So, I had forgotten a friend I worked with was a competitive benchrest shooter, he took me out to the range yesterday to work on long-range shooting.

WOW, as you state, "Tim K", I learned more yesterday morning shooting with someone like that then I'd probably have learned on my own in year!

Suffice it to say, by the end of a few hours I was making consistent and repeatable shots out to 500 meters hitting center mass in about a 12" diameter of a human-sized target we had set-up! I know for some of you thats nothing, 500 meters, but for me it was a big deal as a few days earlier I was shooting out to 300 meters and it really was just a huge wag about what I was doing. So to be able to consistently and repeatedly hit a target 200 more meters than I was able to shoot a few days earlier and understand some factors that goes into making those shots was really informative.

This was from a bench shooting bulk reman. ammo. using a rear sandbag.

I'm not saying, "I know it all" now, nor that I'd be able to hit the same target in different conditions, Just saying I enjoyed it and really got me interested in doing more of this! Being an engineer I really like the trying to figure out the bullet drop, windage, and all that the things it takes leading up to and taking the shot. Again, I'm throwing those words out there, only because I was told those are important, not that I know how to use them yet.

So we've made plans to go out more to help me learn more about this!