caorach
Well-Known Member
There has been some discussion about doing this again so I'm going to kick of a thread to get us started. I can't do it this time as I will not be shooting until August but that is no reason for others not to have fun.
Apache posted a target and this is the link, print it actual size (without scaling it) on your printer and away you go:
The Stalking Directory
Now this is a bit of fun and is an "in the spirit of the thing" type of bit of fun. It is sort of intended to be general test of in the field accuracy. So, you get out of the car with your normal deer rifle and scope, put up the target at 100 yards, shoot 3 shots at the target, photograph the target, post your results. The circumstances should be as close to "stalking" conditions as possible so a bipod is allowed but not bags or other stuff and, equally, if you normally shoot from a high seat or off sticks that is allowed. I think the DSC1 shooting test says something like "a rest you'd normally carry in the field." Also, if the only place you can shoot is only 96 yards long that's fine as well as this is for fun, though maybe if you diverge from the standard 100 yards you might like to say so. The whole thing is about the spirit of realistic stalking accuracy so there's plenty of leeway to fit your exact circumstances.
You also don't adjust your zero to a 100 yard zero if you normally have a 200 yard zero - this means you are aiming off at a white bit of paper with no features just like the side of a deer.
Only good hits on the black dot count - you are just kidding yourself if you think a hit just touching the black line is a good hit.
The key to this is that there is no practice, or test shots, or excluding the first target because of a freak gust of wind, or because you'd measured the distance from the ogive to the lands incorrectly and that always makes you shoot 4 inches to the left. If you are going to be shooting 10 targets until you get one that lands all your shots in the dot and then post it on here you aren't fooling us, the only person you are fooling is yourself. So, get into the spirit of the thing, have a laugh, and get a look at realistic in the field accuracy.
Also, if you are nervous of doing it bear in mind that the first time we did it there were over 12,000 reads of the thread and only 53 rounds fired, less than 20 people took up the challenge! Only 7 rounds hit the black dot and no one hit it twice. If past performance is anything to go by then all the world record holding shots who manage half inch groups at 600 yards will not be shooting in this fun shoot, for a wide range of reasons, so you will be among like minded stalkers who will shoot groups similar to yours and, therefore, there's no reason to be nervous as this is a bit of fun.
To get us started, and because I can't shoot it this time, these are my groups from the first time around, the first group is prone off the bipod and the second is off sticks:
Apache posted a target and this is the link, print it actual size (without scaling it) on your printer and away you go:
The Stalking Directory
Now this is a bit of fun and is an "in the spirit of the thing" type of bit of fun. It is sort of intended to be general test of in the field accuracy. So, you get out of the car with your normal deer rifle and scope, put up the target at 100 yards, shoot 3 shots at the target, photograph the target, post your results. The circumstances should be as close to "stalking" conditions as possible so a bipod is allowed but not bags or other stuff and, equally, if you normally shoot from a high seat or off sticks that is allowed. I think the DSC1 shooting test says something like "a rest you'd normally carry in the field." Also, if the only place you can shoot is only 96 yards long that's fine as well as this is for fun, though maybe if you diverge from the standard 100 yards you might like to say so. The whole thing is about the spirit of realistic stalking accuracy so there's plenty of leeway to fit your exact circumstances.
You also don't adjust your zero to a 100 yard zero if you normally have a 200 yard zero - this means you are aiming off at a white bit of paper with no features just like the side of a deer.
Only good hits on the black dot count - you are just kidding yourself if you think a hit just touching the black line is a good hit.
The key to this is that there is no practice, or test shots, or excluding the first target because of a freak gust of wind, or because you'd measured the distance from the ogive to the lands incorrectly and that always makes you shoot 4 inches to the left. If you are going to be shooting 10 targets until you get one that lands all your shots in the dot and then post it on here you aren't fooling us, the only person you are fooling is yourself. So, get into the spirit of the thing, have a laugh, and get a look at realistic in the field accuracy.
Also, if you are nervous of doing it bear in mind that the first time we did it there were over 12,000 reads of the thread and only 53 rounds fired, less than 20 people took up the challenge! Only 7 rounds hit the black dot and no one hit it twice. If past performance is anything to go by then all the world record holding shots who manage half inch groups at 600 yards will not be shooting in this fun shoot, for a wide range of reasons, so you will be among like minded stalkers who will shoot groups similar to yours and, therefore, there's no reason to be nervous as this is a bit of fun.
To get us started, and because I can't shoot it this time, these are my groups from the first time around, the first group is prone off the bipod and the second is off sticks:
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