I'll try and do this on days off (two weeks from now). I will also use a No. 1.
Perhaps you should post scores in the original post much like the 1/2" challenge in the rimfire thread (and others like it.)
One thing I think most hunters do not do enough is competitive shooting. I used to shoot service rifle and it was superb practice for hunting. Too bad about the politics that shut it down in Calgary.
Just for clarification, does time start when you fire shot #1 or when you shoulder the rifle? Any limit to the rest used for supported sitting?
I think this will be fun and will be a good reference, however I do have some reservations about using the scores to get a "baseline" as an equal quality shooter will have a significant variation in score depending on equipment used. So equipment becomes a large variable making it hard to compare yourself to a baseline.
I'll also try this at a 25 yard 2" target with a rimfire for comparison.
Re Service Rifle - I feel the same way on all your points.
Re Rimfire Practice - That's an AWESOME idea! I'm looking for a winchester low wall in 22r for this exact reason. Dry fire practice in the basement has also helped me a lot (make sure you do your PROVE first!).
Re Timing Clarification - time starts when the first round goes off (so you can take as long as you want to get set up), and finishes when the 10th round goes off.
Re Limit to the Rest: none. If you want to use a bipod on a log (or even when proned out), have at her! The only caveat I would add is that the bipod should remain on the rifle for the complete event....kinda like how you would carry your rifle around for hunting.
Re Baseline and comparing to others: I'd like to think of the challenge as more of a contest against yourself...the idea being to measure your personal baseline with your rifle and whatever method you choose, then to participate in some of the practice exercises I'll post over the next few months (and am totally open to suggestions from participants on what these should be!), then re-run the exercise later and see how much your "score" improves. Self improvement is the goal.
But because I know there are lots of folks who are also interested in seeing how they do compared to others, if I can get enough different results from folks shooting different types of rifles, I will break the performance data into distinct sets based on "class" of rifle and publish statistics that way.
It would be super interesting to see more than one set of results from CGN'ers...ie: one with your M305, one with your ruger scout rifle (woohoo 10 round mag!), and one with your Rem700.
Cheers, and thanks for great feedback!
Brobee
I hunt yotes with the .223 so figured why not? I'll probably repeat with my 300,303 and 375
