I posted a while back that I'd reached out to 1300 yds. with good results. Two years ago 500 yds. was long distance to me. Now I'm constantly looking to improve my range, as well as my precision at shorter ranges.
I had hoped to get out to 1500 yds. and 1 mile since having such good success at 1100 and 1300, but rain and mud have kept me out of my LR shooting spot.
Well, I attended the LR shoot at Augustis Ranch this last weekend. I knew there was a plate in the 1600 yd. neighborhood and I was itching to give it a go.
We warmed up on some shorter distances and by late morning were at Station 2 which boasts a 1575 yd. shot at a 36" round steel plate. Wind was gusting pretty good, so it took a couple shots to get on, but then I made multiple hits. A new PR!
Station 3 engages the same plate from a different angle to give 1525 yds, and again I had no problem making multiple hits.
We finished Day One and were talking back at camp and one of the guys told me that Aug had put multiple hits on the 1900 yd. plate with his 300RUM. <span style="font-weight: bold">WHAT</span>? There's a 1900 yd. plate?
It was a done deal in my head. I asked Aug if I could try in the morning. He seemed a little dubious that my 300WM could make it. I told him confidently, "I will hit that plate". JBM said my load was SS to 1950+ yds. I KNEW I could hit it.
We went back to Station 1 in the morning which, if you engage the same 36" steel as 1575 and 1525, yields 1900 yds. Trgrman from here on the Hide made wind calls for me.
This is the part that is a little frustrating for me. We had a discussion about the wind and agreed to dial 2 mil for the r-l full value 15-20 mph wind at target (it was about 5 or 6 o'clock at station). I'm not sure exactly what transpired next, but when I settled in behind the rifle and he called out a 2 mil correction, I thought he meant in addition, and somehow I got 4 mil left hold. In any event the first round struck center elevation, exactly 2 mil right.
I could have had a 1st round cold bore hit at 1900 yds.!
He instructed me to hold left 2 mil, I did and quickly sent it for my first hit at 1900 yds. The next 2 just cleared the top of the plate at 11 and 12 o' clock. I wanted to try again, but it didn't fit with our schedule, so next visit I will try to put multiple hits on. Needless to say I'm hooked in a big way.
This is what 1900 yds looks like from behind the rifle:
It's not really visible in this photo, but the plate is on the far hill, a little to the left of the rifle, just below the horizon.
A bonus for the weekend was watching Trgrman, with Augustis making wind calls, put 3 rounds in a 20" group, 1st shot cold bore, center mass of a rock at 2950 yds. in very tricky wind conditions with his 375CT. Very cool.
Trgrman just after the third shot. The rifle is pointing at the rock which is on the furthest bluff, almost dead center of the picture.
For more info on the Shoot at Augustis Ranch:
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1584268
John
I had hoped to get out to 1500 yds. and 1 mile since having such good success at 1100 and 1300, but rain and mud have kept me out of my LR shooting spot.
Well, I attended the LR shoot at Augustis Ranch this last weekend. I knew there was a plate in the 1600 yd. neighborhood and I was itching to give it a go.
We warmed up on some shorter distances and by late morning were at Station 2 which boasts a 1575 yd. shot at a 36" round steel plate. Wind was gusting pretty good, so it took a couple shots to get on, but then I made multiple hits. A new PR!
Station 3 engages the same plate from a different angle to give 1525 yds, and again I had no problem making multiple hits.
We finished Day One and were talking back at camp and one of the guys told me that Aug had put multiple hits on the 1900 yd. plate with his 300RUM. <span style="font-weight: bold">WHAT</span>? There's a 1900 yd. plate?
It was a done deal in my head. I asked Aug if I could try in the morning. He seemed a little dubious that my 300WM could make it. I told him confidently, "I will hit that plate". JBM said my load was SS to 1950+ yds. I KNEW I could hit it.
We went back to Station 1 in the morning which, if you engage the same 36" steel as 1575 and 1525, yields 1900 yds. Trgrman from here on the Hide made wind calls for me.
This is the part that is a little frustrating for me. We had a discussion about the wind and agreed to dial 2 mil for the r-l full value 15-20 mph wind at target (it was about 5 or 6 o'clock at station). I'm not sure exactly what transpired next, but when I settled in behind the rifle and he called out a 2 mil correction, I thought he meant in addition, and somehow I got 4 mil left hold. In any event the first round struck center elevation, exactly 2 mil right.
I could have had a 1st round cold bore hit at 1900 yds.!
He instructed me to hold left 2 mil, I did and quickly sent it for my first hit at 1900 yds. The next 2 just cleared the top of the plate at 11 and 12 o' clock. I wanted to try again, but it didn't fit with our schedule, so next visit I will try to put multiple hits on. Needless to say I'm hooked in a big way.
This is what 1900 yds looks like from behind the rifle:
It's not really visible in this photo, but the plate is on the far hill, a little to the left of the rifle, just below the horizon.
A bonus for the weekend was watching Trgrman, with Augustis making wind calls, put 3 rounds in a 20" group, 1st shot cold bore, center mass of a rock at 2950 yds. in very tricky wind conditions with his 375CT. Very cool.
Trgrman just after the third shot. The rifle is pointing at the rock which is on the furthest bluff, almost dead center of the picture.
For more info on the Shoot at Augustis Ranch:
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1584268
John
