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The Basics, Starting Out
What made you interested in long range shooting?
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 2404841" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>I was hooked on rifle shooting and hunting from an early age(1960's). My very first interest in long range shooting was the result of an invention creating the necessity. A buddy of mine had a Redfield 3x9 Wide View scope with the two line ranging reticle and a turret calibrated to his 30-06 Winchester. Of course we never shot anything past 100 yards, but the idea that Redfield sold such a product must of meant it worked…At least this was my impression, and it stuck with me. By the 80's my longest shot was 300 yards with my 375H&H on a Kudu on a hunt in Africa. While I did a lot of competitive shooting, over the next decade, much of my NE and Southern hunting at shorter ranges and mostly traditional archery/black powder for well into the 90's. The trigger for getting serious about LR rifle hunting occurred in an archery hunt in Canada. We observed several large bucks traveling a slew at 500-1000 yards. We were made well aware by the locals that nobody up there would think of making such a shot with a rifle. Upon returning from that trip I got my hands on Platters book, The Ultimate Sniper". There wasn't much available on LRH. With the very comprehensive information in that book, I thought about adapting Platters principles for hunting and put together a rifle/scope/load that I felt could be effective for hunting to 500, maybe 600 yards. It was a Remington 700, 308W, Varmint barrel./ Mark 4 Leupold scope. After a lot of practice, a couple of seasons later in a trip back to Alberta. I ranged a buck at a bit less then 500 yards and dropped him. I was hooked forever, and the quest for 1000 yard hunting had begun. I will say Len's great forum and it's very knowledgeable participants have proven to be invaluable in achieving that goal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 2404841, member: 10291"] I was hooked on rifle shooting and hunting from an early age(1960’s). My very first interest in long range shooting was the result of an invention creating the necessity. A buddy of mine had a Redfield 3x9 Wide View scope with the two line ranging reticle and a turret calibrated to his 30-06 Winchester. Of course we never shot anything past 100 yards, but the idea that Redfield sold such a product must of meant it worked…At least this was my impression, and it stuck with me. By the 80’s my longest shot was 300 yards with my 375H&H on a Kudu on a hunt in Africa. While I did a lot of competitive shooting, over the next decade, much of my NE and Southern hunting at shorter ranges and mostly traditional archery/black powder for well into the 90’s. The trigger for getting serious about LR rifle hunting occurred in an archery hunt in Canada. We observed several large bucks traveling a slew at 500-1000 yards. We were made well aware by the locals that nobody up there would think of making such a shot with a rifle. Upon returning from that trip I got my hands on Platters book, The Ultimate Sniper”. There wasn’t much available on LRH. With the very comprehensive information in that book, I thought about adapting Platters principles for hunting and put together a rifle/scope/load that I felt could be effective for hunting to 500, maybe 600 yards. It was a Remington 700, 308W, Varmint barrel./ Mark 4 Leupold scope. After a lot of practice, a couple of seasons later in a trip back to Alberta. I ranged a buck at a bit less then 500 yards and dropped him. I was hooked forever, and the quest for 1000 yard hunting had begun. I will say Len’s great forum and it’s very knowledgeable participants have proven to be invaluable in achieving that goal. [/QUOTE]
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