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Old 12-27-2017, 09:05 AM
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Congrats on the new toy Greg.

I have a 5.56 AR that I built into sort of "long range" gun (18" barrel/high power glass/bi pods, etc...) Had it out to 600 yards with 62 grain rounds, at Best of the West outside of Austin.

My bolt gun is just a plain jane rem 700 308 tactical model with Timney trigger and muzzle brake.

I've thought about building a 308 AR, given all the sales. But I need to finish upgrading my Firebird first.

Thanks for sharing your other hobby.
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Old 12-28-2017, 10:59 AM
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Congrats on the new toy Greg.

I have a 5.56 AR that I built into sort of "long range" gun (18" barrel/high power glass/bi pods, etc...) Had it out to 600 yards with 62 grain rounds, at Best of the West outside of Austin.

My bolt gun is just a plain jane rem 700 308 tactical model with Timney trigger and muzzle brake.

I've thought about building a 308 AR, given all the sales. But I need to finish upgrading my Firebird first.

Thanks for sharing your other hobby.

600 yards with an AR is no joke! Good for you!!
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This was at the McMillan Firearms Long Range course I took (Near Phoenix) -- this pic shows our position and the 12" by 12" (one MOA) target we were shooting at. Surprisingly -- many of the shooters - even after a 4 day class - just couldn't ring it. I didn't find it hard at all..... but it does take some trigger control and some breathing and getting behind the gun etc.




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1200 yards uphill in the mountains is pretty impressive.

I have a Ruger precision rifle in 6.5 creedmoor
that I have a Vortex Razor gen 2 5-25 that shoots sub MOA at the Sacramento Valley gun range on their 1000 yard range.

My favorite to shoot is my AR-15 with a 6.5 Grendel 20" Bear Creek Armory upper with a Primary Arms 4-14x44 ACSS scope. Shooting factory ammo at or below MOA at 1000 yards with an $800 rifle is pretty fun.

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Old 03-23-2018, 09:45 AM
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1200 yards uphill in the mountains is pretty impressive.

I have a Ruger precision rifle in 6.5 creedmoor
that I have a Vortex Razor gen 2 5-25 that shoots sub MOA at the Sacramento Valley gun range on their 1000 yard range.

My favorite to shoot is my AR-15 with a 6.5 Grendel 20" Bear Creek Armory upper with a Primary Arms 4-14x44 ACSS scope. Shooting factory ammo at or below MOA at 1000 yards with an $800 rifle is pretty fun.

Ruger and Savage have both put out great bolt action rifles that are amazing. I had a Savage 10 BA Stealth.... and that rifle could shoot! I had put my NightForce B.E.A.S.T. scope on it (5 X 25).

What I notice the most from switching to the HEAVY Surgeon/McMillan built rifle is the follow up. This rifle weighs so much that the recoil is really minimized - and at long range, I can see my own hits. Makes it nice when I'm at the range without a spotter. I couldn't do that with the Savage.... it just jumped too much.

I have a NEMO ARMS XO (6.5 Creedmoor) with the steel barrel - and while it shoots great - I can't reach out there and spot for myself.

I have switched to the heavier Hornady 147gr ELD Match rounds from the 140gr. Where I shoot - it's really fluky winds - and the heavier the round - the better. And while 7gr doesn't sound like a lot - I'll still always choose the heaviest round I can get.

I can't claim that I can shoot "sub MOA" groups -- because we're shooting steel - and nobody is hiking up these hills to put fresh paint on them. LOL ---- but I have found that I can choose an "area" on the target and shoot it repeatedly. Lets say -- I decide to call out "bottom left" -- I can nail that call. Our steel is 24" X 24" for the most part -- so at 1000 yards -- that's 2.4 MOA

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Old 04-10-2018, 10:29 AM
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Great thread, I am enjoying the reading. I am not a great shot, i had to learn while in the military. I taught my daughters to shoot while they were teens, they can out-shoot me.

From back in the day, Mt Fuji, Japan, qualifying.

As you can see by the rifle, and the olive drab I am pretty old

We did actually have M16's in training. I guess this base was just so far out in the sticks they didn't have a budget
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No wonder your not on target Marine, look at your sling. Let me guess if God wants it to hit the target it will LOL.
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Old 04-11-2018, 06:21 AM
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No wonder your not on target Marine, look at your sling. Let me guess if God wants it to hit the target it will LOL.



it was only 300 yards
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Old 04-11-2018, 07:28 PM
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When you need to reach out and touch something. 4384 yard shot (4008 meters). See about 2:50.



4,549 yards. See about 2:50 as well. He has two shots on target.

Impressive.

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Old 04-11-2018, 07:56 PM
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375 Cheytac is only around $7.50 per squeeze......



Oh -- and then you need 10 guys on the payroll.....



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It always interesting to go to the rifle range as a Marine Corps Veteran ,I shot high sharpshooter while in .We shot from 200.300,and 500 meters with M-16`s with iron sites.And have shot out to 800 yards with a Remmington 700 BDL bolt action rifle with a 4x scope.And to see these people with rifles that look like ones from a video game having issues at 100 feet. I just shook my head . I have also shot a .50 cal Ma deuce machine gun while I was in .So I understand long range shooting as well.
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