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Hugh's sixth shoot out to a mile.
Location Near St Isidore Alberta. Peace River area.
Well I'm going to try and put together a shoot out to a mile (2000 yd spot to wet & lumpy)
Interested?
I would like for it to happen Sept 23, 24, 25. Set up friday afternoon, shoot all day Sat the 24, drink and be merry around a camp fire sat night, head home the 25th. Limit to 25 people. Please reply if you can come.
I'm setting up a camp site, hay field, but it has no services. I'll set up an outhouse. Sorry but no doggies. I'll see how much interest there is and go from there.
25 confirmed attendees. 8 people on waiting/cancellation list, as of sept 11.
Hugh
Here's the range see that big cloud in the middle, right under the right side of the middle pillow is the mile post. It will be hayed near the end of August. :dancingbanana::dancingbanana::dancingbanana:
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I have a spot picked out but my big question is what I should set the other targets at. So having one at 1760, then 1500, then 1200, then 1000, then what? I have 8 targets so far and hope to get more but I'm putting in long days right now, so no time to scout out plate. I want new shooters to have something at a reasonable distance so they don't get discouraged. And if the wind howls that day I want to be able to hit something. What do you figure the, lets say 10 targets, should be spaced at.
Time to start prepping the spot.
 
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Sept / Oct Near Peace River. The only requirment is, you have a membership in a gunclub. I like to do something like Nordegg. Meet friday afternoon/night, set up targets, shoot all day saturday, Have a camp fire on sat night. Leave for home on sunday. Now lets get back to distances.
 
200....for scope sight-in.
300, 500, and 700.....for walking guys out to 1000......

Your shoot will be perfect timing so our resident grain-farmer has an excuse to be absent.....again.
 
So 100, 200, 300, 500, 700, 1000, 1200, 1400, 1500 and 1760 yards. 10 steel targets. The 1760 will have to be huge and painted florescent orange to be able to see it. Now I have to see how these distances fit the terrain. I'd better see how those graderblade targets hold up. I have to get it in gear.
The A man, well maybe we can set something up during his couch time(10 months of the year).
 
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i think you should keep them close to even distances with out the big gap we had at nordegg (even tho it didnt stop everyone from hitting 1350m ) its just way easier to walk your shots in when you start reaching out past 700
 
Hugh, is there since a thing as 2000 yd precision? Even at a mile, it is a best quess thing since 1 mph of wind increase from 3 o'clock is worth 1.5 moa of windage and that is with a good BC bullet. At 2000 yds, the same 1 mph change is worth 1.7 moa of wind or 35 1/2 " Maybe more too, since the bullet is falling out of the sky at this point LOL, only remaing velocity is gravity... so the BC even for a good bullet is nothing, not to mention the fact the bullet went sub shortly after 1000 to 1300 yds.... thus it is likely tumbling at 2000 (308 etc) unless you guys have 50's, rockets or morters LOL

K
 
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Hey Keith I have to extend it from the mile cause 24 people have hit the mile. A 338/7wssm/300wm are the likley candidates for the 2000. I'm happy with my mile hits.
The precision part is the rifle build!!

Having said that
Hugh's first annual shoot out to a mile.(in this location)
Location Near St Isidore Alberta. Peace River area.
Well I'm going to try and put together a shoot out to a mile. 2000yd spot has a new beaver pond flooding the road.
Interested?
I would like for it to happen Sept 23, 24, 25. Set up friday afternoon, shoot all day Sat the 24, drink and be merry around a camp fire sat night, head home the 25th. Limit to 25 people(min 8). Please reply if you can come.
I'm setting up a camp site, hay field, but it has no services. I'll set up an outhouse. I'll see how much interest there is and go from there.

Hugh
 
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I would suggest plates at 100, 500, 1000, 1200, 1400, 1600, 1760, 1850, 2000

At 1000 and beyond it would be vital to be able to spot your misses. Perhaps the terrain is suitable for this (dry loose dusty ground that will show a bullet hit), if not you really need a big plate.
 
The shooting format is groups of 2 or 3, spotting/shooting. With my painting sceme of 2 coats of black with 2 coats of a lighter color on top, some scopes can see impacts. Spotting with a NightForce 5.5-22X56 NXS I am able to see misses and hits on steel at a mile if the mirrage isn't to bad. I have yet to try it out to 2000 yards. Time will tell.
 
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Hugh, is there since a thing as 2000 yd precision? Even at a mile, it is a best quess thing since 1 mph of wind increase from 3 o'clock is worth 1.5 moa of windage and that is with a good BC bullet. At 2000 yds, the same 1 mph change is worth 1.7 moa of wind or 35 1/2 " Maybe more too, since the bullet is falling out of the sky at this point LOL, only remaing velocity is gravity... so the BC even for a good bullet is nothing, not to mention the fact the bullet went sub shortly after 1000 to 1300 yds.... thus it is likely tumbling at 2000 (308 etc) unless you guys have 50's, rockets or morters LOL

K
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At that point, wind reading is more important than anything. Go shoot at dinner plates with a .22LR at 300+ yards with a bit of gust to get some practice. It's a lot of fun, on my first time at 300 with the .22lr (1080ft/s 40gr target load) I was getting 5 to 7 hits on 10 shots, random wind.

Also, my 300 Win Mag with a long barrel (just waiting for the scope) should be shooting 210gr VLDs fast enough to keep supersonic past 1900 yards.

You're implying all bullets tumble when they go subsonic. That's HORRIBLY incorrect.

Lots of guys are taking calibers both weak and strong well past what people think they can shoot with them. Mystic Precision took a .223 out to a mile, .338 LM and such rifles can clear the 2000 yards with relative ease (compared to the .223) and I'll be damned if I don't try my long range .300 Win Mag build as far as I can, and then some. With the scope, bases and rings, I don't think I'll be running out of elevation before two solid kilometers, a wee bit past 2000 yards.
 
Yes this is open to anyone. I am the self appointed Range Officer. You can shoot hunting rifles as far as they reach. I stretched my old british 303 out to 500 yards, thankfully the target was large!! Some rules apply, but its all boils down to having fun and going home in one piece.
Hugh
 
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