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MARKSMANSHIP BASICS - Practice
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<blockquote data-quote="royinidaho" data-source="post: 164429" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>#1 Describe your practice preparation prior to a long range hunt.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">Once drop chart is confirmed its all out in the field/mountains/canyons busting rocks at whatever distances the rocks happen to be. I even cheat a bunch by doing this in the summer at one of my honey holes.</span></p><p></p><p>#2 Do you and your partner employ a dialogue during practice and during hunts? Please describe your range and field dialogue.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">I have a dialog printed that one of ya'll admin fellas posted. My partner is a numbskull who insists on not wearing muffs w/sound which causes major problems at times. Plus he's more intrigued by the vapor trails than anything else.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></span></p><p></p><p>#3 Describe your long range practice targets.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">When at the range the targets are usually left over silhouettes. Followed by lava stones on the berms followed by green plants (great fun to chop off a thistle or some other noxious weed way out there - ya gotta hit the lava rock just below the base) or white spots on the lava flows.</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">In the hills or along the Blackfoot or Teton River canyons anything that stands out and can be ranged, usually small marks on large boulders or small rocks on side hills.</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span> </p><p>#4 How many shots would you fire during an average practice session?</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Blue">As bb says, as few as one to check cold barrel POI. I've found the one shot per day for several days to be of great benefit for getting a feel for the affects of the wind.</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue">I'm a fairly conservative shooter and try to shoot a few as possible for practice through any given rifle. I usually take at least two guns for these sessions to keep the barrels cold, not cool but cold. Two LR rifles maybe 6 shots out of the barrel burner and 10+ out of the 338 RUM. Sometimes a bunch fewer.</span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: Blue"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="royinidaho, post: 164429, member: 2011"] #1 Describe your practice preparation prior to a long range hunt. [COLOR=Blue]Once drop chart is confirmed its all out in the field/mountains/canyons busting rocks at whatever distances the rocks happen to be. I even cheat a bunch by doing this in the summer at one of my honey holes.[/COLOR] #2 Do you and your partner employ a dialogue during practice and during hunts? Please describe your range and field dialogue. [COLOR=Blue]I have a dialog printed that one of ya'll admin fellas posted. My partner is a numbskull who insists on not wearing muffs w/sound which causes major problems at times. Plus he's more intrigued by the vapor trails than anything else.:rolleyes:[/COLOR] #3 Describe your long range practice targets. [COLOR=Blue]When at the range the targets are usually left over silhouettes. Followed by lava stones on the berms followed by green plants (great fun to chop off a thistle or some other noxious weed way out there - ya gotta hit the lava rock just below the base) or white spots on the lava flows. In the hills or along the Blackfoot or Teton River canyons anything that stands out and can be ranged, usually small marks on large boulders or small rocks on side hills. [/COLOR] #4 How many shots would you fire during an average practice session? [COLOR=Blue]As bb says, as few as one to check cold barrel POI. I've found the one shot per day for several days to be of great benefit for getting a feel for the affects of the wind. I'm a fairly conservative shooter and try to shoot a few as possible for practice through any given rifle. I usually take at least two guns for these sessions to keep the barrels cold, not cool but cold. Two LR rifles maybe 6 shots out of the barrel burner and 10+ out of the 338 RUM. Sometimes a bunch fewer. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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