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45nut · 09-20-2012, 05:38 PM

Does anyone practice long range shooting, I mean 500 yards or more? I took my bolt action .270 and .243 out and shot them at 500 and 400 yards respectively.

I used a improvised rest, a unipod I bought from bass pro, outside my truck window and pulled my rifle back toward me, kind of binding the unipod against the truck door and fired some rounds downrange. I hit 3 out of my first 6 on a standard silhouette target with my .270. I was really thrilled. I now know the drop for the rounds I"m shooting and next time I see a deer at 400 or 500 yards, I know the holdover and can snipe them from the next county!!!!!

09-20-2012, 05:38 PM	#1
45nut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,433	Long range rifle shooting Does anyone practice long range shooting, I mean 500 yards or more? I took my bolt action .270 and .243 out and shot them at 500 and 400 yards respectively. I used a improvised rest, a unipod I bought from bass pro, outside my truck window and pulled my rifle back toward me, kind of binding the unipod against the truck door and fired some rounds downrange. I hit 3 out of my first 6 on a standard silhouette target with my .270. I was really thrilled. I now know the drop for the rounds I"m shooting and next time I see a deer at 400 or 500 yards, I know the holdover and can snipe them from the next county!!!!! __________________ A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. Shane Nemo me impune lacesset We recall the case of the Shoshone war band which showed up complete with one 30-30 rifle per man the week after Pearl Harbor, and simply wanted to have the enemy pointed out to them. "We hear there's a war going on and we want to go fight it." Jeff Cooper *KCCO* -->