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<blockquote data-quote="Strider" data-source="post: 500772" data-attributes="member: 25695"><p>I am no expert, but I shoot a 1,000 yard course once a month with similar equipment (i.e. scope hunting rifles in STW and .300 WSM). I can shoot under 3-inch group pretty routinely at 500 yards, but things get iffy real fast after that. The course we shoot is 100-yard increments from 200 out to 1,000. I have come ot the point where I don't shoot past 700 yards. I can't reliably stay on the paper beyond 800. The reason is I don't shoot high BC bullets so wind drift gets exponentially crazy, and I have a calibrated reticle out to 700 yards but I don't have "adjustable turrets". </p><p> </p><p>As stated above, you really need Bergers or other hi<strong>-</strong>BC bullets at that range. Without hi-BC bullets and adjustable turrets, you will have so much holdover you won't have a reliable aiming reference. The calibers don't matter so much in and of themselves, but the .30 should have higher BC bullets avaialble if your rifle has enough twist to shoot them. HTH.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Strider, post: 500772, member: 25695"] I am no expert, but I shoot a 1,000 yard course once a month with similar equipment (i.e. scope hunting rifles in STW and .300 WSM). I can shoot under 3-inch group pretty routinely at 500 yards, but things get iffy real fast after that. The course we shoot is 100-yard increments from 200 out to 1,000. I have come ot the point where I don't shoot past 700 yards. I can't reliably stay on the paper beyond 800. The reason is I don't shoot high BC bullets so wind drift gets exponentially crazy, and I have a calibrated reticle out to 700 yards but I don't have "adjustable turrets". As stated above, you really need Bergers or other hi[B]-[/B]BC bullets at that range. Without hi-BC bullets and adjustable turrets, you will have so much holdover you won't have a reliable aiming reference. The calibers don't matter so much in and of themselves, but the .30 should have higher BC bullets avaialble if your rifle has enough twist to shoot them. HTH. [/QUOTE]
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