As I mentioned above, certain kinds of terrain make spotting misses with smaller bullets at extended distance (2000 meters, 1610 meters, 1000 meters, and even 500 meters with challenging background conditions) very difficult. By no means am I saying you can always spot your misses at a mile with small bullets. I’ve shot at a mile and beyond in various types of terrain, with various chamberings and bullets.
I’m simply pointing out that the OP seemed to be able to see his splash in the dirt (in his AO) with a 139 Scenar at a mile just fine, so a bigger bullet isn’t needed to spot his misses. Needing a bigger gun isn’t the problem.
