Royal27
AH ambassador
Most of us have limited practice range space. However, a way to "extend" that range is to shoot at smaller targets from the same 100 meter line. Truthfully, on most African game, a shot into a paper plate at 100 yards is good enough. Consistently do the same thing with a salad plate at 100 and you are now hitting that original paper plate at 200.
One other point - and this is the old soldier in me speaking. Dry firing is almost as good as actual range work. If you don't already do so, practice calling the shot. With time you will know within an inch where a bullet struck before looking through the spotting scope. When you can do that, then calling the shot dry firing is a great way to develop trigger control from the sticks.
Redleg's two points are incredibly good advice and advice that I've followed with great success in the past. I'm personally comfortable shooting at a deer sized or bigger animal out to 250 yards or so and I almost never get to shoot past 100 yards here at home, but I do practice with smaller targets.
And as I don't get to shoot as often as I'd like I also put the sticks and my rifle in my bathroom (big open area) and "shoot" out the window. I've even used snap caps and done reloading and firing drills this way. Don't do the snap cap drills with the wife in the bedroom just feet away as you're ejecting snap caps across the room. Don't ask me how I know this!
The other thing for me personally is scope magnification. I leave it low and practice that way. The cross hairs obviously wiggle around more at a higher magnification and personally I'm much more likely to jerk the trigger when the magnification is high. The target doesn't become bigger with magnification even if it seems that way. 3x at 200 yards isn't a big deal once you are used to it.