Having spent some thirty four odd weeks in Stickledown butts I can confirm that, at 9-1200x the marker hears crack/ thump - being sonic crack of bullet passing overhead at 900 and 1000 then thump, ( more a gentle bump) as bullet hits the sand, followed - some time later by the dull boom of the rifle.1066 wrote:Can you actually hear a rifle shot from 600 yds when you are in the butts? (I'm usually like a coiled spring waiting for the splash in the sand :) )
When you fire at long range you often hear, from the firing point, the echo of the sonic crack of the bullet as it reverberates back from the target face - I have never timed it, but that sound is always welcome when I fire my first sighter!
