Finding a good 1000yd rifle.

That's a solid advice from tobnpr. I did the same thing, although I ended up with a $400 Vortex scope to replace my old bushnell. Also I spent $270 plus shipping on my Shilen. There may be better barrels out there (I think Shilens as good as any of them though), but considering I did not need absolute-top-of-the-line match accuracy, I don't regret my decision. I got the best bang for the buck.
 
Finding a good 1000yd rifle

Some where on a forum was a discussion about 1000yd rifles.
The record holder, for a long time, on accuracy was held with a .30-378 Weatherby with a 28 and a 30 inch barrel.
Searching the Internet will turn up more particulars.
A hand full of very slow powder is hard on barrel steel.
Stainless ,or chrome lined is the best.
Takes all the length to burn the large amount of powder and schieve maximum velocity with the heavy bullets.
You would probably want to buy a long action and have a custom barrel screwed into it.
A Weatherby Mf V or other long action or a Remington or other long action rifle might be affordable. Then buying the barrel and fitting it to the stock would be the major expense. Polymer an fiberglass stocks might not easily be modified but then it might not be a problem depending on contour of the barrel.
Interesting note, i found out is on Springrield .30-06 service rifles the ladder ssight does not go straight up and down but is canted slightly to take into account the Coloris effect as the range gets out there.
Something like 2 inches at 1000 yards.
 
i found out is on Springrield .30-06 service rifles the ladder ssight does not go straight up and down but is canted slightly to take into account the Coloris effect as the range gets out there.
Something like 2 inches at 1000 yards.
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The M-1903 using 1906 ammo, (2700 FPS) has an uncorrected drift (right) of one foot at 1000 yards. 2 ft. at 1200 yards, 4 at 1400 yards.

Yes the ladder sights like on the Krag, M197, and M1903 have the correction built in.


The Coloris effect or spin drift is present in long range shooting and should be accounted for. There is a complicated formula to figure it out but nothing beats getting a zero for every distance you intend on shooting.

Another reason I stress the use of a data or score book for writing down EVERYTHING.
 
nothing beats getting a zero for every distance you intend on shooting.
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That was the exact sentiment of a neighbor who had been a ballistic expert, whether he was figuring the path of a small arms projectile or a missile.
He said, in the final analysis, after all the mental work, it came down to shoot it and see where it lands.
 
He said, in the final analysis, after all the mental work, it came down to shoot it and see where it lands.
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Yup. Which is exactly why more sophisticated ballistics programs enable you to input actual impact information at range and the software will interpret and "learn" to account for the variations in it's calculations.
 
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