Talking rifles mostly, also what type of gun and what caliber.
I managed to ring a 18" steel target at 318 yards today with a Taurus pump action .357 carbine (thunderbolt) with a 22" barrel. Took four shots, then it kept ringing for the last 5. Also hit it with a Marlin 1895 .45-70 in four shots with the Hornady leverEvolution rounds. Rang it, then realized that each one of those misses was costing me $1.25....
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Tahoe:
That is a heck of a shot with a .357 rifle. Just checked the Federal ammo website. It said if the rifle is sighted in a 100 yards, the bullet drop at 300 yards is 68" --- about 6'. The drop is 20" at 200 yards. Great shot with open sights. You must have gone to Church this week!
I qualified as Expert Marksman in the military in 1980 with an M16 (.223) and open sights. Hit 27 out of 30 Pop-up targets on a timed range. Target just popped up for 3 or 4 seconds, and then either a "hit" or it was gone. Just a fraction of a second to get on the target and breathe and fire. Targets were 50 yards to 300 yards. In fact --- it was a real windy day, and the wind had broken my 300 yard target in half lengthwise -- so my 300 yard target was half a target. I hit it several times 30 years ago. I probably couldn't even see the 300 yard target these days in an open sight.
BTW --- I love that Marlin 45-70 --- real tempted to get one. Looking at the XLR in Stainless with balck laminate stock. I've been debating between the 45-70 and the newer 450 Marlin. Galleryof Guns.com has it for $700 + fees. Doesn't that light gun pack a wallop at both ends?
Congrats on the great shots with the .357 and .45-70.
Anonymous
600 meters with a 1943 91/30, Polish ball surplus, 22 cents a round. Target was a 1 foot x 1 foot steel plate "borrowed" from the local railroad. All five rounds grouped in less than 3 inches. I guess thats like a 5 : 100000000 chance, but it happened. The same day we were screwing around, we saw an old railcar and decided to try the old 2000 meter dash (put the sight all the way to 2000 and see if you can hit anything). I didn't get it but my friend managed to hit the very edge of it.
dbaldu
I shoot routinely at 600 yards in NRA highpower match and service rifle competition. In the 1980s and early 1990s I shot the regional matches (not the National Matches) at Camp Perry, Ohio, at 1,000 yards. I did OK, but was never a long-range star. The rifles were M1, AR15 and a 7mm-08 bolt-action match rifle.
It's been years since I shot iron sights in the field. As a boy and young man, I had no trouble taking squirrels at 75 yards with my dad's Savage 23A in .22 Long Rifle with Redfield peep sights. I did it from a good rest or a solid sitting position, not offhand. I couldn't do it now with that rifle because my vision isn't up to it. That's why scopes were invented -- to keep older guys like me shooting decently.
Guitar John
I usually use a scope but with iron sights I hit a small box at a little over 100 with an H&R .45-70 also using Hornady LeverEvolution.
oneipete
Well with my dads hand-me-down Browning 22lr takedown thats over 60 years old, i reg shoot rabbits at 80 metres and sometimes beyond with open sights.Anything less than 70 and its often a headshot.
With my old .303 the longest shot i have taken and hit exactly what i was aiming at was about 350 metres and that was at a bright red 44 gallon drum on our farm.
None of my rifles have scopes as i have not owned one until now with my new 17hmr.
Ever looked at the sights on an old .303 ? those suckers go up to 2000 yards. and ive heard a lot of tales at people getting hit in the head at around 1000 yards in ww1 and the Boer wars.That is some shooting for sure.