Forum shooting challenge: The under 500 500

[Tussock]

Ok I had a little practice with the swede yesterday, 5 shots at 100, gave a 4 inch group above the 2 inch circle which is impossible to see with open sights anyhow.
I have a 12 in gong so used that for the other ranges.
200, hit 300, hit 400 miss, miss, hit. No more ammo.
Even painted bright red that gong was hard to see at 400 and is way smaller than the front post, at 500 it will be damn near invisible. Some optics are gonna be needed. It was fun though.
I might try it with something more pricey and scoped next time.

This should explain the point of this exercise. A 4" group at 100m with open sights, unable to see the 400m target, but dead deer all the way to 300m
@Ultimitsu stop fixating on 1/4 or MOA in general. You realize a 2MOA rifle will score 19 in this competition while a 1/4MOA rifle only gets 22?

[Pete_D]

This should explain the point of this exercise. A 4" group at 100m with open sights, unable to see the 400m target, but dead deer all the way to 300m
@Ultimitsu stop fixating on 1/4 or MOA in general. You realize a 2MOA rifle will score 19 in this competition while a 1/4MOA rifle only gets 22?

Sorry maths is not my strong point - I re-read the scoring system and is the:
"5 shot 100m group 1 point for every 1/4" under 2"
Is that 1 point awarded for each shot under 2 inches or the whole 5 shot group ? Just wondered since you said a 2 MOA gun scores 19 and I make it 15 ?

[gadgetman]

Sorry maths is not my strong point - I re-read the scoring system and is the:
"5 shot 100m group 1 point for every 1/4" under 2"
Is that 1 point awarded for each shot under 2 inches or the whole 5 shot group ? Just wondered since you said a 2 MOA gun scores 19 and I make it 15 ?

And 2moa at 100m is 2.29"/58.2mm.

1moa @ 100y = 1.047"

1y = 0.9411m

[Tussock]

Sorry maths is not my strong point - I re-read the scoring system and is the:
"5 shot 100m group 1 point for every 1/4" under 2"
Is that 1 point awarded for each shot under 2 inches or the whole 5 shot group ? Just wondered since you said a 2 MOA gun scores 19 and I make it 15 ?

It is 15. This is what happens when I do math in my head while assembling irrigation parts at the same time I don't add good.

[Pete_D]

It is 15. This is what happens when I do math in my head while assembling irrigation parts at the same time.

You should worry if I'm better than Maths than you ! it must have been the number of fingers I had available at the keyboard vs you .

[Tussock]

You should worry if I'm better than Maths than you ! it must have been the number of fingers I had available at the keyboard vs you .

Everything I do is in a math heavy field but I could not work at a dairy because I can't make change

[Ultimitsu]

@Ultimitsu stop fixating on 1/4 or MOA in general. You realize a 2MOA rifle will score 19 in this competition while a 1/4MOA rifle only gets 22?

I am not "fixated" on 1/4 MOA, my last few posts deal with 1 MOA rifle.

Actually I am not convinced that if a rifle does 2 MOA at 100, it will reliably do 2 MOA at 500. the bullet is likely to be tumbling a bit therefore far more likely to fare worse at 500.

But even if we ignore that cynicism, sure a 2 MOA rifle may do 15, the point of participating a challenge would still be winning it. Otherwise we could say a 3 MOA rifle would still score 5. But who wants to spend 500 for a challenge to have a 3 MOA gun?

[faregame]

Actually I am not convinced that if a rifle does 2 MOA at 100, it will reliably do 2 MOA at 500. the bullet is likely to be
tumbling a bit therefore far more likely to fare worse at 500.

Why would it be tumbling?