To those that actually shot a 1k shot!

[ontarget]

Not 1000, but, my then 6 year old grandson nailed 750 on his first shot. https://i.imgur.com/HRhCSBc.mp4

That's awesome.

 

[Offfhand]

I’ve just never understood what makes guys think it takes specialized equipment to hit targets at 1,000yrds?

Well, let's put it this way: it may not take specialized equipment to occasionally ring a fat gong at 1000 yd when firing from a rest. But hitting a 10 inch X-Ring from the prone position with IRON SIGHTS damnwell takes specialized equipment. Shown here are a couple rifles I used in the Wimbledon Cup match at Camp Perry over the years and other tournaments. Both are .300 Win Mag, bottom is built by Jim Cloward (Who won the Wimbledon one year.) on Roy Dunlap stock design, Shilen DGA SS action. Top is on Pre-60 M-70 action, marksman style stock. Warner rears on both. Equipment used in today's competitions are even more specialized.

 

[JeeperCreeper]

I think this is really worth restating - as it drives two variant opinions of folks who haven’t ever done it, at opposite ends of the spectrum.

1) The overly confident newbie has never laid eyes on 1,000yrds, so he is certain his $400 16” S&W M&P-15 Sport with a $150 Nikon 3-9x can punch milk jugs all day at 1,000yrds with cheap surplus ammo.

2) The overly cautious newbie who has never fired at 1,000yrds convinced himself he can’t reach any target at 1k without a $5000 custom rifle and a $2500 optic on top - out of reach for their budget.

So one believes too much is possible, the other believes too little... Neither are right, but there’s a lot of happiness for a lot of shooters in the middle between their perceptions.

My first 1,000yrd shooting experience as a kid was a standard Ruger M77 MkII 30-06, running a 7lb factory trigger, with a Tasco World Class 4-16x44mm, and shooting factory Winchester Supreme Ballistic Silvertip 150grn, with a low to mid-0.4 BC and only 2950fps and an ES of 40. Didn’t know any of that back then, didn’t have a ballistic calculator or a chronograph, nor a laser rangefinder. I just knew how to watch for splash and make corrections on my scope to bring the hits onto target (which had to be done with a coin). It has a new scope, new trigger, and a new stock, but I still shoot that rifle to 1,000, over 20yrs later.

Varminterror,

Even though you referred to me as a Snowflake many moons ago (I think it's funny), your advice and wisdom is always 100% top notch.

As a broke student who wants to start maturing my shooting skills with modest yet quality equipment, I appreciate this post more than you know. One day, I'd like to take one of your classes.

 

[Varminterror]

It takes a $300 putter to win a Green Jacket too. But I’ve played a lot of golf with a lot cheaper putter... A minivan never won the Indy 500 either - but lots of folks have taken 500mile trips in vans... if this thread were about specific 1,000yrd competition, my responses would be different.

I don’t shoot a $600 rifle and scope for competition either. But how many guys CAN find an 800-1000yrd range but don’t shoot there because they think they need a $5000+ rifle to accomplish it? How many guys want to shoot long range, casually, but never even look for a range or private property near them because they think they need a $5,000+ rifle? How many guys don’t ever look for a range because they don’t reload and they’ve been told they HAVE to reload to shoot long range?

So we can all have a pissing contest about who shot where and how much the competition rigs to get there cost, and continue to make newbies - or WOULD BE newbies - think it costs too much to have fun at 1,000yrds, or we can throw some reality at it. If a guy wants to shoot a car door at 1,000yrds instead of shooting shoot-n-c targets at 100yrds, or instead of bowling on Saturday’s, or playing softball on a church league or watching football and drinking beer, it really doesn’t cost much to get to 1,000yrds.

Competition isn’t the only 1,000yrd shooting done in the world.

 

[Nature Boy]

^^ Well said ^^

 

[marksman13]

Definitely a DING. But sometimes they go DONG.

Well mine clang and ocassionally dong. You must be using some under powered sissy rifle like a 308.

 

[Jack B.]

Not even interested.

 

[Jim Watson]

Competition isn’t the only 1,000yrd shooting done in the world.

True enough. My question for the long range plinker is, what are you shooting at and how do you know you hit it, not to mention where you hit it? I have shot BPCR silhouette, and it can be tough to see the lead splash on the 500 metre ram with a spotting scope.

 

[FL-NC]

Well mine clang and ocassionally dong. You must be using some under powered sissy rifle like a 308.

I've been outed! The horror!

 

[marksman13]

I've been outed! The horror!

The truth comes for all of us eventually...

 

[M118LR]

Sorry it took so long to get back. To answer that what is this all about question. Folks that can make the trip to Savannah have an opportunity to send it down range for two hours at Fort Stewart's Red Cloud Range for 15$. There ain't many actual 1K ranges that people have a chance to try thier hand at for less than 20 Bucks. April 7th ain't far away. Keep hitting up the Fort Stewart MWR web site if you don't have a local 1K range. So yes, that's what driving this. Many folks have a desire yet don't have a place to have the experience. A 15 dollar chance to shoot that once in a lifetime range? To quote American Express: Priceless.


Now about my longest EKIA. 1958 yards Lima Peru, .50 BMG McMillan Rifle. Circa Shining Path. Teenage girl that left a backpack on the Embassy wall. 3 Decades worth of annual Expert Qualifications on the USMC 1k Course of fire. But all this is complements of your tax dollars at work. Expending 700 rounds out of a primary firearm every week 365 days a years for 3 decades can only be funded by My/Our richest Uncle. I was given this opportunity, so if I ruffled a few feathers and challenged a few folks that hedged on the high cost of actually scratching the mark at the 1K line..........
Please take advantage of the chance to shoot at a distance beyond Y'all's comfort factor.
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?members/ohihunter2014.232207/
Hope this answers most questions, but I apologize to the folks on the left coast. Yet as a Sailor, I was trained at Fort Pendleton USMC.
https://stewart.armymwr.com/calendar/event/long-range-shoot/2190719/25523

 

[DukeConnor]

Well, let's put it this way: it may not take specialized equipment to occasionally ring a fat gong at 1000 yd when firing from a rest. But hitting a 10 inch X-Ring from the prone position with IRON SIGHTS damnwell takes specialized equipment. Shown here are a couple rifles I used in the Wimbledon Cup match at Camp Perry over the years and other tournaments. Both are .300 Win Mag, bottom is built by Jim Cloward (Who won the Wimbledon one year.) on Roy Dunlap stock design, Shilen DGA SS action. Top is on Pre-60 M-70 action, marksman style stock. Warner rears on both. Equipment used in today's competitions are even more specialized.View attachment 782669 View attachment 782670 View attachment 782671

Beautiful rifles.

 

[DukeConnor]

As for me, longest range near me is 400 yards.

I did routinely shoot 8,000-16,000 meters with the M110 but That isn't really what we are talking about here.

 

[M118LR]

There are many folks with the itch, but those that have the means to scratch that itch are few. I just want to facilitate folks with an itch to find the place that they can scratch that itch. I'll try again: https://stewart.armymwr.com/calendar/event/long-range-shoot/2190719/25523
It's your tax dollars, utilize them.
I'll drift into the forgotten, hope Y'all get a chance to shoot the shot that rekindles the Marksmanship dream Y'all had when at first you shouldered a rifle. At 15 Dollars, I'll wager Y'all can place a check on that bucket list!
Gone............

 

[Varminterror]

Varminterror,

Even though you referred to me as a Snowflake many moons ago (I think it's funny)

Hmm, I don’t remember that, but it sounds like something I might say.

Guess we’ve all been thoroughly trolled... so what else you guys got?

 

[Demi-human]

I have an offer, to step outside of one's comfort zone.

On Sunday April fifteenth, the East Lansing Juvinile Diabetes Research Foundation will be hosting OneWalk for fundraising and to create awareness for decreasing the cost of insulin.

Fun Fact: Gasoline is two dollars and sixty nine cents a gallon. Insulin is fourteen thousand three hundred fifty eight dollars a gallon. Bonus points if you know how many gallons an eight year old girl needs a year.

As this is not something that the government has spent millions to train someone in, it is anyone's game for trophy score.
Equipment is unessesary. Instruction will be given. Hugs too.

Yeah, just comes off wierd when I do it...

Why does @ohihunter2014 need to go to Savannah?

What was in the backpack?

I am left so unsatisfied...



Increasingly I find measuring tenths at one hundred yards everso more enjoyable.

 

[WestKentucky]

The second saddest thing in this thread has to be @Jack B. Comment that he is not interested. How can one not be interested when ones avatar is an artillery piece. That doesn't come close to the diabetes thing, but it is a bit disheartening.

 

[Varminterror]

Delete

 

[bluejeans]

I’m still not sure what the point of this thread is except a pissing contest???? I don’t even know what a 1k score is... does that make me less of a man or a lousy shot?

 

[Varminterror]

I think I found a pic of our OP:

 

[marksman13]

delete

 

[plinky]

My range 5 minutes from home goes almost 700 yards with steel swingin'. That is plenty. 600 yard ranges seem a lot more common than I'd have thought.

I'm usually shooting pistols these days but one friendly guy who seems to be there nearly every day has a bunch of Douglas built long range wildcat rifles. He is apparently pretty competitive.

 

[Varminterror]

delete

The original was much better...

 

[marksman13]

The original was much better...

Haha. Yeah, but I read wrong. It's bad enough without me adding to the confusion.

 

[Demi-human]

The second saddest thing in this thread has to be @Jack B. Comment that he is not interested. How can one not be interested when ones avatar is an artillery piece. That doesn't come close to the diabetes thing, but it is a bit disheartening.

I suspect he had premonition.

No sadness here. Those akward fundraisers are the most uncomfortable thing I could think of. I'm trying to stay with the theme of this thread.