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Help me build a 1 mile rifle...
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<blockquote data-quote="Shawn Carlock" data-source="post: 348096" data-attributes="member: 4"><p>Wow. I am kind of suprised, I thought I was on the Long Range hunting forum where we support and educate people who have questions and want to learn about LRH. </p><p> </p><p>Adam,</p><p> </p><p>You can build a 1 mile rifle on a 700 action in 7mm not a huge deal, it takes money and some time. It will require excellent optics and some support equipment. As BB stated the best piece of support equipment you can have is a good spotter. </p><p>About a rifle: building a 7mm I'd look directly at a 7mm RUM myself if I was in your shoes. Run the 180 Bergers out of a 30" tube with a good brake and youcan watch the bullet impact yourself. I would also recommend a Nightforce scope and their 40 moa base and ring setup. A combo like this is capable of 1800-2000 yard shooting.</p><p>About hunting at 1 mile: Very difficult at best, not impossible but seriously difficult. You will find this out when you start shooting these distances at rocks and gongs before you go after game. <strong>Consistant </strong>well placed first round hits at this distance are possible but usually take unique circumstances. I filmed a first round kill on a whitetail this last year at 1935 yards, let's take a look at some of the details:</p><p> </p><p>1. Very experienced long range shooter behind the rifle (T. Reggear).</p><p>2. Using 300 SMK @ 3035 fps</p><p>3. This is a big one, practiced at the exact shooting position and target location just the day before the shot was taken.</p><p>4. Very similar conditions from practice to taking the shot.</p><p>5. 3 very experienced long range shooters (around 36 years total) doping the conditions and spotting.</p><p>6. Passed on other deer at this location because of lack of identical conditions.</p><p>7. Ballistics - an error of 5 yards in distance will make a drop of 12 inches difference, so you need to know distance to the yard. Every 1 mile an hour of wind will drift 20 inches so you must have the wind doped correctly within .25 mph to make a good hit. </p><p> </p><p>Like I said this was a very unusual circumstance and is doable, but it would be a very rare shot that I would take at this kind of distance on game. GOng and rock shooting is of course a different story. We shot some 2000 yards stuff this last summer very fun and very educational. </p><p>I think your on the right track build yourself a rifle see what you can do with it and then go hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shawn Carlock, post: 348096, member: 4"] Wow. I am kind of suprised, I thought I was on the Long Range hunting forum where we support and educate people who have questions and want to learn about LRH. Adam, You can build a 1 mile rifle on a 700 action in 7mm not a huge deal, it takes money and some time. It will require excellent optics and some support equipment. As BB stated the best piece of support equipment you can have is a good spotter. About a rifle: building a 7mm I'd look directly at a 7mm RUM myself if I was in your shoes. Run the 180 Bergers out of a 30" tube with a good brake and youcan watch the bullet impact yourself. I would also recommend a Nightforce scope and their 40 moa base and ring setup. A combo like this is capable of 1800-2000 yard shooting. About hunting at 1 mile: Very difficult at best, not impossible but seriously difficult. You will find this out when you start shooting these distances at rocks and gongs before you go after game. [B]Consistant [/B]well placed first round hits at this distance are possible but usually take unique circumstances. I filmed a first round kill on a whitetail this last year at 1935 yards, let's take a look at some of the details: 1. Very experienced long range shooter behind the rifle (T. Reggear). 2. Using 300 SMK @ 3035 fps 3. This is a big one, practiced at the exact shooting position and target location just the day before the shot was taken. 4. Very similar conditions from practice to taking the shot. 5. 3 very experienced long range shooters (around 36 years total) doping the conditions and spotting. 6. Passed on other deer at this location because of lack of identical conditions. 7. Ballistics - an error of 5 yards in distance will make a drop of 12 inches difference, so you need to know distance to the yard. Every 1 mile an hour of wind will drift 20 inches so you must have the wind doped correctly within .25 mph to make a good hit. Like I said this was a very unusual circumstance and is doable, but it would be a very rare shot that I would take at this kind of distance on game. GOng and rock shooting is of course a different story. We shot some 2000 yards stuff this last summer very fun and very educational. I think your on the right track build yourself a rifle see what you can do with it and then go hunting. [/QUOTE]
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