Poll: 200 yard shot placement

[thorborg]

I don't use iron sights much any more. I couldn't see a dime size spot at 200 yards either but I don't shoot at targets with a dime size spot on it that has no other reference. I typically make a "+" using 8" to 10" lines of 3/4" blue masking tape on a 18 x 24" white art tablet paper. I can easily see the + at 200 but I typically shoot at 300. Finding the centroid of the + is then not a challenge, hitting it wasn't either, at least up until a few years ago. But I'm still well within the kill zone!
Even looking to shoot small game in the head I'm aiming at the center of something larger. A lot different than shooting at a dime size spot. I have some game type targets that have a series of about 1/2" dots to be hit in certain order, but they are on 8 1/2 x 11 size paper designed for pistols and won't work for me @ 200 yards without a scope.

 

[OrPackrat]

Considering I've never shot an M1, I'll just say no...

 

[rjmt]

back in the Day (1992) when i was shooting my NM M1 Garand with Douglas 6 grove barrel every week for NRA competition, I could with hand loaded 168 gn SMK, loaded in IMI cases
prone off the mat with a tight NM leather sling in a shooting jacket with a hook on the shoulder to retain my tight sling
but I was practicing sight picture and trigger release every day

 

[rjmt]

back in the Day (1992) when i was shooting my NM M1 Garand with Douglas 6 grove barrel every week for NRA competition, I could with hand loaded 168 gn SMK, loaded in IMI cases
prone off the mat with a tight NM leather sling in a shooting jacket with a hook on the shoulder to retain my tight sling
but I was practicing sight picture and trigger release every day

in full disclosure, still have that target in my range book and it was only a 5 shot group of .78", not .50
it was on a standard NRA 200 yrd target, but the group was low and right on the X ring
the GI issue M1 Garand is only a 3 MOA rifle on a good day

 

[osprey]

Op implies hitting a 1/2 inch target at 200yds not shooting a 1/2 moa group. At least that as how I interpret it. As many have pointed out, that small of a target cannot be seen with the naked eye at that distance so hitting it is pretty much a blind squirrel finding a nut.

 

[WillametteWill]

If I can shoot at a blank sheet of paper at 200 yards, then yes, where I hit with a 30 cal will be within 1/2"

.308 < .500

It's science

 

[beaston93]

using only irons? or do we get an optic with it.

 

[matts]

My bullets are all that diameter or smaller, so no problem
One shot one kill.

 

[crospr]

Thank You for the humor.

 

[boattail]

no

 

[bionic knees]

Don't know that I have ever shot an M-1. Cant remember the last time I shot anything , iron sites. Like riding a bika isnt it?

 

[TTSX]

even if "I" could do it, I doubt the rifle could. That's almost 1/4 moa and no company will guarantee that level of precision. Certainly not with surplus.

 

[joefung630]

my m1 garand from wwii goes bang every time.