I took a friend of mine shooting today to help him get all of the data for a new rifle. He's just getting started shooting long range and asked for a little help verifying his velocity, making sure his zero was accurate and figuring out the wind.
After we had all of the data and he was a little more confident in the rifle we started stretching out the shots. I had painted a face on the 832 yard target and when he put two in the nose I bet him $20 that he couldn't put his next two shots in the eyes.

I lost.

Nice!!! That's the kind of stuff we do, also!

That was worth loosing 20 bucks! What was he shooting?

Good shooting, especially for someone just starting out

Great!

Now do it again.

He was shooting a 6.5x47 Lapua. He's had it for a while but today was the first time our schedules synced up and could shoot beyond 500.


Joe is already pretty handy with a rifle. This is his first custom rifle built for long range.
He also shot a nice 6", 4 shot group at 1044 yards.
The shooting beyond that was brutal with the wind and mirage.

That should have said a 9" group not 6". Still pretty impressive in the conditions today.

Good shooting!

Wow! Good Shooting!

Very good.

Some day I will get into long range shooting. I've always wanted to, just to do it. At the range I only practice at my hunting range and a long shot to me is 300 yrds. 200 yrds is pretty much a long shot for most in this neck of the woods. If I mow senderos past 150 yrds at the ranch I get bished at. I need a new custom 22-250 to reach out to 800-1000 yrds. The Lapua is just a fad, I could do the same thing with a well tuned 30/30.

but seriously someday I would like to learn how to shoot long range...I'm scared I might get addicted though.

impressive

You will. Happens every time. Tons of guys I've taught tell me I cost them lots of money after they've come out for a day. It makes me a whipping post.

Ritter,

looks like you had to pay! You're teaching him well, that's some great shooting!