Hitting a softball at 1000 yds

[sp6x6]

I wouldnt want uncler Jerry to shot at me with anything.True Master

 

[cohunt]

Back in 1998, I hit a golf ball at 300 yards. Well, I nicked it. I'm not going to say how many shots it took!!

I can hit a golfball a mile, in the right conditions-- be careful of the words that someone says, they might be saying something different than what you are imagining --politicians are really good at it-- "watch the words coming out of my mouth" --once they start describing their words in detail is when the truth comes out

 

[tooth doc]

Ol' Uncle Jerry might be able to.

He can hit at 1000, but not consistently!

 

[sturner]

No sir I hadn't heard about the snipers

 

[Tangent]

I heard one guy in a gun shop claim that he sights all his rifles in at 1000yds and one president of a rifle manufacturing company claim his 18" 308 is easily a 100yd gun!

I've ran my 20" 308 to 1,000 yards several times using factory FGGM 175 SMK. I sure wasn't hitting softballs though, haha.

 

[Don A Parsons]

Try my 8" targets at 1450 yards...

Hiting the cardboard on a clam day is challenging... ha

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[cohunt]

He can hit at 1000, but not consistently!

its hard to tell-- did he actually hit the balloon,or did he just hit the plate and the bullet splash popped the balloon-- you can just see the mark on the plate but it looks low to me-no doubt still a feat to achieve -- I knew a "trick shooter" that would use this technique with a 22lr pistol , backwards over his shoulder-- using a 3'x3' plate at 100 yards he would "shoot the balloon" --- all he had to do was hit the plate and the bullet splash would pop the balloon

 

[CNC Apps Guy]

Well, there's this;

0.1 MOA at 1K — Amazing 1.068″ 50-5X Group at 1000 Yards « Daily Bulletin

Story based on report by Sam Hall Look at that target by Mike Wilson. This is one of the most remarkable displays of accuracy (and precision) in the history of long range shooting. This past weekend, Mike (aka GA. Dawg in our Forum) drilled a truly spectacular 1.

bulletin.accurateshooter.com

 

[jbeck]

Sounds like a job for 'Mathew Quigley'....1k a chip shot for his Sharps rifle!!

 

[freddiej]

I've talked to several guys in the past who all claim their hunting rifles can consistently hit a softball size target at 1000 yds. I'd love to hear whether this is a factory rifle or custom. If it's a custom, what components these rifles use, what ammo components are used as well.

long intricate story, very short.
there are great riflesmiths that can pull of the rifle that could do what you say in a vacuum, but not in the real world.
In the real world with light breezes, moderate winds, and dissimilar cross winds down range. the truth is capability is a far cry from reality. I was a 1K shooter. doping the wind every single shot was hard on the first shot, it got consistently tougher with the sun moving, the high and low pressure systems always moving, variable wind through the valleys we used to shoot from one side to the other. even the big 50 shooters were kicked in the crotch by the winds. IF you could shoot 1K indoors then I would say it is more plausible to shoot a softball consistently at 1K. outside in the unpredictable environment.. not a chance in hell.

 

[pacowboy]

Considering the 1000 yard world record last I looked for a ten shot group was 2.815" by Matt Kline, from a custom heavy gun I'm calling BS on just about all of these guys that say they can. My best group ever at Williamsport in the 2 years I shot consistently up there was 6.8" with a light rifle in 6.5-.284. So I know how tough it is. I would challenge them to come up to Williamsport and shoot off the bench and prove it. That's the only way I would believe it. You have ten mins to shoot ten shots. Bring it on, set a new world record if you can. Heck I'll even give you ten mins to shoot 5 shots and be under softball size.

 

[25WSM]

My 3.9 was with my light gun and was shooting Hornady 147eldm. Anyway the snipers came out and shot one time and packed up and left. Williamsport is a very hard range to shoot at. Plus we have to do 10 shots not 5.
Shep

 

[TexSavage]

Reading this thread with joy as I am also not even close to being as good as you guys or my rifle. First chance last fall at Whittington to shoot paper at 1K, shot about 30 rounds, all but a handful did hit the large paper target I had. up and down about 20" and left to right was an extreme spread of about 27". Was an absolute gas to be able to do that. Hope to get back up there this spring. Oh, factory barrell, action and trigger. Handloads. Thanks for everyones posts. Keep em coming.

Hunkered down, rocks in my pockets, bullets in the gun!

 

[knapper]

I've talked to several guys in the past who all claim their hunting rifles can consistently hit a softball size target at 1000 yds. I'd love to hear whether this is a factory rifle or custom. If it's a custom, what components these rifles use, what ammo components are used as well.

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