will a hunting rifle compete with a heavy target

Should be no problem, every Browning I've shot was a good shooter. Do some 5 shot groups 100. The only thing I see a problem is good over, most hunting scopes are not ment to use the turrets to much. What cartridge is yours

My remington 700 sporter in .308 is good for 3 rounds in fairly rapid order.
The .308 medium heavy is good for about 30 before it gets cranky.

The m700 223 sporter is good for about 10
My ruger predator maybe ~15, then patterns
The m700 PSS kept trucking along at the 40 round mark

It should be ok if only for 5 rounds.

Musicianized said:

Im mainly hunting but every year we do a 400 yard range shoot for $5 a target just for fun.

Im just wondering if my xbolt hunter will be able to compete with 5 shots at each target then a cool down..

I can still get the long range but its not as practical for hunting.

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few questions.
What kind of accuracy are you getting at the farthest you've shot your rifle?
What kind of accuracy are competing against? (what type of shooting also I guess, hitting a plate, shooting s group?)
What does your rifle do as it heats?

And primarily, do you care if you win or is it just for fun?

You could probably buy Hornday ammunition and win your event quite easily.
400 yards is a chip shot for a 6.5 Creedmoor.
Anyone who says they shoot one hole group at 100 with anything less than a 30 Br or a 6 ppc.. Bet um double and whoop they’re ass.
J

Some will some won't, it depends on the accuracy of your particular rifle, you as a shooter and your ammo. My 700 sps will to a point 10 rounds gets it pretty hot. I don't like to shoot more than 5 without a significant cool down.

Musicianized said:

The guy that wont last year has a $5000custom sporting a nightforce . Hes the hard one to beat.

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How about a competitioneasureing group size verses cost of the rifle. Bet you win every time.

Watch your wind flags and open a can of whoop Azz on them pilgrims

I would expect your equipment to be able to allow you to compete reasonably well.
Against an experienced and capable distance shooter, using a purpose built bench rifle, your going to need practice and luck to win.

Your equipment WILL put you as a disadvantage, slight tho it maybe, simply because a dedicated fixed position rifle will be easier to shoot than a sporter (no matter how accurate it is). Where you can make it up is with practice at reading conditions, and delivering consistent performance.

There are many different categories of organized target shooting and competition. Some are specifically for hunting type rifles, such as Hunter Class Silhouette matches, with rules specifying "as factory" issue weight and dimensions. Silhouette shooting requires five shots in 2-1/2 minutes, fired at four different ranges up to 500M. Here is a more or less typical rifle fired in high power Hunter Class competition: Remington 700 in .260 Rem. caliber.

LoonWulf said:

I would expect your equipment to be able to allow you to compete reasonably well.
Against an experienced and capable distance shooter, using a purpose built bench rifle, your going to need practice, and luck, to win.

Your equipment WILL put you as a disadvantage, slight tho it maybe, simply because a dedicated fixed position rifle will be easier to shoot than a sporter (no matter how accurate it is). Where you can make it up is with practice at reading conditions, and delivering consistent performance.

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it can be done the indian has to be better than the arrow.

Offfhand said:

There are many different categories of organized target shooting and competition. Some are specifically for hunting type rifles, such as Hunter Class Silhouette matches, with rules specifying "as factory" issue weight and dimensions. Silhouette shooting requires five shots in 2-1/2 minutes, fired at four different ranges up to 500M. Here is a more or less typical rifle fired in high power Hunter Class competition: Remington 700 in .260 Rem. caliber.View attachment 885711

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Nice looking rifle.

You could always see if he'll give you a handicap of .5 moa. That should even the odds.

stillquietvoice said:

it can be done the indian has to be better than the arrow.

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Agreed.
In this in this case I think it's an up hill battle when competing against something built specifically for that game tho. It doesn't sound like there's any division of equipment, like @Offfhand is talking about.

Again not saying it can't be done, or that equipment is the most important thing. Just that the playing field certainly isn't level.

LoonWulf said:

Agreed.
In this in this case I think it's an up hill battle when competing against something built specifically for that game tho. It doesn't sound like there's any division of equipment, like @Offfhand is talking about.

Again not saying it can't be done, or that equipment is the most important thing. Just that the playing field certainly isn't level.

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I agree

It ain't always the rifle. Here's a Mosin with open sights at 800 yards. Shoot your rifle. Know how it adjusts as it heats up and you should fair well.

Sounds like a fun time btw. I wish I had a group of guys to do some shooting like that!

The accuracy in hunting rifles has been there for decades. Granted we had to carefully reload and sometimes bed to get it but sub the moa hunting rifles were there. It's the out of the box accuracy that has everyone all google eyed these days. Plug and play accuracy the trend these days.

Certainly the rifles these days are more accurate out of the box. The ones that get the best accuracy reviews weigh 10-12 pounds. A hunting rifle (or shotgun) much over 7 pounds is not a pleasant carry for me unless for dangerous game. It's kind of not a fair fight to compare a 7 pound hunting rifle to a 10-12 rifle of any type.