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<blockquote data-quote="Catfish" data-source="post: 176205" data-attributes="member: 7211"><p>Killing coyotes at 1,000 yrds. is not easy even with all the best equipment. I shoot a .22-6mm and push an 80 gn at abt. 3,470 fps. At 3,400 fps. the bullet will drop abt 280 in. Infact if you are zeroed at 400 yrds. your bullet will be 11.76 in low at 500 yrds. When you get to 1,000 yrds. you will have abt. that much drop in 25 yrds. so you must have a real good range finder. A 10 mph. cross wind will drift your bullet almost 88 in. or a 1 mph wind would move the bullet almost 9 in. Even if you can measure the wind where you are the wind speed and direction can change several time between you and the target so wind drift is more of an art than a science. Shooting 1,000 yrds. in the field is all together different than shooting 1,000 yrds. at the range. You can walk your bullets in on the range, but a coyote, for some unknow reason, just won`t stand still and let you do that. </p><p> I have $ 1,000+ in my gun, another $ 1,000+ in my scope, For a range finder that will do any kind or rangeing at 1,000 yrds. will be another $ 1,000+. You will still need a good spotting scope and a portable bench, or something to shoot from. Do you still want to shoot 1,000 yrds. ????</p><p> I can do pretty good in the field to 600 or 700 yrds. My weakest point is being able to range the targets. The range finder I use sell for $ 800 new. Start by tring to get good at 500 yrds. and then work your way out. 500 yrds. you can do with alot of off the shelf rifles. Rember big heavy bullets for the cal. ( high BC bullets) are far better for long range shooting than than lite bullets even if the lite bullets are alot faster.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catfish, post: 176205, member: 7211"] Killing coyotes at 1,000 yrds. is not easy even with all the best equipment. I shoot a .22-6mm and push an 80 gn at abt. 3,470 fps. At 3,400 fps. the bullet will drop abt 280 in. Infact if you are zeroed at 400 yrds. your bullet will be 11.76 in low at 500 yrds. When you get to 1,000 yrds. you will have abt. that much drop in 25 yrds. so you must have a real good range finder. A 10 mph. cross wind will drift your bullet almost 88 in. or a 1 mph wind would move the bullet almost 9 in. Even if you can measure the wind where you are the wind speed and direction can change several time between you and the target so wind drift is more of an art than a science. Shooting 1,000 yrds. in the field is all together different than shooting 1,000 yrds. at the range. You can walk your bullets in on the range, but a coyote, for some unknow reason, just won`t stand still and let you do that. I have $ 1,000+ in my gun, another $ 1,000+ in my scope, For a range finder that will do any kind or rangeing at 1,000 yrds. will be another $ 1,000+. You will still need a good spotting scope and a portable bench, or something to shoot from. Do you still want to shoot 1,000 yrds. ???? I can do pretty good in the field to 600 or 700 yrds. My weakest point is being able to range the targets. The range finder I use sell for $ 800 new. Start by tring to get good at 500 yrds. and then work your way out. 500 yrds. you can do with alot of off the shelf rifles. Rember big heavy bullets for the cal. ( high BC bullets) are far better for long range shooting than than lite bullets even if the lite bullets are alot faster. [/QUOTE]
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