Re: MY WIFE 1,000 YARD SHOT!!!
Moroni - you picked a good rifle for her to start with.
My GF made her first rifle shots with the Mk 12 Mod 0 at 565 yards. I dialed the elev and gave her the wind call, then she proceeded to bang progressively smaller steel targets - fox, rabbit, and crow - first round hits.
Her first match was a mirror of the Guard combat course of fire, again shooting the Mk 12. The shooters were allowed to be helped/coached as it was an introductory match. As we drove up to the range she said, "gee I hope I can at least hit the target..."
She cleaned the 500 slow prone, 500 rapid prone, 300 rapid prone, and dropped just a few points standing rapid/kneeling rapid/sitting rapid at 200, beating me in kneeling in the process, winning the optic class and coming in second place overall behind me shooting a NM AR service gun with irons. A few bruised male egos watched with less than amusement at the awards ceremony that day.
Her success with the rifle though is heavily attributed to the marksmanship basics she mastered shooting 10M air pistol.
Good luck getting your wife spun up to speed with the Mk 12.
