Originally Posted by
rjacobs
One thing that i know is an issue, a mental issue, is at close ranges ~100 yards, and guys are shooting groups they have scopes dialed to max magnification and you can see an ant on the target. You throw in the natural movements of the gun due to breathing, heart beat, etc... that are amplified and peoples attempt to pull the trigger in the exact same 1mm x 1mm POA every time as the cross hairs move around the target leads to pulled shots, yanked triggers, etc... causing less than great accuracy.
Move out to 500 yards and you now cant see the ant on the target as your aim point so you relax quite a bit, focus more on the shooting fundamentals(away from breaking the shot on your 1mm x 1mm POA) and you magically shoot tighter...
I have to generally purposely not dial scopes to max at 100 yards in order to avoid this and have shot some of my better groups at 100 using low power(6x in my case on my long range precision guns 6-24). I focus more on fundamentals vs. anticipating the cross hairs and trying to break the shot just right.
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