longspurr
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A local range was having a deer sight in weekend. As part of that they had a Running Deer target. For those that wanted to try their hand at this it was a eye opener.
Range 70 yds., target speed approx 6 mph. This is a full sized broadside deer target . First run is right to left, 2nd run is left to right.
Some folks get off 3 shots, some only 1 shot. Talking to a range officer some interesting things come up. Of all the shots he saw 15-20% are vital zone hits. Twice this are hits somewhere on the deer. The rest are hits on target – but not on the deer.
Popular rifles. Lever actions almost all Marlin. Said he only saw 1 Winchester. 30 30 most common. Bolt actions, Browning most common followed by Remington, followed by savage. Sprinkling of Wwll military rifles. More SKS.
Lots of Remington auto's & some pumps. Saw some others – BAR, Remington mod 8.....
30 cal overwhelmingly most common.
Almost everyone fired offhand.
My take on this is almost NO ONE should shoot at a moving deer. Those of us on this board are hopefully excluded from this blanket recommendation.
Range 70 yds., target speed approx 6 mph. This is a full sized broadside deer target . First run is right to left, 2nd run is left to right.
Some folks get off 3 shots, some only 1 shot. Talking to a range officer some interesting things come up. Of all the shots he saw 15-20% are vital zone hits. Twice this are hits somewhere on the deer. The rest are hits on target – but not on the deer.
Popular rifles. Lever actions almost all Marlin. Said he only saw 1 Winchester. 30 30 most common. Bolt actions, Browning most common followed by Remington, followed by savage. Sprinkling of Wwll military rifles. More SKS.
Lots of Remington auto's & some pumps. Saw some others – BAR, Remington mod 8.....
30 cal overwhelmingly most common.
Almost everyone fired offhand.
My take on this is almost NO ONE should shoot at a moving deer. Those of us on this board are hopefully excluded from this blanket recommendation.