Joined the 1K club today!

[shoots_5]

It was an absolutely gorgeous day here today with warm temps and lots of sunshine and I stole a couple of hours to go do some shooting. Also got to help a buddy who is just getting into shooting set up his brand new rifle and scope and get sighted in. Always so much fun helping a new shooter get going!

Anyway, back to the story, my goal today was to shoot my .338 LM at 1000 yards with the 300 AccuBond. We just had enough line of sight to get to the 1K mark and set up a 12" steel target. This is my first time shooting at that range and was some what humbled by the experience. Wind was pretty squirly as it was 4mph from my 7 o'clock at our shooting location and was from 4 oclock at the target and apparently around 8mph from 9 o'clock in between as it took 4.5 MOA of left adjustment to get on target. Also didn't help we were shooting over the top of 3 drainages between us and the target.....but after 15 rounds of walking in rounds with a rookie spotter trying to give me useful data I finally got a hit, and then another hit with the next round, and then I was out of ammo.... :grin:

Was a very satisfying thump when that first round finally found its mark! Not gonna lie...I let out a little whoop and high fives were exchanged. My buddy even rang an 8" steel target at 400 with his new stick with consistency. He and the rifle are both showing some promise! All in all it was a very satisfying day.

 

[ScreaminEagle]

awesome great job!

 

[sask boy]

Life is Good :!:

Blessings,
Dan

 

[Ridge_Runner]

nothing like the suspense during the time of flight. stay at it, it gets easier with experience.
RR

 

[Teknys]

That is a lot of fun and satisfaction figuring out the wind. It sure humbles you. Make you realize how it can change many times all the way out to your target.

 

[SJB358]

Awesome shooting buddy! that is a far piece for sure!

 

[BK]

Nice shooting, Tim! We're you down in the Coast Range?

 

[Guy Miner]

That's good stuff - and no - it's not as easy as it appears on TV or on the 'net.

Good job.

 

[DrMike]

Congratulations. That's a job well done.

 

[Songdog]

Congrats.... a thousand yards is a far piece, and it takes good shots to make hits. I hope you made good notes, as they're invaluable. I often reference the PGA Tour Golfers and their "Yardage Books". They have intense notes on every put they're ever hit, on every green, on every course on tour. They reference it all the time, religiously, and notice those small nuances and gather enough information.... to put the first shot (putt) on target. Your "yardage book" should be the same way....

I've never forgotten how humbled I was the first time I made a run at the 1000 yard gongs (I'll put it this way, I had to go home and load more rounds before I got'r'done).

Now, ringing long range steel is one of my very favorite things in this world... gongs, they're like Lay's Potato Chips.... "nobody can ring just one!"

 

[JD338]

That is some good shooting, once you figured out the wind.
I am sooooo jealous that you have a place to shoot 1k. I just shot 8oo yds last weekend, my longest to date and loved it.

Keep posting your results, I am very interested in following your progress. We shoot ballistic twins at about the same speed.
Man, I am really digging the 300 gr AB! :grin:

JD338

 

[Elkman]

Congratulations !!!!! Great shooting, it takes some time to reach that skill level. Takes quality components and quality shooting.!!!!

 

[IdahoCTD]

It's definitely addicting. We use to hang water filled milk jugs out at 800 and 1000yds instead of steel but they aren't reusable like steel. It's cool to see them explode when they have colored water in them.

Congrats.

 

[Songdog]

Not when it happens in the back of your Jeep.... BTDT!

 

[IdahoCTD]

Not when it happens in the back of your Jeep.... BTDT!

I don't typically shoot at Jeep's :mrgreen:

 

[jmad_81]

Congrats! Its pretty dang addicting. I don't even intend to take game that far, but it sure is fun shooting steel that far. It seems to me that things get a lot harder after 800 yards.

I am not to the point where I can hit a five gallon bucket yet on the first shot at 1000 yards, but I can hit the 36" steel gong every time if the wind is under 10 mph. I'm slowly working my way down to a target of the size you are shooting at. It's a good thing its fun, because it sure isn't easy.

 

[FOTIS]

Congratulations

 

[shoots_5]

Thanks everyone. It is a more difficult task than what you watch on tv for sure! But I'm learning and taking notes, and I am seeing improvements each trip out, so that's good.

BK, we were outside of Silverton in my in-laws farm.

This long range stuff is certainly addicting to say the least! Just way too much fun. It was pretty amazing, we couldn't see the typical vapor tail trace, but i swear you could actually see the bullet flying downrange! The way the sun was you just saw this bright little object arching through the air glinting in the sunlight. It was so interesting to watch it!

Thought I'd include the data in case anyone was interested.
Station pressure was 28.67, temp was 77 degrees. Took 28MOA to get out there and 4.5MOA left for wind and spin drift. According to my ballistic app the bullet flight time was 1.42 seconds and it arrived with 1659fps and 2833 ft/lb of energy.

 

[shoots_5]

Jmad, I thought the same thing when i made the jump from 600 to 800 yards that things got much more difficult....the jump from 800 to 1000 is just a big slice of humble pie!

 

[IdahoCTD]

This long range stuff is certainly addicting to say the least! Just way too much fun. It was pretty amazing, we couldn't see the typical vapor tail trace, but i swear you could actually see the bullet flying downrange! The way the sun was you just saw this bright little object arching through the air glinting in the sunlight. It was so interesting to watch it!

Thought I'd include the data in case anyone was interested.
Station pressure was 28.67, temp was 77 degrees. Took 28MOA to get out there and 4.5MOA left for wind and spin drift. According to my ballistic app the bullet flight time was 1.42 seconds and it arrived with 1659fps and 2833 ft/lb of energy.

And 1.42 seconds seems like forever when your waiting for the clunk sound and to see the impact.

You were probably seeing the vapor trail close to the bullet. Seeing a bullet going that fast is pretty hard.