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- Lethbridge
we will be in calgary on sat march 7, will my baby be ready to take home? or at least hold... very empty gun room!!!
Hey .50 cal. people...
- Thread starter redman
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Reflected on this and wow if most of your shots hit an oil drum at that distance, then you could technically take down large game at that distance, no??
- Location
- calgary alberta
Reflected on this and wow if most of your shots hit an oil drum at that distance, then you could technically take down large game at that distance, no??
Technically yes it may be possible, but I would not even try at that range for ethical reasons.
1 Mile on game, yes, not a problem, that is my goal in life, but 2 miles has too large a chance of a non lethal shot.
Long Range Canuck
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Athabasca Alberta aka God's Country
Jerry not to discredit anyone's shot's or create legends and rumours,but the 2400meters was crossed in Summerland with the .50's from the upper ridge to the best of our knowledge, I don't have the exact numbers with me and can not decicevely prove it but we did verifying with laser in increments and were hoping to confirm the distances this year as there may be room for error and kind of kept things to our self's. Aimed at targets were hit. If my word is worth anything as I don't have the data it is what it is. I was realy hoping to get to the shoot this year and run some of those Awsome ABC bullet company's bullets through my rig. I haven't had the chance to play with them as of yet but I do have high hopes for them and am positive they will get us to the maximum effective range of the .50. Hope to be there next year, or test the boundries with Rick down south sometime if we can actually arrange some mutual time off.
Long Range Canuck
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Athabasca Alberta aka God's Country
PUSSY!!!
Sounds like your loosing your touch Rick....age does that to ya.
- Location
- calgary alberta
PUSSY!!!
Yup I shot a pussy last year but far to close for comfort
Don't I here yer wifey callin????
Mystic Precision
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Summerland, BC
Jerry not to discredit anyone's shot's or create legends and rumours,but the 2400meters was crossed in Summerland with the .50's from the upper ridge to the best of our knowledge, I don't have the exact numbers with me and can not decicevely prove it but we did verifying with laser in increments and were hoping to confirm the distances this year as there may be room for error and kind of kept things to our self's. Aimed at targets were hit. If my word is worth anything as I don't have the data it is what it is. I was realy hoping to get to the shoot this year and run some of those Awsome ABC bullet company's bullets through my rig. I haven't had the chance to play with them as of yet but I do have high hopes for them and am positive they will get us to the maximum effective range of the .50. Hope to be there next year, or test the boundries with Rick down south sometime if we can actually arrange some mutual time off.
No problem. I ranged most of that hillside and all the major boulders we were shooting at. The furthest was 2300yds or 2.1km on my GPS. At most a 10m error.
What was the mile rock let you reach around 2650yds depending on where on the face you shot.
I am going to see about getting some targets further up the hillside so a measured 2500yds can be reached.
Wish you and Deb could have made it. Will be fun, fun, fun.
Hopefully, the weather will be nice like last year.
Jerry
Long Range Canuck
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Athabasca Alberta aka God's Country
You can't compare Rob's shots to what we do in any way.
1. Were not getting shot at.
2. The precision in the rifles and ammunition we shoot are far superior to what Rob had.
3. Rob's rifle could take the abuse of the field conditions, ours are probably not to fussy about being dragged, dropped or bounced around in a vehicle.
4. Robs targets move, over that distance if the shot was taken while the target was standing still, and the target took one step in the time of bullet flight at that distance it would be a miss.
Hat's off to Rob no shot I ever make will compare.
Max Owner
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Let's see some pics of your .50's there guys? I keep thinking of getting a .338 Lapua Mag built ... but these .50's make me think ...
Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
One of each.
Let's see some pics of your .50's there guys? I keep thinking of getting a .338 Lapua Mag built ... but these .50's make me think ...
Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
I would if I could get this picture-posting thing figured out.....
Long Range Canuck
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Athabasca Alberta aka God's Country
Here's mine.
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- Location
- calgary alberta
You can't compare Rob's shots to what we do in any way.
1. Were not getting shot at.
2. The precision in the rifles and ammunition we shoot are far superior to what Rob had.
3. Rob's rifle could take the abuse of the field conditions, ours are probably not to fussy about being dragged, dropped or bounced around in a vehicle.
4. Robs targets move, over that distance if the shot was taken while the target was standing still, and the target took one step in the time of bullet flight at that distance it would be a miss.
Hat's off to Rob no shot I ever make will compare.
Despite all of our differences and your whining about my full auto rock flinging truck
I could not have put together a better response.
Imagine what Rob could have done with a truly accurate rifle and match ammo tuned for the rifle??
I agree our target rifles are not up to the rigors that the sandbox has to offer. Totally different kind of rifle required.
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It's a little off-topic, but since I started this thread, I'll permit myself to ask for some elaboration of the above; genuinely curious.
Thanks!
With close to a 5.5 second flight time......Rob's shot might be a hard one to duplicate ever again regardless of equipment. So much can happen to that bullet when it has to travel though the air for 6 seconds. If that target so much as moves a few inches in any direction it's a miss. Personally I don't think that distance record will be broken anytime soon. Kudo's to
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- calgary alberta
The military specs rifles that must function in all types of conditions, for obvious reasons.
In doing so the rifle makers can not make real tight tolerance actions or cut tight tolerance chambers as we can in target rifles. Doing so would put the operator at risk of rifle malfunction if there were dirt , mud, or debris to get inside the rifle. Also with the use of chambers that through necessity need to be able to digest everything from "military match" to machinegun ammo the chambers are not nearly as tight as those we cut in a target or benchrest style rifle like I build.
Please understand I am NOT knocking these rifles, but they must have better tolerance to environemtal contamination than a match rifle does. If 1 of us has a failure to feed, discharge or a mechanical malfunction chances of our paper target taking advantage of this situation is nill, this is NOT the case in a hostile environment.
The military and even LE agencies do not have the luxury of working up the best hand load for a given rifle, it would just not be practical or effiicient.
Serious target shooters however spend as much time working at refining their loads for optimal accuracy as they typically do shooting.
The 50 cal actions I build are far stronger than likely anything on the market, but painfully slow to operate, and do get hard to operate if shot until dirty due to the tight tolerances.
The point we were trying to make is that given what Rob Furlong achieved with a good production rifle with fairly loose tolerances, when compared to a true target rifle and issue ammo is truly remarkable, but if he had had a true match rifle with the appropriate match ammo specific for that rifle, imagine how much further he could have stretched the shot?
On another note these rifles just came to Canada. this is the 1st 1 to be registered here.
In doing so the rifle makers can not make real tight tolerance actions or cut tight tolerance chambers as we can in target rifles. Doing so would put the operator at risk of rifle malfunction if there were dirt , mud, or debris to get inside the rifle. Also with the use of chambers that through necessity need to be able to digest everything from "military match" to machinegun ammo the chambers are not nearly as tight as those we cut in a target or benchrest style rifle like I build.
Please understand I am NOT knocking these rifles, but they must have better tolerance to environemtal contamination than a match rifle does. If 1 of us has a failure to feed, discharge or a mechanical malfunction chances of our paper target taking advantage of this situation is nill, this is NOT the case in a hostile environment.
The military and even LE agencies do not have the luxury of working up the best hand load for a given rifle, it would just not be practical or effiicient.
Serious target shooters however spend as much time working at refining their loads for optimal accuracy as they typically do shooting.
The 50 cal actions I build are far stronger than likely anything on the market, but painfully slow to operate, and do get hard to operate if shot until dirty due to the tight tolerances.
The point we were trying to make is that given what Rob Furlong achieved with a good production rifle with fairly loose tolerances, when compared to a true target rifle and issue ammo is truly remarkable, but if he had had a true match rifle with the appropriate match ammo specific for that rifle, imagine how much further he could have stretched the shot?
On another note these rifles just came to Canada. this is the 1st 1 to be registered here.
