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The Basics, Starting Out
What made you interested in long range shooting?
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<blockquote data-quote="257 STW" data-source="post: 2404394" data-attributes="member: 117426"><p>I have been hunting since I was about 10 (58 now) In the mid 90s I was doing a lot of coyote hunting in the winter on the deserts, and rimrocks of S Idaho and kept seeing lots of dogs that were just way out of range from the rims and no way to get closer or call them in.. So I thought why not build a rifle that would let me reach out to them! After reading Ross Seyfreid`s article on the 22-6mm IMP I had one built with a 28" Shilen Select 8 twist match barrel to shoot the 80 gr Bergers. I put a NF BR 8-32x56 on it with Baer 20 moa bases, and Baer rings. And started on my LR journey with no guidance, or instruction. The first time I took a dog at 800 I thought WOW! I just killed a dog at nearly 3/4 of a mile. I was hooked! My longest shot on a yote to date is 1120, cold bore first round hit. As you can imagine, it only got worse! Many rifles down the road and spending enough money to buy a house (seems like it anyway) I`m shooting regularly out to a mile, and have taken Elk, Deer, and goats out past 1000. As technology, and precision rifles, optics, and reloading progresses I only see my problem getting worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="257 STW, post: 2404394, member: 117426"] I have been hunting since I was about 10 (58 now) In the mid 90s I was doing a lot of coyote hunting in the winter on the deserts, and rimrocks of S Idaho and kept seeing lots of dogs that were just way out of range from the rims and no way to get closer or call them in.. So I thought why not build a rifle that would let me reach out to them! After reading Ross Seyfreid`s article on the 22-6mm IMP I had one built with a 28" Shilen Select 8 twist match barrel to shoot the 80 gr Bergers. I put a NF BR 8-32x56 on it with Baer 20 moa bases, and Baer rings. And started on my LR journey with no guidance, or instruction. The first time I took a dog at 800 I thought WOW! I just killed a dog at nearly 3/4 of a mile. I was hooked! My longest shot on a yote to date is 1120, cold bore first round hit. As you can imagine, it only got worse! Many rifles down the road and spending enough money to buy a house (seems like it anyway) I`m shooting regularly out to a mile, and have taken Elk, Deer, and goats out past 1000. As technology, and precision rifles, optics, and reloading progresses I only see my problem getting worse. [/QUOTE]
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