Rifle Shooting at Close Range

Don't laugh, hunting ants at 7 yards is quite challenging, though most folks use an air rifle for such close in work.

Jimro
 
when I was a kid, my cousin and I use to try to light wooden matches at 20 feet with our air rifles, and later 22s. We broke a lot of heads off those matches, but we never succeeded in lighting one. We sure had a great time.
 
If I saw someone shooting a centerfire rifle at 25 yards, from a bench, for more than a few shots, I would suspect they were shooting groups to photograph and post on an internet gun forum.
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Do you use a high powered scope lol? Look if you need to practice for hours to shoot something 25 yards away with a rifle and high power scope I don't know what to tell you. More power to you
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You guys need to google "DOT DRILLS" shot from 25 to 100 yards, or simply try to clean the 50" ISU (International) Small Bore targets with your hunting rifle and get back to me.

Not from the bench, but from your normal "hunting" positions, prone, kneeling, and standing.

Don't discount the value of short range, reduced target training for you rifle shooting.

It's all about working on your Marksmanship Fundamentals.
 
coldbeer said:
Do you use a high powered scope lol? Look if you need to practice for hours to shoot something 25 yards away with a rifle and high power scope I don't know what to tell you. More power to you
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So you are so good a shot you don't need to improve? How nice for you.

kraigwy said:
try to clean the 50" ISU (International) Small Bore target
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For reference, here are the ring sizes of the NRA version of that target:

NRA/USAS-50 - 12 bullseyes (2 for sighting) 50 meter International Smallbore Rifle Target reduced for firing at 50 feet. 3 through 10 rings black.
10 ring . . . . . . . . 0.76mm
9 ring . . . . . . . . . 4.12mm
8 ring . . . . . . . . . 9.00mm
7 ring . . . . . . . . 13.87mm
6 ring . . . . . . . . 18.75mm
5 ring . . . . . . . . 23.63mm
4 ring . . . . . . . . 28.50mm
3 ring . . . . . . . . 33.38mm

In your life, you will run in to guys that you should listen to, and those you shouldn't. kraigwy is one of the guys you should listen to.
 
I've been shooting more often at reduced targets at shorter ranges lately, and it is very good practice for the fundamentals as the OP said.
 
kraigwy said:
... simply try to clean the 50" ISU (International) Small Bore targets with your hunting rifle...
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That was my standard target for a number of years when I was limited to an indoor range, but I used a biathlon rifle. I found it tremendously relaxing, and I could move them into 50 feet for pistol.

I will say that when I got back outdoors, 200 yards seemed farther away than ever. Could just be older eyes too.
 
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