I was playing in google earth this morning. And the safest 300 yrd range I could come up with on my property has a drop in elevation of roughly 30 feet.
At 100 yrds I can call a shot on a beer bottle with a 22 or my savage 17hmr. i.e. taking the neck off and leaving the rest of the bottle. So I am not really wanting to shoot 300 yrds for groups. I like hitting things I am aiming at. I am going to get some 1/2" steel from the iron works across the street from me and weld up some frames to shoot at.
So for my questions.
How hard is shooting with a 30' drop going to be at 300 yards using a .308?
Would it mess with me in the future shooting at a 600 yard competition? or make me a better shooter? i.e. learning different shooting solutions based off barrel angle? mil scope
Are most long distance ranges level? or are you shooting up hill so to say?
what size plates should I make up? 12x18" 10'-12" round?
Thanks for the input.
At 100 yrds I can call a shot on a beer bottle with a 22 or my savage 17hmr. i.e. taking the neck off and leaving the rest of the bottle. So I am not really wanting to shoot 300 yrds for groups. I like hitting things I am aiming at. I am going to get some 1/2" steel from the iron works across the street from me and weld up some frames to shoot at.
So for my questions.
How hard is shooting with a 30' drop going to be at 300 yards using a .308?
Would it mess with me in the future shooting at a 600 yard competition? or make me a better shooter? i.e. learning different shooting solutions based off barrel angle? mil scope
Are most long distance ranges level? or are you shooting up hill so to say?
what size plates should I make up? 12x18" 10'-12" round?
Thanks for the input.