Long Range?

[VTbluegrass]

I don't shoot anything that far off but I am still using vlds and ABLRs mainly because I have really good loads that shoot small groups. I don't have a separate target gun so everything gets the high bc etc etc bullets. I did have a 30-06 though that shot tiny happy groups with flat base Speers over most boat tails I tried. Never intended to shoot it over 200 so that's what it got.

 

[lancetkenyon]

What Sierras are you using?

SMK, TMKs, & TGKs.

 

[Greatgrandad]

I have no interest in shooting past 500 yds. My rifle range only goes that far and my hunting ground only goes out to 400 yds. My longest kill was 327 yds. So, since I've always reloaded my ammo, I have just dabbled in some of new bullets designed for shooting distances far past my needs. There are so many new bullets that go with faster twist rates, it drains my energy to try and stay familiar. I pretty well just use cup and core bullets, a few solids. Is there anything to be gained at my distances, using bullets touted as Long range, super efficient?

Not much if any. I still have a few old rifle loads that I duplicate from their originals from late 1960's and 1970's using Sierra SBT's, BTHP and a couple of Speer BTSP. They had/have no problem taking game at those distances, and some much farther. For decades, we never had most of the modern LR/ELR bullets most use today, and we killed a lot of game and varmints.