Thread: Longish range shooting.

I'm not an expert on this but here's what I've done:

Do a bit of reading.
300m is hard enough but beyond 500m is aspirational - another world esp wind but also slope, altitude etc need to be checked.

Look for two threads on the other NZ forum by 7mmMagic on 400 and 600 yd shooting.
Brian Litz "Applied Ballistics"
Nathan Foster "Practical Guide to long range hunting" (controversial so take with a grain of salt and try fr yourself)
Jeff Cooper "The art of the rifle" Classic but also some ideas there need a bit of salt too.

Gear:
range finder is going to be essential
Dial scope: Weaver super slam if on budget, Nightforce / Kahles / Leupold if not
cheap wind meter for training
You will eventually need to reload to get enough practice

Practice
1.5 MOA is good enough for a start (honest average of 5 shot groups)
A lot of dry firing . invest in 2 or 4 snap caps - will make you feel better about snapping off thousands of times
Some 4 position practice eg .22 or high quality airgun
Putting your new dial scope on a .22 is a really good idea. Getting familiar with your scope is a key to longer range hunting.
NRA ranges to learn wind and trajectory
Field target steel shoots
Come up to Gillie's medium range precision rifle shoot that he holds at New Plymouth in the spring.
Goat shooting if you can find some locally. Work up gradually in range. Respect the goat.