Longest successful shot

danypattt

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Hello everyone, I'd love to know the farthest (verified range) hit on target you've accomplished?
On a friend's farm we've set various steel targets. The longest are 550 yards and are 18" x 30" steel torso's and 18" x 12" steel plates.
I've rung them fairly regularly with my .25-06 and some .308 hunting rifles and AR's.
Being a surveyor, I verified the range with my total station and also use it as a spotting scope since it has a 30x scope. It's a lot of fun to watch the bullet hit the target, call a hit and then wait a few seconds for the ring.
 
Furthest cold bore first round hit on a 24x24 steel plate was 1417 yds with a 338 edge. I have had hits out to 2070 yds with the edge but not cold bore first round.
Nice, you must be a very good shooter
What type of gun do you shoot?
 
What type of gun do you shoot?
Several. On the 1,000yd targets, I've used 223 fast twist, 22/250 and AI fast twist, 243, 6mmAI, 25-06, 260 AI, 300RUM etc, and on the 1 mile targets, I've used 22/250 AI fast twist, 6mm varieties, 300RUM, 338's, and the 2,000 yd was 300 RUM and 338's.

Edit: Forgot my 308's, as we shot a lot of Palma and 1,000yd prone with those and others.
 
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