N/A Average Distance of your shooting sessions?
- Thread starter L.Leon
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Well i don’t hunt much except fo wood chucks so i have a tiapan vet 2 for throwing slugs at them and hp field target + ringing steel out to a possible 500. ( only made 350 so far) shoot field target with my 
so lots of 10-55. But yea mostly steel and paper 10- a possible 500. Just really enjoy target shooting!!
so lots of 10-55. But yea mostly steel and paper 10- a possible 500. Just really enjoy target shooting!!
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I do the same with the black walnuts that litter my property. The crack of a solid hit is sweet to my ears…
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I've got a backyard range at 35 yards I do most shooting at. When I go out for gophers or prairie dogs those shots exceed 100 yards so I have an adjustment for sure but it lines up after about 3 shots.
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I zero at 35 yards and punch a lot of holes at that range. I shoot a few rounds out to 75-100 yards just to know how much to holdover I shoot even fewer rounds at pests between 25 - 100 yards.
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Most times I shoot as 61 yds at my know your limits spinners.. also shoot from 32-50 yds at paper.
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I have 3 backstops in my backyard range. 25, 50, and 85 yards.
The 50 sees the most use, with 85 yard maybe 20% of my shooting.
One of these days, I will clear out some more brush and set up a 100 yard target.
The 50 sees the most use, with 85 yard maybe 20% of my shooting.
One of these days, I will clear out some more brush and set up a 100 yard target.
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50 yards and less at home. I will shoot pests at those ranges but for the past 3 years or so, about every other Monday I drive 90 minutes to shoot at a range that goes out to 880 yards. Only 2 guns I take to go beyond 200 yards. I hang around mostly 100 to 300 yards, if the wind is mild to none and the gun is shooting very good I will stretch it out as far as 500 For me it is a challenge and I do a fair amount of prep, but not always. I'm constantly learning. Inflation has slow me down a bit so it is not always easy to go as often as I've been going.
I'm only out there to better my shooting but I do get a small ego boost when the powder burners gawk at what I do especially when it is better than they can shoot themselves with their guns.
This was one of the good days, when the planets were lined up, the gun was shooting awesome, I happen to have the camera recording while I was shooting, it wasn't too fuzzy, I wasn't too lazy to upload, and post. 220 yards. Sorry I did speed up the speed of everything so you did not have the endure the long wait for each shot.
I've shot pretty decent and sometimes as good as this at longer distances but rarely do I also have the camera recording it as well.
And yes I have my cars as hobbies but when your hobby becomes work it's not so much fun. This is my way to get away.
Allen
I'm only out there to better my shooting but I do get a small ego boost when the powder burners gawk at what I do especially when it is better than they can shoot themselves with their guns.
This was one of the good days, when the planets were lined up, the gun was shooting awesome, I happen to have the camera recording while I was shooting, it wasn't too fuzzy, I wasn't too lazy to upload, and post. 220 yards. Sorry I did speed up the speed of everything so you did not have the endure the long wait for each shot.
I've shot pretty decent and sometimes as good as this at longer distances but rarely do I also have the camera recording it as well.
And yes I have my cars as hobbies but when your hobby becomes work it's not so much fun. This is my way to get away.
Allen
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Me too about slugs. Too much power for the dairy. I do like to watch pigeons shot with slugs come apart.
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amazing accuracy50 yards and less at home. I will shoot pests at those ranges but for the past 3 years or so, about every other Monday I drive 90 minutes to shoot at a range that goes out to 880 yards. Only 2 guns I take to go beyond 200 yards. I hang around mostly 100 to 300 yards, if the wind is mild to none and the gun is shooting very good I will stretch it out as far as 500 For me it is a challenge and I do a fair amount of prep, but not always. I'm constantly learning. Inflation has slow me down a bit so it is not always easy to go as often as I've been going.
I'm only out there to better my shooting but I do get a small ego boost when the powder burners gawk at what I do especially when it is better than they can shoot themselves with their guns.
This was one of the good days, when the planets were lined up, the gun was shooting awesome, I happen to have the camera recording while I was shooting, it wasn't too fuzzy, I wasn't too lazy to upload, and post. 220 yards.
I've shot pretty decent and sometimes as good as this at longer distances but rarely do I also have the camera recording it as well.
And yes I have my cars as hobbies but when your hobby becomes work it's not so much fun. This is my way to get away.
Allen
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I mostly shoot paper or spinners in my yard 30-60 yards. At those distances slugs are un-necessary and cheaper to shoot pellets. I do/have shot longer ranges when I get the opportunity.
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I also did the circle and may as long as I am shooting. Shooting short distance, became bored with the same results. Then shooting longer distance to 100 meter with pellets and found the limits, then 144 and 150 meter with pellets which is over the practical distance for pellets.
Then I wanted to increase power for heavy 5.5mm slugs but just realised that I am going to put to much strain on the rifle. I previously said that if I need more power and distance I will use my .22LR or bigger PB rifles but for a while I went against that thought. A 5.5mm air rifle is meant for lower power and shorter distance and not to compete against PB, although many can and do. I am moving back to that lower power and shorter distance.
But, for now my right hand is out of action for at least 6 weeks if not longer so all I can do is reading about shooting and not doing it.
Then I wanted to increase power for heavy 5.5mm slugs but just realised that I am going to put to much strain on the rifle. I previously said that if I need more power and distance I will use my .22LR or bigger PB rifles but for a while I went against that thought. A 5.5mm air rifle is meant for lower power and shorter distance and not to compete against PB, although many can and do. I am moving back to that lower power and shorter distance.
But, for now my right hand is out of action for at least 6 weeks if not longer so all I can do is reading about shooting and not doing it.
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Shooting certainly doesn't have to mean hunting, or even paper targets. I just equate shooting sessions with just having fun. I shoot at mostly reactive targets and if I limited myself to "ethical" hunting ranges I would not be having fun at all. If you don't have the space to shoot far, that's one thing, but why not just have some fun every now and then and stretch things out? The experience you get helps with the closer shots too. It's not a waste of time or ammo, it's research. If you don't limit yourself to everybody else's abilities, or even sensibilities, then you just might find out that you can go further than you thought, or just plain old have more fun.
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I was regularly shooting out to 50 yards until we got new neighbors. They're good with my shooting but of respect and safety, I've reduced that to a max of about 35 yards this year. I've actually found ways to make the reduced distance a challenge while honing some very practical offhand skills. When I hunt, I am usually taking shots between 15 and 30 yards anyway
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I have a 30 yard range in my backyard hidden between the side of the house and the neighbor's fence, so I use it for sighting in and HFT practice to that range (the 30-55 suffers!). At the range I regularaly shoot 25, 50, 100 and 200 just to keep my "skills" tuned. For pesting, most everything is sub 100 yards although I will take pigeons, starlings and other small game out to 150. Longest kill this summer was 143 yards DRT. Most impressive (and mostly luck) was an 84 yard kill with a GK1 freehand!
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