- Nov 4, 2004
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I went over to my friends farm to do some long range shooting with him at his 600 and 800 yd steel targets.
A very cool set up, we also got to try out his new shooting bench that he fabricated out of 1/2" steel. This bench weighs 300 lbs, talk about stable!
Here is a picture of the targets from the bench. The one on the left is 600 yds and the one on the right is 800 yds.
The disc are 16" diameter with a 48" square sheet metal backer inside a steel pipe frame.
First up at 600 yds was my buddy with his McMIllian Custom 30-378 Wby with a Light Force 5.5-22x50mm. We had a variable wind from 5-10 mph so it was a real learning curve for me but we got the big 338 RUM loaded up with 300 gr AB's on the disc with the second shot. With a MV of 2742 fps, 10+1 MOA put me on target. I was pretty happy to put one within a couple inches of dead center.
Here is the second round on the 600 yd disc. I also shot the 280 AI loaded up with 140 gr AB's and the VX-3 3.5-10x40mm with the CDS dial was spot on at 600 yds. We also each shot it at water filled milk jugs at 500 yds and center punched the jugs with ease. The CDS dial works well!
Now for the 800 yd disc.
I ended up having to add 1 MOA from my 18+1 drop chart but it was there. My shot is about 4" from dead center on the disc!
The wind did a change up on us but I did come darn clost to center punchiing the disc a second time!
I also shot a big 5 gal jug at 800 yds, slightly high with perfect windage.
My buddy has several of these jugs and we are going to try to recover an 300 gr AB in them the next time we get out.
Had an awesome time out and look forward to going again soon.
JD338
A very cool set up, we also got to try out his new shooting bench that he fabricated out of 1/2" steel. This bench weighs 300 lbs, talk about stable!
Here is a picture of the targets from the bench. The one on the left is 600 yds and the one on the right is 800 yds.
The disc are 16" diameter with a 48" square sheet metal backer inside a steel pipe frame.
First up at 600 yds was my buddy with his McMIllian Custom 30-378 Wby with a Light Force 5.5-22x50mm. We had a variable wind from 5-10 mph so it was a real learning curve for me but we got the big 338 RUM loaded up with 300 gr AB's on the disc with the second shot. With a MV of 2742 fps, 10+1 MOA put me on target. I was pretty happy to put one within a couple inches of dead center.
Here is the second round on the 600 yd disc. I also shot the 280 AI loaded up with 140 gr AB's and the VX-3 3.5-10x40mm with the CDS dial was spot on at 600 yds. We also each shot it at water filled milk jugs at 500 yds and center punched the jugs with ease. The CDS dial works well!
Now for the 800 yd disc.
I ended up having to add 1 MOA from my 18+1 drop chart but it was there. My shot is about 4" from dead center on the disc!
The wind did a change up on us but I did come darn clost to center punchiing the disc a second time!
I also shot a big 5 gal jug at 800 yds, slightly high with perfect windage.
My buddy has several of these jugs and we are going to try to recover an 300 gr AB in them the next time we get out.
Had an awesome time out and look forward to going again soon.
JD338
