I used to be a pretty serious varmint hunter, and I played around a bit with Garand shoots, and, for a while, a Colt Match Target AR. Thought I could shoot pretty well-not championship level, but certainly competitive. My #1 nephew, in his 40’s, has been shooting Precision Rifle for several years-never really paid attention until I saw a video of him at a match. 4 inch target at 800 yards. 4 shots on target from four different positions in 120 seconds
,and you don’t move to the next position until you hit. I watched him run a course in 109 seconds. Dang, that is Fast and Accurate. Now granted, he’s using a special rifle and a weird 6 mm cartridge that he’s got big $$$$$ in and a scope that set him back more than $4k, but dang. That is Serious Shooting. If I was 40 years younger I’d like to try it (though I dunno if I’d ever have spent that serious of $$ on any rifle). At this match they had a Marine scout Sniper stationed at Lejune who competed. When it was over he talked to the nephew (2nd) and the winner. He said “wow, that was something. Never thought I’d get smoked by a dentist (1st) and a plumber (nephew).” Cool stuff!
,and you don’t move to the next position until you hit. I watched him run a course in 109 seconds. Dang, that is Fast and Accurate. Now granted, he’s using a special rifle and a weird 6 mm cartridge that he’s got big $$$$$ in and a scope that set him back more than $4k, but dang. That is Serious Shooting. If I was 40 years younger I’d like to try it (though I dunno if I’d ever have spent that serious of $$ on any rifle). At this match they had a Marine scout Sniper stationed at Lejune who competed. When it was over he talked to the nephew (2nd) and the winner. He said “wow, that was something. Never thought I’d get smoked by a dentist (1st) and a plumber (nephew).” Cool stuff!
