Long Range Marskmanship

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   Michaelmasposted 14 years ago

   I'm very interested in marksmanship but I really want to do long-range marksmanship. I'm thinking 700 to 1000 yards for competition later. I don't know where to start. Anyone have any good suggestions?

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      kschangposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Breathing exercises. When you go out to that far, you need to learn how to calm yourself, almost meditative state.
      
      You also need to learn ballistics. There are calculator apps that do that, but you still need to learn how to do it manually... just in case.

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         Michaelmasposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Where do you learn ballistics? A good place to do so

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            kschangposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Did you start to make a "shooter's notebook" yet?
            
            Record every shot, range (you can buy a laser rangefinder), your estimate (before you cheat with the rangefinder), windage, temp, humidity, exact bullet used (they *do* matter), time of day, direction of travel, and so on and so forth.
            
            You can find tables for stuff like that for popular bullets, and how to apply them to your scope. (That's ballistics) 
            
            You can get app or calculator to do that, but again, doing it on paper makes sure you actually KNOW what to do instead of just going through the motions.

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            kschangposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Here are a few links to get you started:
            
            http://www.chuckhawks.com/index2d.rifles.htm
            
            scroll down to bullets and ballistics

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      Pandoras Boxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Just in case you want to shoot your spouse. Must calculate proper amount of distance nd appropriate ball size.

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   Pandoras Boxposted 14 years ago

   Your spouse. Can't beat that level of motivation.

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   Pandoras Boxposted 14 years ago

   You don't want blood on your clothes.

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   Pandoras Boxposted 14 years ago

   Oh just shoot the fuckers already.

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   habeeposted 14 years ago

   I can't help. I enjoy skeet shooting.

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      Pandoras Boxposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      No blood, no fun!

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   readytoescapeposted 14 years ago

   Thank you for your service
   
   One simple answer you already know, Re-enlist and sign up for Army or Marine Corp Sniper School.
   
   Option Two is apply your service experience and go to the Police Academy and then SWAT Training.
   
   Option Three is go to work for a Private Security Company and get the training there.

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