Fortunately for the sake of this argument there’s a fella I went to college with who is just in love with ELR, and filthy rich lol. I think he had half the university rebuilt while we were there just to help out (chemistry building and some other stuff.) ANYWAY…. I have access to a ton of land and we have tried similar shots with similar results. He had in “intervention” system I believe it was called. Not really my thing. He did make the comment that he could have bought his girlfriend a new SUV for what he had in the gun and ranging/wind reading/GPS equipment.

If you had read my post more thoroughly, you might have noted that I said “it’s more of a coincidence than an accomplishment.”

FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCES…. Shooting at that range is completely impractical and for exactly the reason you stated (a test barrel in a mechanical rest etc etc).

If you think that by no brainer I meant it was easy, then no. I simply meant that he was bound to score a hit eventually once he got in the ball park…. Which admittedly happened after a couple dozen plus rounds.

Hope this clears things up.

With all due respect, sir, you simply do not have a clue. If you can get your hands on a rangefinder that will range out to 3600, find a 36″ diameter feature and then put your scope on it. The cross hairs alone will likely obscure it, much less any movement at your end allowing you to keep “on” the target. A test barrel in a mechanical rest would be hard pressed to consistently engaged that size target at that distance AFTER its first hit. When you’ve tried to make that shot come back and tell us if you still think it’s a “no brainer”.

But… If he’s happy I’m happy for him.