Willie Lowman
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About ten years ago I got a nice deal on a Remington 700. It's chambered in .308 with a heavy contour barrel. In a McMillan A3-5 stock with a Leopold 10x scope. It was already zeroed at 200 yards which is as far as I can shoot on my property. So I was pretty happy.
Recently a friend/neighbor got bit by the long range bug and bought a .300 win mag RPR. He has been shooting from the top of his field, over my property, at a target set up in the neighbor to the south's field. (Before the internet safety patrol gets riled up, he makes sure everyone knows when he is going to be shooting)
Today I joined him at the top of the hill. He hung a 12 inch gong toward the top of the hill to the south. We started shooting from my property, at a range of 400 yards. He has a ballistic calculator app on his phone. We plugged in the velocity from my .308, got the drop at 400 yards, clicked the scope up and I was hitting the plate with every shot. We then went back to the top of his hill. The laser range finder said we were at 624 yards. The gong was a tiny white dot through my scope. He spotted my shots through his rifle's scope. It took a few to get the windage dialed in. I was happy to see the gong swing through my scope a full second before the TING sound reached my ears.
I didn't hit the plate with every shot. I did hit it enough to be happy with my shooting.
My friend said it was possible to get just over 1000 yards by setting the target up in a different spot. We'll try that next month.
I think this will be the thing that gets me back into reloading.
Recently a friend/neighbor got bit by the long range bug and bought a .300 win mag RPR. He has been shooting from the top of his field, over my property, at a target set up in the neighbor to the south's field. (Before the internet safety patrol gets riled up, he makes sure everyone knows when he is going to be shooting)
Today I joined him at the top of the hill. He hung a 12 inch gong toward the top of the hill to the south. We started shooting from my property, at a range of 400 yards. He has a ballistic calculator app on his phone. We plugged in the velocity from my .308, got the drop at 400 yards, clicked the scope up and I was hitting the plate with every shot. We then went back to the top of his hill. The laser range finder said we were at 624 yards. The gong was a tiny white dot through my scope. He spotted my shots through his rifle's scope. It took a few to get the windage dialed in. I was happy to see the gong swing through my scope a full second before the TING sound reached my ears.
I didn't hit the plate with every shot. I did hit it enough to be happy with my shooting.
My friend said it was possible to get just over 1000 yards by setting the target up in a different spot. We'll try that next month.
I think this will be the thing that gets me back into reloading.