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Cake day: June 21st, 2023

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  • Oh wow that sounds awesome. I HAVE a 300m range, only 10min from where I live. However it is only open to the - I don’t know, maybe 3 or 4? - people who train on a national level and no one else gets to shoot at that awesome range they purpose built for the Olympic games some decades ago. So 364 days a year it’s empty. Fuck me, gun laws in Germany are awful. Used to be so much easier back in Switzerland, or even at home in Austria :(


  • No, I have a regular 1/8moa wheel, which is why I just recently got a new scope with mrad ballistic turrets. Haven’t had time to try, though. And the 300m range means >2h one way drive anyway :-(

    For hunting, I use the same gun just with a .270win barrel and a different scope, that one is zeroed at 150m, that way I can shoot pretty much anywhere between 0 and 220 metres, further out I wouldn’t do anyway on a live target. But the shot still needs to hit a palm sized area for me to be satisfied, that’s why I need to train.


  • Hmm, i certainly couldnt see the shots as well, thats what the electronic display is for ;) had to restrain myself not to look at it after every shot.

    No, i dont time anything. I never had anyone teach me how to shoot, got my hunting license here 2 years ago, got that gun and been doing a few hundred rounds since then. Used to shoot air gun as a kid, though. I simply put the gun on the sand bag, try to get it on target as much as possible, so I dont have to shuffle around with the rear bag ( i prefer to steady with my hand anyway) too much, then I pull the trigger - actually I do it quite fast, if I stay on target for more than lets say 30sec or so, I start losing focus and I better abort or Ill shoot a few centimeter off. That group is 2 mags, 2x4 rounds that fit in the rifle.

    Honestly, most of it I think is because that rifle really really suits me well. It just feels natural. Oh, and it is pretty scary accurate itself, probably a LOT more than I am. No idea what would be possible if you steady it on a platform.