Long Range Shooting

[BlackStreak 498]

i think from memory a 338 lap round of any quality over hear would be about £7-9 ($14 ish) if you could source them but any one with the head to get a rifle built would be rooling their own

ive always reloaded my ammo for the.223 ...243..22-250 and the 300wim mag but i only had the win for a little while i bought 100 ppu ammo FMJ realy cheap just to get used to the gun and ended up reloading it (as a side note varget is not soo good for the .300!) and used it on the hinds and forestry stage for a season. running about 180grn ..then just before i sold it i had a play about with some lighter bullets and higher fps and used it for foxing a couple of times...the splat factor was shocking with 150 grain nostlers and 150 grain powerpoints at 3200 ish fps from memory

it seems the cost of shooting in the us is a lot less than the uk :/ the cost of a good supply and re-barrel in the uk would run to about £1000 ($1700 ISH)

one day i may get back into it hopfuly,

as a side note its great that no one has jumped on to the whole anti-longrange hunting craic!

 

 

 

 

I was wondering how the long range game would go over here on this forum also. I am very pleasantly surprised that no one has but hopefully they will not and this will remain a positive thread.

Seems just by a quick comparison that the cost for such gunsmith work and reloading supplies is at least double the cost for yall. That's really sad to hear as i thought our cost was pretty expensive. Our cost has risen pretty good over the past 7 years and some common ammo such as 22 rimfire is pretty hard to find still. Likewise on powder, primers and bullets at various times. I thought i had a decent supply but it got so bad here that i had to totally quit practicing for a few years so i wouldn't find myself with nothing in my cabinets.

[BlackStreak 498]

Hello Deker, your right about it being fairly easy when your with someone who it's easy for and has good equipment. I've taken a few people out that have never shot long distance before and let them shoot after me with my equipment. In such cases they usually shoot no more than 2 times and will have rang the steel at 1000 yards.

Making the leap from 1000 yards to a mile is not to bad but I guess I kinda did it a couple hundred yards at a time though and had a rifle built specificly for shooting at such distance. My purpose in doing such extreme long range shooting is so i would be more proficient at making the 1 shot kills when hunting. Since i dont practice like i used to, i make the most of what little practice i do do. I have my disks set up in different places and when i drive in to the pastures, i will on occasion stop somewhere, range a target thats say 861 yards, check the atmospheric conditions, dial my scope and set up for the shot which I want to make impact the target no more than 2/3 moa away from dead center. At longer distances I give my self a little more slack lol but I still want to stay within 1 moa at 1 mile or I am dissatisfied. . I shoot only twice and then go about me marry way. If I haven't done well with my shooting then I must investigate why and find the reason. Did I read the wind right, did I dial the right way as in into the wind as apposed to with it. Is the yardage right? Is the wind seemingly in my face or at my back but changing ever so slightly to the right or left down range on occasion, is the parallax adjusted out well, was I comfortable when I made the shot and feel good about it, if no then I must not suspect anything else but my form untill I get my form right and a good feel. Body position behind the rifle changes a little when you are aiming down or up hill and so my feel behind the rifle must be one I'm happy with before i make the shot. Is the barrel fouled out. My practice now is all about making that first shot count. I have my technique down very well but still have to shoot some in order to stay sharp. Shooting a mile successfully really really really forces you to pay attention to the slightest of details. This attention to detail translates into me being better when hunting and making that 1 shot count. As i said earlier, i only practice the way i hunt. I can't lay prone behind my rifle for the main reason being the gun needs to be above the tall grass. Even at 1 mile I am shooting the way I hunt.