Long-range videos from the weekend

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Fantastic.

I love the long delay between the shot, the called "hit," and the ringing steel.

Nice shootin', Tex.


Not to offend, but you look younger than I imagined.
 
The bullet takes about 1.4 seconds to get to the target, and the impact report takes another 2.6 seconds to get back to us.

On the close target (340), you can see I've already racked the bolt and am preparing for the next shot by the time you can hear it.
 
Nice videos.

With those same conditions (low wind, same loads and rifles, range finder), at what yardage would hits on the IPSC targets start becoming iffy with the first two shots?
 
Joe,

Availability of good brass. And it isn't as zippy as 6.5-284.

Warbow,

It's hard to say. First-round hits at long range are always somewhat iffy. The best way to determine the actual wind effect over the flight path is to fire a round and observe the impact, but then you're out of the realm of first-round hits and into taking spotters. That's not much of an answer, I know, but it gets increasingly hard as distance goes up.

-z
 
Pretty cool Zak! Is that out at Pawnee?

Ray's a good guy. I shot with him and the ladies at the Colorado Women's Shooting Club a long time ago. Back then we had a little informal target match...Glock against Kimber :)

Is the Surgeon Tactical rifle based on a Rem 700?
 
Zak,

Do you yave any formal training for your long-range shooting, or have you educated yourself?

Just curious mainly, but I'm becoming more interested in rifles. Specifically, I'd like to have the knowledge and ability to make those shots that you made.
 
Hi,

I owe much of my background in LR shooting to the cadre of long-range "practical" rifle shooters here in Colorado.

There are formal classes available around the country, from many of the well-known training facilities (Rifles Only, Blackwater, Thunder Ranch, etc). There are also instructors scattered throughout the country who offer classes. I do LR classes in CO - in fact just did one last weekend.

If you can't find someone local, a good resource will be the local NRA High Power shooters (including Palma, F-Class, etc). Just be aware that many of the equipment choices they make are a direct result of the rules of their games.

Other than that, read as much as you can, and get out there and try it.

-z
 
Zak,

On those distant targets, what do you consider a hit? Are you content with hitting anywhere on the plate, or do you strive to hit dead center in the "A" zone.

Can you see your impacts at that distance?
 
From a match standpoint, there is no way to reliably determine the location of the hit on the steel, so "a hit's a hit.". We have smaller plates we use for smaller target zones. On freshly-painted steel, the impacts are usually visible after the fact. Once you get a lot of hits on the plate, it becomes impossible to see the impact marks unless you see the splatter of impact. We'd always like to get dead center hits, but part of the wind strategy takes target size into account.
 
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