Accurate Yardages

[Dan Cash]

When you go to a gong match, how accurate do you expect the posted yardages to be? Spot on or about?
Dan

[Old Jim]

Mostly, about, I guess. I try to get enough shots on target to make me ready, no matter the posted distance. At the ranges I visit, even the recorded sight-settings from previous years can be different by a couple of min. or more .

Jim

[dag]

About. So long as about is within 30 or so yards one way or the other. I was at a shoot where the about was so poor the first shots could not be seen in the scope, made for alot of wasted shots trying to get a proper sight setting.

[Don McDowell]

I like for them to be as close as possible, realizing that 10-15 yds one way or the other won't make alot of difference.

[knobsmt]

close as possible is best ..some range finders read differnt than others ..

[Dan Cash]

Thanks for your input, fellows. Last year our target ranges at the Badlands shoot were posted as close as we could get them with a measuring wheel. This year, they are set by GPS. Our about was not too bad but it is better now.

[bobw]

Leica Vector IV's, lazer rangefinding binos', nicest optics I ever have used and accurate. Only cost ~$3000 or so. Yeah as much as a new Shiloh but really serious glass. bobw

[Rick Mulhern]

Google Earth....is right on the money!! You'll have to allow for upgrade or downgrade shooting!

[Kurt]

My Garmin eTrex GPS gives me an accuracy of 8' outside in the clear no matter what the distance is.

[chaneylake]

I have never been to a match but my yardages at my home range are spot on, within .01 of a foot, I am a retired Registered Land Surveyor, lol