Longest range I have to shoot at my club is 200M. I have enough practice for this to become almost boring. Don’t get me wrong, it is a good poke that makes me work the fundamentals on my part. Rifles I have are plenty capable of this distance and group well when I do my part. I am taking a trip out to the desert and have an opportunity to shoot much farther, possibly out to 1K. I have one week to prep and can take only one gun from the safe.
The question is what one will it be? Looking for input. Choices are:
Rem700P – 308 win – 5-24x FSI sniper
Savage Mod 10 T/SR – 308 win – 5-24x vortex
Thompson - 25-06 Rem – 4-16x leo – heavier barrel profile
Rem700 – 7mm Mag – 1-4x unknown – hunting profile barrel – circa 1960-70’s, still shoots great.
Weatherby MK V - 30-378 WBY Mag - up to 30x unknown scope – thinner fluted barrel – has issues from cold bore to follow up shots. Groups well after 2nd round
I have others that will get there but feel are not the best for the trip. 6.5 Grendel, 556 NATO, 762x39?
I do hand load for all of the above, So now for the second question. Lighter faster bullets pushed hard? Heavier bullets to buck wind but drop faster? In-between HPBT or VLD-ELD bullets? Light weight monolithic pushed hard? Not needing terminal affect, just some good hits.
Feeling like the 308win with 155 gr HPBT @ 2600 fps to whatever groups best on the high end is best choice (Palma style with scope?), what do you all think?
Thank you for any constructive input you might have. Short timeline doesn’t give me much to reconfigure anything I have set up or test many rounds. Not looking for match level performance out of any of this but maybe a couple of good hits and a good time with my dad.
The question is what one will it be? Looking for input. Choices are:
Rem700P – 308 win – 5-24x FSI sniper
Savage Mod 10 T/SR – 308 win – 5-24x vortex
Thompson - 25-06 Rem – 4-16x leo – heavier barrel profile
Rem700 – 7mm Mag – 1-4x unknown – hunting profile barrel – circa 1960-70’s, still shoots great.
Weatherby MK V - 30-378 WBY Mag - up to 30x unknown scope – thinner fluted barrel – has issues from cold bore to follow up shots. Groups well after 2nd round
I have others that will get there but feel are not the best for the trip. 6.5 Grendel, 556 NATO, 762x39?
I do hand load for all of the above, So now for the second question. Lighter faster bullets pushed hard? Heavier bullets to buck wind but drop faster? In-between HPBT or VLD-ELD bullets? Light weight monolithic pushed hard? Not needing terminal affect, just some good hits.
Feeling like the 308win with 155 gr HPBT @ 2600 fps to whatever groups best on the high end is best choice (Palma style with scope?), what do you all think?
Thank you for any constructive input you might have. Short timeline doesn’t give me much to reconfigure anything I have set up or test many rounds. Not looking for match level performance out of any of this but maybe a couple of good hits and a good time with my dad.
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