To those that actually shot a 1k shot!

[M118LR]

For all those that have tried and perhaps have never succeeded. To all the others that didn't have the courage to accept that you might fail. Post your last score at the 1K line or accept your failure and don't criticize others that are willing to try and perhaps fail yet learn thier limits. Shut up or put up! Y'all known what you have done, and Y'all know what you ain't. To those willing to accept that they ain't all that, but are willing to learn what it takes to be all that. I salute Y'all. Now, how honest are Y'all?

 

[marksman13]

What did I just read?

 

[entropy]

Does 2 of 4 in a 12" red spray paint dot on a car hood at 956 yards (by laser rangefinder) count? With someone else's gun I was trying out? (he only put one of four on it, BTW) Otherwise the longest I've shot is 600m in a Ft. Ord post rifle match.
So what brought this on, M118LR?

 

[Varminterror]

Are you asking (challenging, calling out, what have you) whether people have shot a 1,000yrd benchrest Match, or whether folks have ever shot at 1,000yrds? I’ve done both, been a decade since I shot 1k benchrest, but 2wks since I shot steel at 1k in a precision rifle match. I suppose my “last score” was 2/2 in that match at that range, on 66% IPSC targets.

1,000 isn’t that far, and connecting isn’t that hard, unless a guy has absolutely no idea what he’s doing, aka, doesn’t know his velocity or BC, doesn’t have a big enough target, doesn’t have an experienced spotter, no backstop, doesn’t have appropriate support for the rifle, etc. I take new shooters to 1,000yrds on my 24” gong in every rifle class I put on, some are on their first day ever shooting a rifle.

 

[WestKentucky]

I did a lot of shooting at extreme range with my .270, and as has been mentioned above, the old car hood makes a great target. I used to put the car hood on top of brush piles and tie oil jugs full of used oil to where they hung/leaned on the hood. Shoot til you see oil running down then go pull the hood off and light the brush pile. I don’t recommend this method now, but as a teenager it worked well. I really enjoyed the summer where all of the fence rows got pushed out on the neighbors farm, I would park the little Mazda b2000 at the edge of the property on the highest point, lay in the bed and shoot across 2 farms almost to the creek, using laser range finder now shows 1000 yards at the edge of the bean field, so to the creek would be roughly 1300. I’m not discussing how many shots it took to hit an oil jug, but I learned a whole lot about reloading back then.

 

[The Earl o Sammich]

I have one 18 inch group, 20 rounds, F class, on my belly with a sand bag.

7.62 NATO from an AR10

 

[rdnktrkr]

3x3 1/2" steel at 1200 yrds only took buying another bipod and sending my scope back to the factory to get repairs after someone that knows a lot more than I do helped me one day. I had already shot about 80 rds of 50bmg and I was getting a little perturbed, after some help and getting good equipment 3rd thru 10th shots hit steel.
Not only does it take good equipment but it helps a bunch to have someone there that has a clue "how" to shoot at long range. That was a few yrs back I don't know if I could do it again but I would like to try

 

[Tallest]

For all those that have tried and perhaps have never succeeded. To all the others that didn't have the courage to accept that you might fail. Post your last score at the 1K line or accept your failure and don't criticize others that are willing to try and perhaps fail yet learn thier limits. Shut up or put up! Y'all known what you have done, and Y'all know what you ain't. To those willing to accept that they ain't all that, but are willing to learn what it takes to be all that. I salute Y'all. Now, how honest are Y'all?

Why not start with yourself? ;-)

I have yet to have a 1K opportunity. Not a lot of 1000 yd stretches around here without crossing any number of roads, property lines, and more practically, forests. The longest possible shot with reasonable back drop, on my uncle's farm about an hour south, is 787 yds. But we call it 800 in conversation. Once, with his .308, his hand loads, and his instruction, I hit the 24" square AR plate 3 out 5. But I don't count it since it wasn't my rifle. And it will be a long time before I have a rifle or optics as nice as his set up is.

I was elated with the 3 hits, but at the same time, the luck involved with hitting, the amount of help and instruction I needed from my uncle... suffice it to say it opened my eyes on how much I would need to learn and practice practice practice!

 

[anymanusa]

600yards rapid fire 308 on a dime standing freehand.

20 rounds.

 

[Nature Boy]

Not sure what’s being asked by the OP. I’m certainly still learning to shoot at longer distances, out to 1,000 yards. I have a thread that chronicles my efforts. There’s a lot of good info in it and contributions from folks who know more than I do.

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/308-long-range-load-development-results.822638/

For me, hitting an 18” steel plate with a .308 at 1,000 yards is not too difficult, as long as the wind isn’t blowing too hard



I have 2 books I’m into now on wind reading. I still think I need to find a mentor to sit behind and observe what he sees in order to make the connection

 

[Axis II]

What did I just read?

I asked myself that the first time and then the second and third time i read it too!!

 

[someguy2800]

I can shoot about 350 on my land and about 600 if shooting onto the neighbors field. About 600 on my father in laws farm. Honestly I'm just not that interested in that kind of shooting anymore. I have never encountered a safe and legal place to shoot 1000 yards. Its woods and hills up here. The only place I know is power line tracks on federal land but people 4 wheel up and down them so I will not shoot on one. I built a 6.5x284 this fall so this summer when I start 4 wheeling I want to do some scouting and see if I can find a logging cut that long with something to use as a backstop.

 

[Bbear]

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

 

[Jim Watson]

Been a while since I shot any Long Range, but back when I was in F class, the last match I shot was a 184x200 at 1000. Which is scratch Sharpshooter. That would make me the worst shot on the internet now, but it was not bad in 2009, guns, ammo, and techniques have improved.

 

[farmerboy78]

I shot 1000yd ft-r with my Remington 5r milspec at the camp Robinson range. If I'm not mistaken my last score was 278. Been about a year and can't remember the X count.

 

[CoalTrain49]

Never had the opportunity.

Way too specialized for me.

Maybe a good way to get your exercise though.

 

[Varminterror]

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

 

[Ru4real]

I've shot 1K several times. The last 1k shot was a bullseye, same as the 999th shot, shooting a Ruger MK II pistol 22.

 

[Nature Boy]

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

I think it does if you want to compete at 1,000. Just to bang steel, agreed, no special rifle needed. Next time out I want to try it with a .223

However, finding a safe place to just practice shooting 1,000 is the real challenge

 

[FL-NC]

My score? A hit. It went DING.

 

[marksman13]

My score? A hit. It went DING.

Are you certain it wasn't a clang rather than a ding? Mine always go clang.

 

[FL-NC]

Are you certain it wasn't a clang rather than a ding? Mine always go clang.

Definitely a DING. But sometimes they go DONG.

 

[tarosean]

I guess there is a lot more to this post than we are privy to?

 

[Varminterror]

However, finding a safe place to just practice shooting 1,000 is the real challenge

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.

 

[Legionnaire]

Been a few years, but shot steel torso targets at 960 yards at Storm Mountain Training Center in WV. Remington 700 VSSF in .308 with a Leupold Vari-X III 3.5-10X40 LR. Hit rate was about 60-70%. I've learned a lot since then. There are two 1,000 yard ranges within a couple of hours of me now, but I've not made the effort to get to one of them yet. Hope to in the next couple of months.