So I've shot jaycee/4-h bb gun as a kid and hunted now for 40 years. 4-5 years ago i had my first custom hunting gun built which led to load development at 500 yd and then stretching it's legs to 1k just to say I did it. In the last 3 years ive attended an annual fun day at a ranch shooting to 1200 yds with some pretty good local hunters/600 yd competitors.
I've got swarovski z5s with customs 2 revolution Moa turrets on my hunting rigs and use an old gunwerks br2 for ranging and comeups. Last year I bought an x5 5-25 for an old custom bench 22-250 I've had since the 90s but have not done any reloading for it. Just shooting hornady 55 vmax and it shoots marbles at 100yd and have taken it out to 1k but beyond 800 it's falling off compared to my 6cm and 7mm blaser hunters.
Recently I bought a used kestrel 5700 elite link and garmin xero and have access to a shot marker and 1k range at neighbors place.
Today I got my butt whooped shooting in the wind (25-35 mph and targets 400-1200yards spaning 45 degrees direction of fire with quartering tailwinds). Z5s don't really dial much wind or have a reticle to hold much offset. My x5 does but slow twist 22-250 not the greatest bc.
Everyone there seems to only use the kestrel very simply and minimally and differently.
Any advice on what I need to learn about long range precision shooting outside of hunting? Where should I start? I feel like I'm jumping in somewhere in the middle but I missed some basic stuff or there is dozens of places to start but I'm not sure what really should be first, if that makes sense?
What reticle/scope should I get if I were to swap out a scope on say my 6cm for long range shoot days?
What's the best way to learn to utilize the kestrel more fully?
If I were to get a new barrel spun up for my old 22-250 in 6 dasher or something more modern for 600/1k type shoots and just leave my hunters as they are? On days 10mph or less they both more than capable of .5 moa to 1k and I'm very confident hunting big game to 6-800 yards in good conditions.
Whatever I do i want to be a better hunter first. At least at this point, "competition" is second and just for fun... but who knows
Thanks
I've got swarovski z5s with customs 2 revolution Moa turrets on my hunting rigs and use an old gunwerks br2 for ranging and comeups. Last year I bought an x5 5-25 for an old custom bench 22-250 I've had since the 90s but have not done any reloading for it. Just shooting hornady 55 vmax and it shoots marbles at 100yd and have taken it out to 1k but beyond 800 it's falling off compared to my 6cm and 7mm blaser hunters.
Recently I bought a used kestrel 5700 elite link and garmin xero and have access to a shot marker and 1k range at neighbors place.
Today I got my butt whooped shooting in the wind (25-35 mph and targets 400-1200yards spaning 45 degrees direction of fire with quartering tailwinds). Z5s don't really dial much wind or have a reticle to hold much offset. My x5 does but slow twist 22-250 not the greatest bc.
Everyone there seems to only use the kestrel very simply and minimally and differently.
Any advice on what I need to learn about long range precision shooting outside of hunting? Where should I start? I feel like I'm jumping in somewhere in the middle but I missed some basic stuff or there is dozens of places to start but I'm not sure what really should be first, if that makes sense?
What reticle/scope should I get if I were to swap out a scope on say my 6cm for long range shoot days?
What's the best way to learn to utilize the kestrel more fully?
If I were to get a new barrel spun up for my old 22-250 in 6 dasher or something more modern for 600/1k type shoots and just leave my hunters as they are? On days 10mph or less they both more than capable of .5 moa to 1k and I'm very confident hunting big game to 6-800 yards in good conditions.
Whatever I do i want to be a better hunter first. At least at this point, "competition" is second and just for fun... but who knows
Thanks
