{"id":6237,"date":"2017-03-08T13:47:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T13:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=6237"},"modified":"2017-03-08T13:47:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T13:47:25","slug":"rifle-ranges-and-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=6237","title":{"rendered":"Rifle Ranges and Gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warlordgames.com\/ranges-in-bolt-action\/?utm_source=Warlord+Games+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=17572fdab2-Warlord_Games_Wednesday_hobby_8_March_2017_USA&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_b7e928b4ed-17572fdab2-132981901&amp;mc_cid=17572fdab2&amp;mc_eid=54c0f06c32\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> on the Warlord site very good. \u00a0I always greatly curtail weapon ranges from their theoretical maximum when designing rules. \u00a0Typically, I use 25% of maximum effective range. \u00a0My only quibble with this article is that the term effective range IS defined: \u00a0it is the distance at which an average marksman has a 50% chance of hitting a man-sized target. \u00a0What is an &#8220;average marksman&#8221; 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