What in the heck is bracketing?
In this episode I talk to Bill Rabbit about using bracketing range a target. If you do your homework, bracketing can be a great tool for determining distance for those far targets!
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@deadeyenc Phillip, The God father of bracketing is Scott Hull in the U.S. He got me into it in 2012. Back in those days prone shooting was very much alive in Hunter class. The biggest necessity to be a proficient bracketeer is to be very steady and focused. The prone position use to be about as steady as it gets in my opinion. Secondly being able to get a good read on the targets and count those little mil dots while not moving. (Not that easy) The better glass your scope has also helps. Scott use to do most of his damage with very low end scopes in the $100 range. Bracketing is a good verifier for those long shots that our scope can't range well. Anyone shooting FT with a mildot / Moa scope can get some help using it. You can even use it when actually hunting. Most Range masters don't like bracketing. Frankly, all the targets or blocks should be pointed directly back at the shooting position but about 50% of those that setup the match like to play games with angles and piling grass and limbs to hide the bracketing opportunity. At many big events the Open and WFTF classes use the big glass and don't really need it as a tool. The hunter class could really improve their scores by practicing it but holding our class back has always been there.
Bottom line you still have to make the shot but knowing the yardage is almost as important as mastering the wind. Most of us are still working on that!
I would just like to comment that I have the greatest respect for Bill Rabbit as a Field Target shooter and all around Great guy.
I mention Scott Hull as an excellent long time FT shooter with National FT Titles in both Hunter PCP and Hunter Springer. I also believe he owns a National or two in Open Springer class that has since disappeared. His experience with Bracketing has mostly been with low end optics that the everyday Hunter shooter could afford. Not a high end Optic built by Nightforce. All though the principle is the same the optics makes the big difference.
