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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Mike, the appeal lies in having a rifle capable of making very small groups at considerable distances. I got my first taste of marksmanship in Scouts, earning my merit badge from a member of the Fort Lewis Army Pistol Team. I found shooting good scores to be quite satisfying. Many years later, I participated in "light varmint" matches out to 600 yards on a shooting range built in 1942 along with Camp White, Oregon, to train the 91st Infantry for combat in World War II. One of those match organizers, a Vietnam vet, took me under his wing and let me shoot his benchrest rifle, a 6mm BR built on a Kelbly action, at 100 yards and I had the great satisfaction of shooting a "bughole" group of five shots in .16 inch. The Ruger rifle is likely not capable of accuracy as fine as this as it comes from the factory, but there are guys out there putting three shots on steel at 1,000 yards that you could cover with a credit card.
I find this to be both challenging and intriguing, and the general concept of shooting for accuracy has appealed to a very steady segment of American males since before the days of Ned Roberts to the golden days of the Creedmoor range on Long Island to the schuetzen era to Camp Perry to here. Apparently this segment of the "gun crank" population is poorly represented in Florida for some reason unknown to me.

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Originally posted by Beretta682E:
Near impossible to shoot long distance. My range is 300 yards max.