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Shooting a rifle is one skill set.

Determining how conditions will affect the bullet flight, and correcting for those things is a lot tougher. It requires in depth knowledge of exterior ballistics of the round used, as well as a lot of experience shooting LR in various conditions.

There's a reason "trigger monkey" is a common nickname in some two-man teams.