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!!

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

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 :lol:

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 :lmao:

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.

:thumbsup:

it was only 300 yards :lmao:

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.

:cheers:

375 Cheytac is only around $7.50 per squeeze......



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



LOL

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.