This is Dave Tubb’s approach to long range rifle shooting for hunting and is one of the least innovative of the “Extreme Accuracy” video series.
He uses a rifle chambered in an over-powered wildcat cartridge and only uses a carry strap wrapped in hasty sling fashion or shooting sticks. There are some good shooting demonstrations but there was a number of hunting/field marksmanship issues ignored. He shoots watermelons standing unsupported (ugh, plinker nonsense!) and uses a steel ram target from Silhouette competition for the long range demos. Shot placement and target angle on real game animals is ignored. Tubb is an excellent marksman and his demonstrations further prove that but there are important field shooting issues not talked about here. Not to worry, most hunters don’t understand them either.
The most valuable section in here is when Tubb demonstrates the effects of different holds and the point of impact changes one can see when zeroing from a bench and then going to a held position. Even a champion rifle shooter using a custom rifle can’t trust a zero from the bench without testing it from a real, held shooting position.
Lesson learned: Hunters, get away from the damn bench rest!
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Jul 11, 2012 @ 14:31:47
This is so very try, I put over 300 hunters on deer, elk, antelope, bear and so on and that has a lot to do in which direction has the least resistant when the rifle begins recoiling. This direction is different on a hard surface, soft surface, sitting, kneeling and standing in hunting shooting position. The difference between target and hunting is a 8 ring shot will still kill a deer, even though in target shooting a 8 ring will put you 2 point behind your opponet which in closing, you may get the deer but not the trophy for high shooter.
In closing it is always important to shoot the best that you can, hunting or target shooting. I recommend shooting from the bench for accuracy and knowing that the rifle is sighted in correctly. Then get away from the bench and take time building you hunting enviorment shooting. prone, sitting, kneeling and standing. These skills and shooting accurately are what hunting is all about. I agree with Mr Tubbs “Get away from the bench” when you are shooting in preparation for shooting.
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Jul 11, 2012 @ 22:53:23
Bought this video at least ten years ago and wondered why a guy at his level had never heard of the speed loop Ching Sling. Agree on the “hit the steel anywhere” bit, let’s see some hits in the heart/lung area! Although, I will be the first to admit Tubb was never looking in trepidation over his shoulder at me at a highpower match.
I’m not a fan of long-range big game shooting. There are a very few who can bring it off responsibly, and a bunch more that can’t, but still sling lead way out there and never know if they missed or wounded an animal. And the latter will always thump their chests and spout outrage that their better-than-Hathcock marksmanship skills and freedom to irresponsibly wound deer/elk are being questioned (the ones that really are that good, don’t spout, and if any spouters spout at me, you will be resolutely ignored).
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Jul 12, 2012 @ 13:28:23
Nothing beats shooting your hunting rifle with a sufficient amount of varried ammo to determine what brand, load, bullet weight, etc. results in the very best group, hopefully 2 m.o.a. or less at 200 meters, with that rifle. That would likely be accomplished from a bench or supported prone position. That should be followed by practice in the field in the position(s) and distances most likely to be encountered on the hunt. Hopefully you will achieve a decent group or will keep practicing until you do. An ethical hunter will not attempt a shot at ranges that exceed his ability and that of the equipment in his hands to make a one-shot kill. As the outlaw,Josey Wales, said—“A man’s got to know his limitations.”
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Jul 13, 2012 @ 22:28:12
Actually James, that was Dirty Harry Callahan who said that, I think it was in “Magnum Force”.
Spot-on with everything else though!
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Nov 22, 2012 @ 09:27:41
any time u are cleaning your rifle you alyaws use a cleaning patch to run trough your barrel then u look through the barrel and if u still see carbon [little black things in your barrel] then u need to do it again keep this up till you don’t see anything in your barrel.now making sure u have a good zero means that the bullet hits were u aim [where your cross hairs meet most ppl make that 100 yards but it depends on your cal. and the trajectory of your round]the reason is because sometimes you can knock off your zero while cleaning.also i have head that for high precision wepons there zero can be off because of a really clean barrel so the fbi has this lube or stray that helps that and it helps with your cold bore shot to but that is what i have heard dont know if it is trueany way u should alyaws check your zero before u hunt just so u know it is on.take it easy
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