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6br 105 class bullet. If you are looking to shoot a inch or less off the bench at 300, what would you expect at 100 if that's all the yardage you have to practice?
ty Don

 

[Bc'z]

A dot

 

[Homerange]

Half inch or better.
From 100-300 all manner of things can improve or wreck grouping.

 

[ogre1911]

A dot

This. Should not look like a five leaf clover

 

[dstoenner]

Centerfire is pretty linear with respect to group size vs distance. So you would need .33 or less at 100. One ragged hole

David

 

[BKA]

Centerfire is pretty linear with respect to group size vs distance. So you would need .33 or less at 100. One ragged hole

David

Mathematically, this is correct without the conditions factored in the equation. Wind and mirage will behave a little different when going from 100 to 300.

 

[6BRA]

From 200 to 300 is a different world!

 

[M-61]

Wind and mirage will behave a little different when going from 100 to 300.

Yes. And you may not know it.
Enjoy the 100 yard. I sure do. And unlike what seems to be a vast majority on this site, that’s all (100) that’s available to me within reason.
Banging out some groups in the 1’s is a task at 100

 

[Doom]

Your question really boils down to two questions. The rifle and ammunition need to be capable of about the .33 MOA consistently at 100yd. To do that the shooter needs to be that good or better at 100 yds and capable of reading wind and mirage at 300yds where the environmental factors are coming into play.

The 6BR is going to be an excellent, accurate rifle at that limited range. I don't know your experience level but you may find that working with a good 22LR rifle at 100-200yds may help develop the shooter side of the accuracy equation if you need to work on that. Because the bullet is in the rifle for so long it tends to highlight any flaws in the shooters execution.

 

[boltfluter]

You need to be in the 1's at 100 to have a shot at 1" groups at 300. Outside factors make this a very real challenge! Good luck.
Paul

 

[marchx]

I shoot 1/3 moa with 6br at 100m for a 5 shot group on a calm weather.
At 300m I shoot a 4.5 cm 5 shot group on a calm weather(!) and no mirage (!).

 

[K22]

Keep in mind, at 300 yards shooter error and the effects of environment will be magnified at 300 yards compared to 100 yards.

If you want to be proficient at 300 yards, then my best advice is to shoot at 300 yards and learn to read the wind and mirage.

 

[Webster]

Keep in mind, at 300 yards shooter error and the effects of environment will be magnified at 300 yards compared to 100 yards.

If you want to be proficient at 300 yards, then my best advice is to shoot at 300 yards and learn to read the wind and mirage.

This is way above my ability. Depends on how small of groups you need (hunting or competing?) Regardless of the distance you cannot aways wait for some ideal wind or mirage condition to repeat. If there is a wind change from a certain direction how much do you hold off and in what direction. The best shooters understand this. You will have bad scores if you don't learn how to hold off. You cannot aim at the same place on the target and wait for some condition to repeat. Sometimes it may work.

 

[mikecr]

I'm a weird folk who shoots tighter (in MOA) at distance.
It happens (for me) that I shoot about the same MOA at 300 and beyond as 100,, and terrible at 200.
I think it's my eyes/glasses.

So I do all workups at 200. When I shoot good there, I'm better at any other range.

 

[LCazador]

I do a lot of testing at a range close by at a100 yards. Not so much for group size but for ES, wind, and atmospheric conditions. If I can average high 1's or low 2's on group I then head out to the 300-500 yard range. Keep in mind that if a bullet moves a half inch in a 5-7 mile an hour wind at a hundred it will move 2 inches at 300.

 

[Tim Singleton]

you do really need to be 1s to zero groups at 100

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

It hasn't gotten easier, as I get older, to shoot 1" groups at 300. Hunting with a thermal at night has reduced my long range shooting also. "Shooting is a perishable skill, gunny". More apparent as the target gets further away.

 

[Texas Solo]

I like to be in the .1's at 100.
The 2 shots on right were sighters, then 5 for group.
6 Dasher

 

[Chiquita]

I like to be in the .1's at 100.
The 2 shots on right were sighters, then 5 for group.
6 DasherView attachment 1656939

I can't get a hole like that with one shot, let alone with 5.

 

[M-61]

100 yards