Egg at 1000 yards

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#1
I was at Manatee Gun Range on Friday, and saw someone shoot a plastic easter egg full of talc powder at 1000 yards. This egg was the size of a regular chicken egg on a small wooden dowel stuck in the dirt. The shooter was using a custom built rifle in a McMillan stock with a Stiller action, which was built by a smith in Texas he said. Can't remember the barrel for sure, but I think he said it was a Kreiger. It was chambered in 7mm Remington Mag.

BTW, he took several shots at it. The wind was very tricky with 10 to 15 mile an hour full value cross winds. It was very impresive to me, as I was shooting at a 12 inch gong right behind it with my 6.5 Creedmore, and was not hitting it as much as I would like.

I was wondering if anyone here has ever seen anything like this before??
 
#3
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Accuracy by volume? Shoot though an entire 7RM barrel to hit an egg lol. Just a funny thought. Good shooting though.
 
#4
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The egg was pretty cool, I was sighted up on the left gong when I saw the puff of smoke from were he hit it. The wind was a little tricky yesterday for sure.
 
#7
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You better bring your A game if you shoot at Manatee. Most of the Old guys there are VERY good. Most hold Range records up north where they live during the summer, and they all migrate down here during the winter. They are retired with a lot of $$ so they shot all day everyday the range is open.

I have seen a 8 WAY TIE during a match with the top 8 shooters hitting 15 out of 15 on the 4" swingers at 565 yards!!!!
 
#8
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The guy told me he has hit the egg with in 3 shots. I was watching him, and when he missed, the egg was very scared. I would have to say that he could hit a 4 inch gong at 1000 consistently. He did take his time and watched the wind before taking each shot. I will tell you right now that I can burn up a barrel and probably not ever hit it by the way I missed the 12 inch gong. The ones at 565 yards were a bit easier, but still no perfect scores for me.
 
#11
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: finbox</div><div class="ubbcode-body">was his name Alan, did he have a British accent? </div></div>
Did he shoot phesants for the queen with his revolver?
 
#13
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5 inch groups at 1000 aren't to uncommon. But an egg at 1000? That is beyond most peoples rifles capabilities. I usually shoot at eggs at 500 lol, golf balls at 300 without taking my sweet ass time. Put it this way, I think the bench rest guys might be able to hit that with the heavy guns without to much ammo expenditure.
 
#14
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Wow...was shooting at a 1000 the other day with only a 3.5mph wind and while I was doing pretty good (for me), hitting an egg is a completely different level.
 
#16
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I have been shooting eveything from 22 pistols to the heaviest of caliber rifles for a long time, but have never been a competitor in any shooting sport. To get good at anything, you must practice, a lot. Without a local range to practice long range shooting, that's out of the question for me. So the next best thing was to build rifles for those who do have the place to use them.

That was my first trip to Manatee after hearing about it over two years ago. Now I'm hooked on it. I expect to go as often as possible until they open a 500 yard range that is being built in the Homestead area. Now I am ruined, and don't look forward to shooting at the local 100 yard range run by the county.

If I had not seen it happen before me, I would not believe he, or anyone could hit an egg at 1000 yards. In speaking with the shooter, he explained that it took him about a year trying to hit one before he could do it consistently, or what he considers consistant. Anyways you look at it, it is something that in all my time being around this stuff, I had never even heard of the idea, let alone actually doing it. That's why I asked the question in the first place. Thanks.
 
#17
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The other day there was a video of some guys that were BR shooters. The video was behind the burm, some of the people that had been pulling targets were shooting video. There were 2 eggs that got broken, and a lot of close calls. Either way, I had never heard of it before then, and find it very impressive.
 
#18
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The graduation ceremony for finishing CKA's reloading course at NTRP is the golf ball shot at 750. Most do it and some have cold bored it. An egg at 1000 is impressive, even if it took three shots to make impact.
 
#20
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: STR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was at Manatee Gun Range on Friday, and saw someone shoot a plastic easter egg full of talc powder at 1000 yards. This egg was the size of a regular chicken egg on a small wooden dowel stuck in the dirt. The shooter was using a custom built rifle in a McMillan stock with a Stiller action, which was built by a smith in Texas he said. Can't remember the barrel for sure, but I think he said it was a Kreiger. It was chambered in 7mm Remington Mag.

BTW, he took several shots at it. The wind was very tricky with 10 to 15 mile an hour full value cross winds. It was very impresive to me, as I was shooting at a 12 inch gong right behind it with my 6.5 Creedmore, and was not hitting it as much as I would like.

I was wondering if anyone here has ever seen anything like this before?? </div></div>

Man, thats impressive! I'm not sure I could even see an egg @ 1K?
 
#22
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Recently started shooting at Manatee. Great place, worth the two hour drive each way for us. As you say, 100 yards just doesn't doesn't get us excited anymore, no challenge in it...

But I gotta say that learning to dope the wind there is a bitch. It swirls in every direction there because of the high berms, so I gotta hand it to anyone that can figure it out...

Far as hitting an egg at 1000 consistently, I know there are some amazing shooters there. Sure beats the yahoos with AK's that usually fill the local 100 yard range. But that requires an amazing combination of an impossibly accurate rifle, and ammunition- even with zero shooter error- to accomplish. If an egg's 2", that's .2 moa shooting...to do that with the wind blowing at 1000, well, you'd think that would require divine intervention. Pretty amazing.
 
#23
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rubicon-unlmtd</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: STR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was at Manatee Gun Range on Friday, and saw someone shoot a plastic easter egg full of talc powder at 1000 yards. This egg was the size of a regular chicken egg on a small wooden dowel stuck in the dirt. The shooter was using a custom built rifle in a McMillan stock with a Stiller action, which was built by a smith in Texas he said. Can't remember the barrel for sure, but I think he said it was a Kreiger. It was chambered in 7mm Remington Mag.

BTW, he took several shots at it. The wind was very tricky with 10 to 15 mile an hour full value cross winds. It was very impresive to me, as I was shooting at a 12 inch gong right behind it with my 6.5 Creedmore, and was not hitting it as much as I would like.

I was wondering if anyone here has ever seen anything like this before?? </div></div>

Man, thats impressive! I'm not sure I could even see an egg @ 1K?
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Just for info sake, he had to tell me exactly where to look to find it. My rifle has a NF 32X scope on it, so that was not a problem. One more thing to consider is the mirage that we were all dealing with. On 32X I couldn't even see it clearly.
 
#24
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BGEFIVEFOURONE</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Accuracy by volume? Shoot though an entire 7RM barrel to hit an egg lol. Just a funny thought. Good shooting though. </div></div>

Dont know why but that busted me the hell up.

Shooting through an entire 7 mag barrel to hit an egg at a grand, LOL.

Good shooting though.
 
#25
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I was sighting in my new .338 at 1000yds and we used clay targets as sighters before we got on paper. I hit 3 out of 5 clays after I got things dialed in.

I think an egg would be about twice as hard to hit as a clay.
 
#26
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Typical X count for F-Open shooters is in he 7 to 10 range for a 20 shot match, some guys higher. That is a 5" X-ring. If you toss out half of those because the X-ring is bigger than the egg you still get a hit in 10 shots. The wind you are talking about would make it more challenging.
 
#27
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Spit volume, time, a lot of practice, with no doubt great shooting capabilities at an egg 1000yds away and yea you will probably learn to actually hit it. What I am most impressed with is his capability to see the egg.
 
#28
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I'm impressed with his ability to overlay the reticle on top of the egg @ 1000! Granted, my S&B P4L fine would work now that I think about it.
 
#29
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He was using an NF 5-22 power, but I have no idea what reticle . I know that he had to tell me exactly where to look in order for me to find it on its little stick.
 
#31
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That's some damn impressive shooting. I shot a 1000yd 50BMG match in October. After the match, there was a club fundraiser. A golfball at 1000yds. Nobody hit it, but there were a couple of CLOSE shots, within 1". If I hadn't been out of ammo, I would've tried it. I've tried clay pigeons at 1000yds and scared them a couple of times.
 
#33
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: km71107</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I've tried clay pigeons at 1000yds and scared them a couple of times.</div></div>

lol that would be my sum if i attempted that!
 
#34
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I can easly see shots on white steel (inch dia. black spot) at 1000 yards with my bushnell 6-24 tactical a bright colored egg whould be no problem.

Manatee range recored is I think 10 shots in 5" 3/8 group at 1000...that will get a egg easy

One guy had a 4000 fps custom wildcat shooting there one day...he had the highest speed recorded for a while.

I RSO there sometimes so I get to see alot of cool stuff...most of the LEO/MIL stuff is done on the closed days MON-WED
 
#35
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: finbox</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I can easly see shots on white steel (inch dia. black spot) at 1000 yards with my bushnell 6-24 tactical a bright colored egg whould be no problem.

Manatee range recored is I think 10 shots in 5" 3/8 group at 1000...that will get a egg easy

One guy had a 4000 fps custom wildcat shooting there one day...he had the highest speed recorded for a while.

I RSO there sometimes so I get to see alot of cool stuff...most of the LEO/MIL stuff is
done on the closed days MON-WED </div></div>


Lucky you. Then again if I could go there all the time, I might be in the poor house, as I would spend every red cent loading ammo to shoot.. As it is I sometimes think I should be in some kind of addiction help group. LOL. Thank god for my awesome wife.
 
#36
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: STR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was at Manatee Gun Range on Friday, and saw someone shoot a plastic easter egg full of talc powder at 1000 yards. This egg was the size of a regular chicken egg on a small wooden dowel stuck in the dirt. The shooter was using a custom built rifle in a McMillan stock with a Stiller action, which was built by a smith in Texas he said. Can't remember the barrel for sure, but I think he said it was a Kreiger. It was chambered in 7mm Remington Mag.

BTW, he took several shots at it. The wind was very tricky with 10 to 15 mile an hour full value cross winds. It was very impresive to me, as I was shooting at a 12 inch gong right behind it with my 6.5 Creedmore, and was not hitting it as much as I would like.

I was wondering if anyone here has ever seen anything like this before?? </div></div>

The guy that built it is probably Scott here locally in Wylie who also works for Stiller.... He is a awesome guy and a true artist with his tools. He is working on 5 rifles for me now and about to get a 6th....
 
#38
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VJJPunisher</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I do similar feats of ahhh shooting loads at my tenga egg</div></div>

From a 1000 yards!?!?! Holy heck man, that is some skills that kills!
 
#39
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: STR</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I expect to go as often as possible until they open a 500 yard range that is being built in the Homestead area. </div></div>

Details!?
 
#40
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That is some impressive shooting, and even better since there were witnesses. Stories like this just make the internet commandos who brag of long range feats with Wal-Mart rifles and cheap ammo seem all the more rediculous.
 
#41
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BIPMaster</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That is some impressive shooting, and even better since there were witnesses. Stories like this just make the internet commandos who brag of long range feats with Wal-Mart rifles and cheap ammo seem all the more rediculous. </div></div>

You mean every AR-15 <span style="font-style: italic">doesn't</span> shoot 1/4 moa with XM193 ammo?
 
#42
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sprayed99</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: STR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I was at Manatee Gun Range on Friday, and saw someone shoot a plastic easter egg full of talc powder at 1000 yards. This egg was the size of a regular chicken egg on a small wooden dowel stuck in the dirt. The shooter was using a custom built rifle in a McMillan stock with a Stiller action, which was built by a smith in Texas he said. Can't remember the barrel for sure, but I think he said it was a Kreiger. It was chambered in 7mm Remington Mag.

BTW, he took several shots at it. The wind was very tricky with 10 to 15 mile an hour full value cross winds. It was very impresive to me, as I was shooting at a 12 inch gong right behind it with my 6.5 Creedmore, and was not hitting it as much as I would like.

I was wondering if anyone here has ever seen anything like this before?? </div></div>

The guy that built it is probably Scott here locally in Wylie who also works for Stiller.... He is a awesome guy and a true artist with his tools. He is working on 5 rifles for me now and about to get a 6th.... </div></div>

Damn, off subject for just a minute here. How did you get my wife to pose with the kitty on her rear like that? LOL!!! That's just great.

Now back to who built the rifle, I don't remember, but I have the shooters personal info, as he said he would help me with my loading, and shooting if I needed it. I do need the help, so I will contact him in the future, and let you all know who the builder was. The rifle was beautifully built, and looked great in every way. The guy did say he has about 20 years experience, and has hunted long range in many parts of the world. His wife was shooting along side of him with the same caliber rifle, and was having no trouble ringing the steel gong at 1000 yards. Way better average than I had.
 
#43
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That's awesome man

I've been wanting to go there bad!

how much ammo did you shoot?

I have to handload my stuff because my chamber is custom to a specific OAL so I get too lazy to load the sumbitch up... lol

Let me know when you are planning on going there again! I'll take the day off and we can go shoot!
 
#46
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I read this thread couple days ago, thought I would give it a try. 1000 yds this am, almost no wind. Put couple eggs up. Nothing doing for me! I gave up at around 25 shots. I wasn't grouping that bad either - first 5 went into 6-7". The 1000 yd egg shot may not be in my future...
 
#47
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An egg is what, 2 inches by 3 inches? So to hit one at 1000 yards one has to shoot with 0.2 - 0.3 MOA accuracy? Many would be happy when their equipment (and skills) can reliably hold 0.5 MOA (5 inches at 1000 yards)... <span style="font-style: italic">Not even mentioning wind effects yet!</span>
 
#48
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: taseal</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's awesome man

I've been wanting to go there bad!

how much ammo did you shoot?

I have to handload my stuff because my chamber is custom to a specific OAL so I get too lazy to load the sumbitch up... lol

Let me know when you are planning on going there again! I'll take the day off and we
















can go shoot! </div></div>

I took 140 factory rounds. I love that 6.5 Creedmore. $24.00 for 20 rounds that shoot great. Gave myself a little break from hand loading. We shot from 8:45 am to 2:00 pm. BTW, I could take 500 shots and not hit the egg, LOL!!! I think I'll stay overnight next time. That 3 1/2 hour ride twice in the same day sucks.
 
#50
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mouse07410</div><div class="ubbcode-body">An egg is what, 2 inches by 3 inches? So to hit one at 1000 yards one has to shoot with 0.2 - 0.3 MOA accuracy? Many would be happy when their equipment (and skills) can reliably hold 0.5 MOA (5 inches at 1000 yards)... <span style="font-style: italic">Not even mentioning wind effects yet!</span> </div></div>

The shooter says his rifle will shoot 1/4 MOA, which I can believe from a custom like he had with worked up hand loads like he had. Still, the wind is where he separated him self from everyone else. That wind is no joke.
 
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