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From AccurateShooter.com
"In our Shooters’ Forum, there was an discussion about a range that was threatened with closure because rifle over-shoots were hitting a farm building over two miles from the firing line. "
"How many degrees of muzzle elevation do you think it would take to hit a barn at 3000 yards? Ten Degrees? Twenty Degrees? Actually the answer is much less — for a typical hunting cartridge, five to seven degrees of up-angle on the rifle is enough to create a trajectory that will have your bullet impacting at 3000 yards — that’s 1.7 miles away!"
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I concur with the other member on here. While I can't knock you for wanting to be 100% safe with no possibility for anything going wrong, just the fact that your wielding a weapon, already increases your risk. Someone could be trespassing on your property just a mile back (or closer!)
Anyways, I think at the end of the day that as long as the only people shooting are those that you trust to shoot follow all the gun rules and you have a good backstop, there shouldn't be an issue. Your finger should NOT be on the trigger until you are aiming directly at the target you intend to destroy. Have I had a ND in the sense that it surprised me? Sure, more than a few times. It usually happens when I get used to a weapon with a very heavy trigger and then go to one of my light trigger rifles. However, before my finger is on the trigger I'm always aiming at what I want to destroy. So the only negative consequence of those ND is that the shot drifts an inch away from bullseye( from jerking the trigger). It's not one of those 'oh it slipped my mind scenarios'. You rifle should NEVER be 5 degrees titled and your finger even close to the trigger. If by some freak chain of events it is, I see that as possible as a freak chain of events leading to a ND in my own home , or while cleaning the firearm, or holstering or etc...