What is the longest shot you have made on a live target

[CoSniper66]

450 yards with a Stevens bolt action and hand loads using a .243 Winchester and a Nikon scope! Last time I will try that! I have the mushroomed Nosler Ballistic tip mushroomed out in a bowl. Found the bullet just under the skin in the off side. Just not enough energy at that distance.

If you recovered the bullet, it was enough

 

[Rick79]

Non-military, 480 on a bull elk leaning over the hood of a pickup with my fist as a rest. Not exactly the rest I was planning on using…

 

[Clovis Man]

I shot a hornets' nest once from about 600 yards with a .270. Hours later when I was finally brave enough to go down there and check it out, it was smashed.

 

[Allen Kitts]

851 yards on a Blesbok in South Africa.

 

[PatriotHenry]

Rock chuck 701yds on video .270Wby Idaho
Muley Buck 712yds WY same rifle.

 

[Airedale56]

Deleted and posted in the Shortest shot thread.

 

[Buffalobwana]

Longest shot? Not quite. But luckiest guess? Yes.

It was the 90's. I had no money, so a 3-9 Leupold was all I could afford. Forget a rangefinder. Not in the cards.

Dead cow in the middle of a field. Coyote eating the cows backside.

I get down on my bipod, can't see the coyote for the terrain, but, I can barely make out the hump of the bloated cow.

I calculate where the coyote is probably standing in relation to the bloated cow belly. I held over the horizon about 36" guessing that there was going to be a yote there when the bullet dropped in, let one loose and smacked him.

I couldn't reproduce that shot if I had to, but I did pull it off once.

 

[JungleBoogey]

Deleted and posted in the Shortest shot thread.

I'll go check for it...

 

[billflangjr813]

He'll I'm missed 3 bucks at 100 yards last year ! Now that's Shooting !!!

 

[yoties]

coyote 903 - 22-250 80 gr Berger target
Cow elk 938 - 300 win 180 gr Barnes x
Antelope 874 - 22-250 80 gr Berger target

All in Montana

 

[WYODAN]

Mountain goat 772 yards extreme uphill 28 nosler 195 bergers

 

[hawg chaser]

I was young and didn't know any better. I just followed the instructions from the guys I was with. A whitetail doe at 1670 with a heavy benchrest 338-378 Weatherby and 300 grain matchkings.

 

[emp1953]

318yds walking whitetail. He folded up within 20 yds.

 

[pops1]

1 mile elk and antelope. Both were set up shots on an alfalfa field from a bench with excellent weather conditions. In a true hunting situation a few between 1100-1300 yards.