Target Shooter 1

shooter and equipment are
capable of producing ~5”
(half-MOA) 1,000yd groups
in the absence of any wind,
which is extremely good.
The results in Figure 5
show the same information
as Figure 4 (prone target),
but the first thing to notice is
that the average score has
dropped by 12 points. This
is expected, but what may
come as a surprise is that
the advantage conferred
by a higher BC bullet isn’t
much more profound. Only
four points separated the
best and worst on the prone
target, while this has now
only risen to five in F-Class.
Figure 6 wind reading ability
as in the prone
scenario (95% of
crosswind calls within +/- 2 mph), but
we’ll tighten up the precision a bit for
the F-class shooter. We’ll assume both
Why is that? Well, think
about how a target works.
It measures accuracy
using scoring rings, so
increasing the number of
rings improves its ability
to resolve a difference in
accuracy / ballistic
performance. To look
at it another way, an
accuracy improvement is
more likely to register on
a target with more rings
because the area of the
target is broken up into
finer segments. The F-class
target has one more ring
than the prone version, so
it’s only slightly better at
resolving differences in
accuracy, especially
outside of the additional ring,
or 10-inches or more from
the centre. Beyond the 20”
circle, the rings are the
same size, only worth
one point less. That’s
why the average score
goes down so much, but the
difference between best and worst performers
only increases a little. (The difference between
British F-Class and NRA TR target ring-sizes/
positions is greater – Editor)
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