how good of a shooter are you?

Awesome question.
I only ever use a bench to get a scope sighted in. For me the end goal of marksmanship is hunting, so there wouldn't much point in doing all my practice on a bench.
Sitting with a sling I can usually shoot around 2.5" at 100 yards. Standing maybe 4" on a good day. I'm by no means sniper material, but thus far I've avoided wounding anything.
 
Anyone here think they can sight in their scoped deer rifle at 100 yards with 1 shot fired from standing, with or without a sling and no artificial support?

I've seen it done. Amazing but true. It's easier than most folks think, if you practice then do well the single most forgotton element of marksmanship.
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Not even on the Navy Rifle team using match rifles. I need at least a 3 shot group before I touch an adjustment.

On the other hand shooting offhand I shot a dead on bullseye shot at 100 meters on a small bore rifle target with my Win 94 32 spcl in front of witnesses with the first shot. I wisely put the gun away. :D

Did the same thing shooting one handed standing at a clay pigeon on the berm 220 yards away and should have holstered the gun right away. Sometimes I'm smart and sometimes I am a glutton for punishment. Hit the first one, dropped a lot of jaws on the range and then proved it was just a fluke by missing the next 5 clays by 4" to 6". :rolleyes:
 
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standing from 25m with M&P15, EOTech 512
1st group (upper abdomen) was warmups (ready up, single shot to the center of the target)
2nd group (head) was two rapid to the head
3rd group (upper chest) was mag dump as fast as possible for fun
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10 rounds 44 mag one hand standing shooting as fast as I can cock it and reload Ruger Super Blackhawk at 15 yards.

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8 rounds sitting from M1 Garand at 50 yards.

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3 rounds at 100 yards as fast as I could work the bolt of my 300 Wby MkV

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I only have a couple of rifles that I shoot standing up without any support. One of those is a Ruger 10/22. I am unsure about groups. I have shot few paper targets with it in the past 30 of my 35 years of life. I can hit better than 90% if shooting at pop cans at 100 yards. If closer I rarely miss if ever. I used to win a lot of beers when I lived in the country with some of my bank shots with it. I would set up a couple of old pans from yard sales, and a few bottles. It is the same principle as making a bank shot playing pool.

On one knee shooting my girlfriend's 91/30 the other day I fired 20 shots of spam can ammo at a B27 target. 19 were from the 10 ring to the 8 ring. 1 was in the 7. From a lead sled rest when adjusting the sight it put 5 shots in a group I could cover with my hand. I think it was close to a 3 inch group. With my hand loads kneeling at 25 yards supporting my off hand arm with my knee I was shooting groups that were either touching eachother, or very close to it.
 
i'd say 4 MOA and up, in some cases way up (first trip to the range with my 30-06 at age 19 and i started flinching like it was cool after the first 10 rounds). never shot for group greater than 50 yards though.

but i did shoot minute of bad guy at the 500 yard line last week. was firing an m16 from the prone, with a sling on a man-sized target. two in the black, dropped one point on the third shot, then 7 hit black in a row. my record's 12 in a row, both streaks ended by running out of ammo :D
 
I can hold 2" at 50yds, standing/unsupported, with either my SKS, Marlin 30-30, or CVA .50 cal front-stuffer. I can keep 2 cylinders worth of very warm .41mag inside a paper plater at 25yds.

Not exactly mind-blowing I reckon, but for the thick brush/woods we hunt, it puts meat in the freezer.

Zeroing the cheap Simmons 4x I just put on my Marlin 60, I put 15rds into a ragged 3/4" hole at 25yds. Benched, no rest or bags.

I'd like to be better & am steadily working on it.

Oh yeah, I am the world's worst wing shot (right handed, left eye dominant). Clay pigeons & birds on the wing need have no fear of me :(
 
Gunplummer

I hunt upper eastern corner above Wilkesbarre. You're right, the herd has been looking mighty thin the last few years. It's not only the hunters, it's also the loss of good hunting land due to development. Still got plenty of farms around if you're in good with the neighbors though.
 
Have to agree with SaltyDog. I manage to get it done when I need to. Don't remember when I have had to make a follow-up on an animal, but then too, not at huge distance perhaps 175yd max.
 
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