal's vitals.... but stand them up and make them shoot offhand and they miss a 12" gong

 

[Crankbender]

If I go to the safe and grab a random rifle I am good for about %50 hits on an 8" gong at 100 yards first go around. After a bit of practice I can get to nearly 100% with some guns and other guns only 75%

On a calm day this summer I hit 28 for 28 with a cz 452 in 22LR and 4x scope I missed on the 29nth shot.

It sounds ### but sometimes you get into "the zone".

 

[sealhunter]

I believe that isas simple as it gets,.. if ya can't do it,..don't be huntin til ya can.

 

[rem338win]

I believe that isas simple as it gets,.. if ya can't do it,..don't be huntin til ya can.

I kind of agree. Make most of us hicks shoot the scandinavian moose test, and I would probably say a 75% failure rate wouldn't be unrealistic. Yaaaaa, we suck

 

[stubblejumper]

Myself and two friends tried a little test at the local range to see how different conditions effected our shooting.We set our guns in the rack,ran the 100 or so yards down to the creek and back to the firing line, picked up our guns,loaded them,and shot three times at a paper plate at 100 yards.The results were less than impressive.Once we had a chance to catch our breath,the shooting improved dramatically.

 

[1899]

Yes I can do it. IMO, one of the keys to consistant success is a very good trigger. It is one of the reasons I really like set triggers.

 

[Dogleg]

Years ago I used to drag a set of 12" plates to the range for offhand practice. Lots of guys shot at them, since it looked and was fun. A shocking amount of people couldn't hit them with any regularity at 100. Those that could made it look easy, which it is for anyone who spends the time to develope even a modicum of skill. Most, sadly, don't.

 

[sealhunter]

Dad used to take me and a half dozenor so old scratched records (ABBA, Conway Twitty, BeeGees to name a few) and we'd shoot, mostly I'd shoot.

I did not know what rest or bipod or shooting stick was. We always shot off hand.,..occasionally though, if there was a big rock on the barren or wherever, we might take a few shots steadied off it.

Now I don't know how big these records were, (I was born in 8 track )
but the small ones that took a little plastic clip, well tose would be the bonus ones, and the bigger ones were quite often shot on the label.

When I passed my shooting test for big game, I used open sights and at 100 yrds scored good with the three bullets. Why this requirement was lifted, I have no idea

 

[scruffee]

yep! been there done that

 

[srt4u2nv]

I can do that with a sling shot