I've got my Remington 5R with a 20" barrel sub MOA out to 800. Ran out of day light. Good ammo helps, That was with Remington 77 grain match. I'd love to put a 26" Bart on it.
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I think I met a long range God today.
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My boss won a bet popping a balloon in the wind with his AR-15 at 850 yards. Life long hunter who learned to read the wind. And holdovers. Weapon of choice? An AR-15 from Windham Weaponry. He turned me on to them and so I have an AR-15 (Dissipator M4 A3) and an AR-10 (R16SFST-308) from them. Excellent rifles. 4150M chrome moly barrels that you can drive like you stole it. And accurate.
either the level of bullshit is increasing, or my tolerance for hearing it is growing....or both.
i am just going to stop there....because i have to go to bed soon and if i start sharing examples i am going to get my blood pressure up and i wont be able to sleep. in short.....FUCK the bozos.
i am just going to stop there....because i have to go to bed soon and if i start sharing examples i am going to get my blood pressure up and i wont be able to sleep. in short.....FUCK the bozos.
same people who started bushmaster. i had one with iron sights that i shot side by side with another rifle at 200 yards off sandbags when i was sighting the other rifle in just because i wanted to see how much better i did through the scope versus the iron sights. to my shock, i shot 1 1/2 3 shot group with the iron sights and the other group was a 3 inch group at 200 with the scope. one of these days i have to set up and see if i can do it again...which i doubt because i have reached that point in life where my vision just isnt what it was.
I'm at the age when videos like that arouse me more than pictures of scantily clad women. Thank you, kind sir, for posting that.
A few years ago, I was at the LGS and talking to a salesman at the counter. I cannot remember how we got on the subject but I was talking about my custom made Sharps rifle. I told him that the rifle has a 34 inch barrel.
Then I heard a gruff voice behind me say, "You don't need a barrel that long on a .45-70. All you need is about 18 inches to hunt deer."
I told him that I do a lot of black powder cartridge shooting. A barrel that long is needed because I shoot a paper jacketed bullet with a long freebore and 65 grains of powder. Besides, the longer sight radius comes in handy when shooting with iron sights.
He taps his chest in an authoritarian manner and says, "Marine Corps sniper!"
I told him that I didn't care what he did and he doesn't know a darn thing about shooting black powder cartridges. At that he walked away.
Then the salesman and I talked about real long range shooting.
Well at least we don't have to read about people bragging about their sexual exploits - yet.
PS: Some lies about someone's sexual exploits might be more believable than their shooting skills
Well at least we don't have to read about people bragging about their sexual exploits - yet.
PS: Some lies about someone's sexual exploits might be more believable than their shooting skills
Lemme tell you about this Norwegian chick I dated in college…
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How much did he bench?
My M4 A3, out of the box. (I mean, I went to the FFL that was also a range and transferred it and then went into the range.) Combat zeroed from the factory at 25-300 yards. The M4 A3 still has the iron sights. the R16SFST-308, however, has a FFP scope on it.
he is outside your house now , staring in, with that look
open the door, let him in, and see how it goes
I’ve met the mentioned:
Guy on the left.
Guy on the right is just a circus performer.
That’s his trainer, in the back, coming to get back to the big top.
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Guy on the left.
Guy on the right is just a circus performer.
That’s his trainer, in the back, coming to get back to the big top.
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Didn’t know that greasy motherfucker had a kid
Oh man does that sound familiar. Running a 40-65 Remington Rolling block, but with pearl lube (soy wax, bees wax, and lanolin). His question was “What is a 40-65?” After his brags, I so wanted to take him out to the range and see if he could hit the NRA Ram at 500m using my dope.
It is amazing to take some of these “shooters” to a KD range and have them tell you how far the target lines are. They get it wrong even when it’s posted on the shooting position.
It started out life as a Pedersoli Sharps kit gun. Yes they made them back then. It was 1993 when I had it made.
I replaced the rear sight in the photo with a Soule sight and the Hadley eye disc made by MVA.
The rifle shoots best with a swaged soft lead 420 grain soft lead paper jacketed bullet and 65 grains of FFG powder.
The last batch of loads didn't work so good. I thought I could take scrap hard lead and and get the same performance. My rounds went everywhere. I won't try that again.
I've grown weary of cleaning up the brass after it's been shot with black powder.
I usually shoot by myself and sometimes it's difficult to get a good spotter because they aren't use to the time of flight that can be measured with a calendar. The wait can be agonizing.
Then If the wind isn't blowing very much, I cannot see the impact because of the lingering smoke.
So, I'm switching to smokeless powder. I have some loads made up with the same bullet but using 28.3 grains of Accurate 5744 but haven't tried them yet. Hopefully, I can get close to the same performance as the black powder load.
I met a guy a few weeks ago that could shoot 0.5" groups at 500 yards with his Savage 338LM.
I congratulated him on being a world record shooter and should go into every national competition... and asked a few questions... because inquiring minds need to know...what ballistic software do you use? Applied Ballistics, Strelok, Field Firing Solutions? Cold Bore? What bullet? BC?
His answer: "I just shoot, man." And he gets up and walks away.
I congratulated him on being a world record shooter and should go into every national competition... and asked a few questions... because inquiring minds need to know...what ballistic software do you use? Applied Ballistics, Strelok, Field Firing Solutions? Cold Bore? What bullet? BC?
His answer: "I just shoot, man." And he gets up and walks away.
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Oh... one of them guys.
Reminds me of that old saying
"There were less than 500 U.S. Navy seals to serve in Vietnam. So far, I've met just over 1,000 of them."
"recruited me to kill people"... lol.
Reminds me of that old saying
"There were less than 500 U.S. Navy seals to serve in Vietnam. So far, I've met just over 1,000 of them."
"recruited me to kill people"... lol.
Very beautiful! My rolling block isn’t that nice. My next purchase is a GOOD Soule sight, either MVA or Pedresoli.
My home club is one of the few that offers BPCR matches on a regular basis. Unfortunately for me there are too many cool shooting sports available for my time and money.
Re: smokeless replacement for black powder.
I have a 30-40 Krag and it's recommended to use 40gr IMR 4320 with the original 220gr bullet as it's very close to the same burn rate as black powder.
Your mileage may vary, but just wanted to toss out some knowledge in case you hadn't heard/known.
@Longshot231 , I know that About the spotter. When doing CAS long range on a 4x8 Buffalo target, it’s BOOM….Hit….Clang! And if the lighting is right, the spotter will see the bullet ARC in on the target.
There was one old timer who would shoot the 1000yard benchrest match at another club with a Trapdoor Springfield and be in the top half of the shooters.
There was one old timer who would shoot the 1000yard benchrest match at another club with a Trapdoor Springfield and be in the top half of the shooters.
50 of 75? What I want to know is are they on edge, or face on? I shoot them on edge, makes me work on the wind call that much more.
I can't take that shit seriously. Frank looks like a 12 year old boy wearing a fake goatee to look old enough to sit at the drinking table.
Theis couldn't zero a rifle. Had to get help from a not so local rodent.
I like to go into the local shop and the gun shows and say stooopid shit like this just because I know that the guy behind the table or the other customers are going to be talking about it for weeks. The guy that owns the local gun shop just smiles as I walk away.
Some of y'all take life too serious.
Some of y'all take life too serious.
Unless you managed to punch the bottom tank radiator, it could go thousands of miles still. Hundreds probably still with small water leak down low. Probably thousands again if they don't care about the engine. Years back one of the Farms we did a lot of work for bought some trucks after Aero went out of business. One either came in without water, or they drained it and didn't refill it. They put it to work in the field and didnt notice it getting hot because with no water it just looked like the temp gauge didn't work. IT stated running weird or something, they claimed when the pulled the hood up the engine was glowing red. IT had already made a bunch of runs hauling silage. That truck ran for at least the next three seasons. 3406E Cat.
Just shoot the plastic def tank. It'll code and shut down. FjbIT'S YOU! OMFG!
That semi will go way longer than you would want it to if you were trying to stop it. All vehicles go longer/farther than you want them to unless hit with a rocket/RPG.
How much did he bench?
"I had the right to remain silent. I did not have the ability." - Ron White
A guy a knew who did a lot of demolition derbies would always put weird stuff all over his engine, tubes, gauges, and wires. One time he put a turbo on the air intake, it would whir and whine but nothing was driving it. He always did pretty well so people would always be talking about what the stuff was and what it might do for him. It was all just a bunch of bullshit to get people talking, and slight of hand to distract from other rules that were being stretched.
5mph is still going kind of.
Unless he was using a Mosin and Bulgarian heavy ball and the rifle had a PU scope he ain't shit.
We have a 400 pound guy who wears a red satin USMC jacket who can do that. He was using the Mosin in question as a crutch at the gunshow last year, barrel dragging on the concrete floor only polished the crown and improved the accuracy.
We have a 400 pound guy who wears a red satin USMC jacket who can do that. He was using the Mosin in question as a crutch at the gunshow last year, barrel dragging on the concrete floor only polished the crown and improved the accuracy.
Pffft you guys the God of Long Range works out at a range outside Dallas regaling me with he tales of the m-14 at 3000 meters on moving targets in afghanistan.
I would have said, "I can shoot 0.50 MOA with an SKS at 1800 yards, the Ministry of Defense recruited me to kill people like you, but we must have never crossed paths overseas or else you wouldn't be here right now. Nice to meet you though, if you want to buy me lunch you can tell me some of your stories and I'll come up with my own while you're talking and then I'll tell you mine."
