I have a local friend who went to a "Long Range Shooting" day at our nearby range. He shot a .338 Lapua belonging to one of the guys who were demonstrating how it's done. They ranged an 800-yard gong and Kestreled the wind, then punched the numbers into a program and clicked the scope.
My friend shot at the gong a couple of time (from a bench) and hit it both times. Now he is all excited about being a long-range shooter. His only two problems are that it's a 20" gong (2.5 MOA at 800) and he doesn't want to spend more than maybe $150 for a "tactical" variable that goes up to 20x or so. I believe he is going to mount it on one of the rifles he has in the closet, none of which he's ever shot beyond 200 yards, but hey, with a 20" gong it may not matter....
