How to accurately measure target distance

[bigred6695]

My shooting range is limited to 1000 yards, so i'm planning to head out in open country and set up my own targets. At the moment i only have a 1000 yard range finder. If i wanted to set a target at say 1500 yards, or a mile, can i use my garmin gps to accurately do so? What methods do you use?

 

[theLBC]

setup a target at 1000, and then 500 from that spot?

 

[Steel head]

Out to 1200ish you can pretty accurately range targets with your reticle if you know target size.
I did that for almost a decade before I got a range finder.

A gps or app will get you close enough at a mile.

 

[bigred6695]

Awesome, thanks!

 

[bunny too]

Awesome, thanks!

Just have your footman, vassals or gunbearer pace off the distance.

 

[paulwardd]

Gps should get you the correct distance +- 1yd, 2 or 3 at max assuming you can click at the actual precise spot on the map you and the target are

 

[86alaskan]

with a good range finder I like to range from the target back to the shooting point. granted, my shooting point actually has the broad side of a barn, but it makes it so you don't have to nail a 10" target at 800yds with a laser. maybe leave a vehicle parking at your shooting point and laser it, or something like that.