What you said is not true. Prove that it is. The onus is not on everybody else to disprove your wild claims, but on you to prove and support them with evidence and reasonable logic. Unfortunately reason and logic are typically the result of experience, which is something you haven't given us any reason to believe that you have, so your claims are without credibility or authority. How many animals have you killed beyond 400 yards? How often to you shoot targets beyond that distance? Do you own any purpose-built rifles set up for LR shooting?
On average, long-range shooters put more time, primers, and preparation into LR shots, and miss or wound less than average-Joe short-range shooters who shoot a couple boxes of ammo a year and take whatever shot they are offered, including running shots. These same average-Joe shooters tend not to wound at long range, they miss entirely. To use a line from your book- prove me wrong. But try using reason and evidence this time. I'll agree with you that most self-proclaimed LR shooters are over-equipped and under-prepared, as are most average Joe hunters, but there is a group of proficient LR shooters, and many of them hang out in this very forum.
