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Best long range target firearm
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highfinblue
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My cousin owns a 338-378 Weatherby built by Bruce Baer that is the best shooting rifle I have ever seen. He has a NF scope on it and it has taken game well over 1300 yards, and routinely shoots dime size groups at 300 yards. He is a very good shot, but that rifle is unlike anything I have ever seen; it's made for long range shooting too. Weighs somewhere around 13 pounds, and certainly is no carry rifle, but set it up on a bluff in Colorado, or a whitetail stand in Kansas, and critters are not safe. I don't know if this caliber is just that accurate, or Bruce hit one out the park with this build, but I do know he built a bunch of them back in the day. I don't even know if Bruce is still building rifles.
Depending on one's idea of what best is.
Idk bud, that's why I'm asking. 22 swift owns the small field, 257 weatherby destroys the oh so popular 6.5 Creedmoor. I'm looking for the Mac daddy of big bore long range superstar.lol
Nice. Thank you very much for your knowledge.
lancetkenyon
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"Long Range" is considered 1000 yards.
"ELR" (Extended Long Range or Extra Long Range) is 1000+.
Since you asked for "long range target", my answer is going to be different.
I think a smaller cartridge is a grwat choice for 1k. They teach you important skills like reading wind, while allowing you a lot more comfortable shooting at higher volume.
I shoot out to 1400+ a couple times a month (except for about 3 months when temps rarely get below 95°F, even at 5:00am). My rifles for shooting from 350 to 1400 consist of: 22GT, 6CM, 25CM, 6.5SLR, .260AI, and up to a 6.5PRC.
A couple of hunting rifles in 25SST, 6.5PRC/SI, 6.5SS, 7SS sometimes make the trip if an upcpming hunting trip is on the calendar. My 7RM, 28 Nosler, and 300PRC stay in the safe until it is time to get serious for an elk trip.
I usually shoot between 70-130 rounds each trip. No way you are doing that amount of shooting with a .338RUM or bigger cartridge. Even a good braked .300WM/.300PRC type of cartridge would be punishing at that fire rate.
ELR is ruled by guys shooting anything from 6mm to bigger .338s. I would think 6.5PRC/6.5SAUM type shooting the heavies is a great option for getting a high BC bullet up to good velocities without destroying your shoulder. Maybe a good 7mm or .308 based csrtridge, but they will limit your round count for the day. Unless you build really heavy and put on a great brake.
If you want the best of the best for 2000+ ELR, that is a whole other topic. .338LM, 375 ENABLR, 375 Cheytec, 416 Cheytec, 416 Barret, etc.
"ELR" (Extended Long Range or Extra Long Range) is 1000+.
Since you asked for "long range target", my answer is going to be different.
I think a smaller cartridge is a grwat choice for 1k. They teach you important skills like reading wind, while allowing you a lot more comfortable shooting at higher volume.
I shoot out to 1400+ a couple times a month (except for about 3 months when temps rarely get below 95°F, even at 5:00am). My rifles for shooting from 350 to 1400 consist of: 22GT, 6CM, 25CM, 6.5SLR, .260AI, and up to a 6.5PRC.
A couple of hunting rifles in 25SST, 6.5PRC/SI, 6.5SS, 7SS sometimes make the trip if an upcpming hunting trip is on the calendar. My 7RM, 28 Nosler, and 300PRC stay in the safe until it is time to get serious for an elk trip.
I usually shoot between 70-130 rounds each trip. No way you are doing that amount of shooting with a .338RUM or bigger cartridge. Even a good braked .300WM/.300PRC type of cartridge would be punishing at that fire rate.
ELR is ruled by guys shooting anything from 6mm to bigger .338s. I would think 6.5PRC/6.5SAUM type shooting the heavies is a great option for getting a high BC bullet up to good velocities without destroying your shoulder. Maybe a good 7mm or .308 based csrtridge, but they will limit your round count for the day. Unless you build really heavy and put on a great brake.
If you want the best of the best for 2000+ ELR, that is a whole other topic. .338LM, 375 ENABLR, 375 Cheytec, 416 Cheytec, 416 Barret, etc.
My 338 rum has a lot of work done to it for long range. The barrel alone was a 2k ish. I can't get ammunition for that or the 375. The 375 only has 6 rounds through it. I'm looking for a 378 weatherby for a project reach out and destroy
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Mschroeder40
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6.5 needmoor nuf said! It can take down kittens and elephants all in the same day! It's like a laser with no drop or wind deflection.
My 338 rum has a lot of work done to it for long range. The barrel alone was a 2k ish. I can't get ammunition for that or the 375. The 375 only has 6 rounds through it. I'm looking for a 378 weatherby for a project reach out and destroy
6.5 needmoor hahaha that's fantastic lol
sierracharlie338
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If you want real long range these are your options.
memtb
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It's quite easy, click on the user name, look toward the bottom of the opened faceplate, click on "ignore"!
That said, perhaps I totally misunderstood your OP, you covered quite a spectrum of cartridges, several of which aren't considered for long range work…..at least in today's world of LR shooting!
I guess that I really need to brush-up on my comprehension of Canadian dialog….. I totally misunderstood the direction intended by your post! Over the years there have been many that pose questions or interject answers merely to disrupt and cause issues, at first glance…….your OP appeared to one of these! memtb
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