Let’s see: 1,000 yards, shooting prone only, at a 1″ MOA (10″ at 1,000 yards) plate, in central Texas weather conditions and without a spotter…
I’d be lucky to hit the berm.
Still, a bunch of folks have tried, using all sorts of strange and exotic rifles, and here follows a series of episodes (links in each pic). (Note: watching long-range shooting is usually akin to watching paint dry, in slow motion. This isn’t.)
Episode 3 (featuring Courtney):
Episode 4 (that’s a Chey-Tac):
And then, in Episode 5, some ol’ boy named Chad shambles up with a Mosin-Nagant 91/30 (!!!!) using a house brand S.W.F.A. scope and Sellior & Bellot 7.62x54R ammo:
Just the thing for a long, lazy Saturday.
Just FYI: TP’s host (Brandon) is an excellent shot, as he shows in this video. His comments on scopes are particularly useful.
Unfortunately, he’s not a good speaker — he tends to rush his speech — and the budget scope he likes is the Arken Optics EP5 5-25x56mm, which I cannot wait to try out, maybe next year if we have a ULD draw.
I ike to point out that the Camp Perry record at 1000 yds stood for DECADES. It was set by a 62 yr old backwoods guy on a rack 1903 bolt gun with IRON SIGHTS and borrowed ammo. Enjoy the legendary story of George Farr…
https://www.ssusa.org/content/the-legend-of-george-r-dad-farr/
Couldn’t happen today, of course. Sounds too much like FUN.
More on George ‘Dad’ Farr–
http://www.jouster2.com/sea_stories/end_of_an_era.pdf
Much more good reading at the main jouster2 site, all downloadable for free.
Colonel Jeff Cooper wrote about this contest in “To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Tell the Truth.”
I believe he called it the “Apollo Challenge”, or the “Apollo Contest.”
There isn’t even a place around here to shoot at 300 yards to practice for the Swiss Nationals at Frauenfeld.
I tried the long distance shooting with AI AR-10 but I could never get it dialed in. Expensive hobby. I have a cousin that has a Christensen Arms rifle in 338 Lapua that he has dialed in. At 1000 yards on a windless day, my hand can cover 10 shots that I make. He uses the 338 to hunt aoudad sheep in Texas.
it’s amazing what some people can do with a rifle. i’d be happy to make consistent hits at half the distance. the longest range that I know of is 400yards. My club’s range stops at 200yards. I just can’t get good hits at distance when I am prone.
JQ
Some comments on Arken scopes–
https://www.forum.arkenopticsusa.com/forum/common-questions/where-are-these-optics-manufactured