Long Range Shooting Information

[turnerdye1]

Does anybody know of any good DVD's or website that focus just on long range shooting? Something that would cover up to if not over 1000 yards. I plan on building my gun here in the next few months so i want to start reading on what all goes into it and start researching and learning as much as i can. Any information for spotters would be appreciated also.

 

[sgreen3]

This may help you PRACTICAL LONG-RANGE RIFLE SHOOTING - PART I: THE RIFLE & GEAR

http://demigodllc.com/articles/practical-long-range-rifle-shooting-optics/

http://demigodllc.com/articles/practical-long-range-rifle-shooting-shooting/

 

[Hondo]

you might try "Snipers Hide" web site/forum...

 

[snowman]

Sniper Central is a good websight also.

 

[42769vette]

you might try "Snipers Hide" web site/forum...

ive been a member there for 2-3 years. im still not threw all the info. its a extreamly informational site

 

[Dave Doehrman]

I plan on building my gun here in the next few months so i want to start reading on what all goes into it and start researching and learning as much as i can. Any information for spotters would be appreciated also.

Find a long distance range and start talking to the guys who are shooting there. Look at their equipment and ask them why they chose a particular rifle, stock or scope. Most guys will let you sit behind the rifle, look through the scope and get a feel of the stock. Explore your options before you start the build. For distances out to 1,000 yards, a .243, 6mm or .308 would be fine. Beyond that, the rounds and equipment start to get more expensive and places to shoot beyond 1,000 yards are hard to come by in this state.

 

[Bflo]

VIDEOS - Magpul Dynamics™ The Art of the Precision Rifle, 5-Disc DVD Set

 

[turnerdye1]

This may help you PRACTICAL LONG-RANGE RIFLE SHOOTING - PART I: THE RIFLE & GEAR

PRACTICAL LONG-RANGE RIFLE SHOOTING - PART II: OPTICS

PRACTICAL LONG-RANGE RIFLE SHOOTING - PART III: SHOOTING

Thanks for the links! Now i have some reading material

you might try "Snipers Hide" web site/forum...

Sniper Central is a good websight also.

I will be looking into those sites tomorow for sure!

Find a long distance range and start talking to the guys who are shooting there. Look at their equipment and ask them why they chose a particular rifle, stock or scope. Most guys will let you sit behind the rifle, look through the scope and get a feel of the stock. Explore your options before you start the build. For distances out to 1,000 yards, a .243, 6mm or .308 would be fine. Beyond that, the rounds and equipment start to get more expensive and places to shoot beyond 1,000 yards are hard to come by in this state.

Right now i have my mind set on 308 just because of ammo availability and id want to reload for that. I do plan on buying a can when i purchase my rifle so i want to make up some nice subsonic rounds of my own for it. Thats another thing i wanna start researching also. My family has a decent sized farm and we have a 1000 yard range i might be able to push it to 1200 maybe... but it has a nice big dirt backstop and plenty of empty woods behind it. So thats as far as id want to take my shooting. If i can do that ill be happy.

VIDEOS - Magpul Dynamics™ The Art of the Precision Rifle, 5-Disc DVD Set

Please tell me that is out right now!

 

[dennymac]

If you want real Long Range Shooting Information, come out to some of our Long Range Practice Days, and then attend a few of our Long Range Matches. Actually, our LR matches are Mid Range matches. We have a 500 yard range at the Southern Indiana Rifle and Pistol Club, and we use it. The first Saturday of each month, March through December, we hold a 500 yard practice day. This is the first year and there is no charge. You do not have to be a club member to attend, or to shoot in our matches. We can help you get on target and stay on target. We run it in a match format. We form squads and half of the folks go to the pits and half remain on the line to fire. After a predetermined amount of time they trade places. It is good fun, good entertainment, and good information. Real life happening, while you wait. Contact me for more information. DennyMac aguy@dennymac.com

 

[turnerdye1]

If you want real Long Range Shooting Information, come out to some of our Long Range Practice Days, and then attend a few of our Long Range Matches. Actually, our LR matches are Mid Range matches. We have a 500 yard range at the Southern Indiana Rifle and Pistol Club, and we use it. The first Saturday of each month, March through December, we hold a 500 yard practice day. This is the first year and there is no charge. You do not have to be a club member to attend, or to shoot in our matches. We can help you get on target and stay on target. We run it in a match format. We form squads and half of the folks go to the pits and half remain on the line to fire. After a predetermined amount of time they trade places. It is good fun, good entertainment, and good information. Real life happening, while you wait. Contact me for more information. DennyMac aguy@dennymac.com

Sounds interesting. Im definetly gonna look into it

 

[Mike_Indy]

Good thread forming here.

+1 on Snipershide. I may look into that Southern IN idea. I'm from the Indy area. I tend to go up to Bass & Bucks when I can to work on my skills (newbie) and try to learn. Not many to assist when I go. The Southern club idea sounds great. I will try to make it.

 

[turnerdye1]

Good thread forming here.

+1 on Snipershide. I may look into that Southern IN idea. I'm from the Indy area. I tend to go up to Bass & Bucks when I can to work on my skills (newbie) and try to learn. Not many to assist when I go. The Southern club idea sounds great. I will try to make it.

I just moved down to Indy a month ago but my house where i grew up is about 10min from Bass and Bucks. Ive never been shooting there before lol. Picked up some reloading supplies...but never shot there

 

[Mike_Indy]

I like B&B. I tend to go on weekdays when it is not busy. Nice folks in the store, they pretty well leave you alone to shoot. $15 for a day is cheap, (well add gas mileage to the cost)

I've met an older guy named Ray that is real nice. Good shooter as well. He's been helpful to me. He's about the only regular I've seen.

 

[turnerdye1]

Anybody want to show your long range setup? I can use all the ideas i can get. And any tips are always helpful also.

 

[sgreen3]

I currently dont have a longrange bolt action right now, My last AR I built kind of took its place. But im looking to get back into a Savage Model 10 next summer(If I could stop buying other guns I find).

 

[indyjohn]

I have this book.

9780967094885: Precision Shooting at 1,000 Yards - AbeBooks: 0967094887

It covers History, Military, Bench Rest, F-Class, Optics, Ultra Long Range, and more. Well worth the money.

 

[mertbl]

Will you have problems shooting subsonic rounds out to 1000 yds? Seems like you would end up with a rainbow trajectory.

 

[Dave Doehrman]

Anybody want to show your long range setup? I can use all the ideas i can get. And any tips are always helpful also.

Here's the .308 I built last year.

I started with a 700 SPS Varmint with the 26" heavy barrel. I pulled the factory stock and installed the Accuracy International 1.5 stock. The base is a 20 MOA NightForce direct mount base and the scope is an 8 X 32 NightForce NSX with the MilDot reticle. In this photo I had a Harris bi-pod but since then I have added the Atlas bi-pod.

The barrel and action are still factory original. When I replace the barrel in a year or two, I'll have the bolt and action trued up. The biggest improvement in accuracy resulted from replacing the factory trigger with a Jewell 1 1/2 ounce to 3 lb. trigger. The trigger came preset to 1 lb. and that's where I left it. Here's a photo of a 5 shot group at 500 yards taken this summer:

The group measures 1.496" or .33 MOA. My best 5 shot group at 1,000 yards is 4.25", but I'm still working on that.

BTW, I'm shooting 168 gr A-Max bullets with Varget powder, FGMM primers and Prvi Partizan brass.

 

[42769vette]

here is my 260 with a 100yd 3 shot group and a 700 yd 4 shot group (4 shots in the middle

 

[turnerdye1]

Nice setup guys!! Im jealous thats for sure.