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Someone remind me not to bet Mike anything when we go to his place

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Aim lower, up-hill or down. In those cases the bullet will have a flatter trajectory.

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Mike and Txduckman you got the right idea. I have won many a beer off this one.

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This same discussion came up last year. Some people have never shot custom made rifles with hand loads and honestly don't know that the right equipment and years of practice on the range are the key to confidence in longer shots.

I have a custom made 7mm with extra twist in the barrel, one and a 1/2 pound trigger, floated in perfect and custom action. I shot the original barrel so much in practice that I actually burnt out the barrel. I've been shooting that gun for over 25 years now.

I actually dropped a bull elk at 720 yards (with a range finder) with one shot. I aimed for it to hit the top of the shoulder and broke him down imediately. I had the most awesome rest on a large rock and was shooting straight across a huge canyon that had 3 fingers feeding up it from the bottom.

I was guiding a client one evening when we spotted a bull on the side of a hill right at 600 yards away. He insisted that he could make the shot and leveled down on a rest to try it. After he made 4 shots and my growing afraid that he would wound the animal, I timed his shot perfectly as I watched his finger out of the corner of my eye and shot at the exact instant that he fired. I aimed for the neck to try and drop him right there. The bull fell like a ton of bricks. The hunter never knew I shot and has the bull mounted in his home. I congratulated him on the shot. I skinned and quarted the bull that evening while everyone else kept him occupied in the cabin. There was that hand loaded 7mm dead square in his neck. I had told my father what had happened. He watched as I pulled the expanded 7mm out of the meat and just smiled, patted me on the back and walked back into the cabin.

I'm not going to tell you the exact yardage that I dropped a turkey. Some of you would call me a liar. But, believe me, it was one heck of a long shot and actaully even further than the bull elk. There were 4 of us one afternoon and everyone was talking about how that sweet 7mm could make long distance shots with no problem. There was a tom standing on the side of a hill, across a river botttom. I found the perfect cedar stump rest and let's just say we ate fried turkey that night for supper. Lucky,,??,, maybe. I do know it was pure luck that the bullet went through his neck and cut his neck 1/2 into.

My cousin (a member on here) can testify to that sweet gun. He had never shot any distance over one or two hundred yards. He hunted with the 7mm one day on our ranch. He saw a turkey right at 400 yards and had always wanted to try that shot. I had explained the rifle's characteristics to him in detail before the hunt. He felt confident with his rest and dropped the turkey right there.

That's why I went to archery. It became no challenge with a rifle. I first switched to a pistol, but didn't feel any challenge in it either. As I killed 4 deer with 4 shots. Went to a muzzleloader, same result. Decided the string and stick was the most challenging. Now, I can put 6 consecutive shots in a pie plate at 60 yards with my bow. Not bragging, just saying that it's all about practice, practice, practice,,,, no matter what weapon you are shooting.

I know that some of you have never really had the opportunity to practice long range shots. If you haven't put the time in on the range, I hope you don't try the shot. Out in West Texas, we have the open land to practice as much as we want to. It's all in the amount of time you put in on the range and knowing your rifle. We have a 1/4 mile long bench and moveable target stands range on our ranch.

To answer a question that some nay sayers might be asking..... no, I have never wounded an animal because of taking a long range shot. If I didn't feel right about the shot, I didn't take it. I lost a cull buck 7 years ago with a 120 yard shot. I consider that "sling shot" range. Hit the buck perfectly, but made a mistake of thinking he was dead and jumped him as I walked up to him. Adreniline pumped bucks can run until they run out of blood. If I make a long shot, I'm aiming at a "clean miss or clean kill" zone.

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24,406 Yards

The shot was made in the spring of 1970, and had several, very grateful witness's. Strangely enough this was done with open sights. My weapon of choice was a M114A1 155 MM Howitzer.

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Hands down, you are the Champ!

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My brother in law Sam shot a cayote about 400/500 yards with his brothers 30-06 off the hood of a truck. We heard the shot.....tick tock....and then he fell over

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shot a buzzard flying at prolly 250 - 300 yards with a savage .270 with a leupold 3x9. i was just messing around with a friend of mine and i bet him 5 bucks i could hit it. it went up and right before it started to come back around i squeezed off a round. and he droped. got my 5 bucks.

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Not good...I think we would all like to shoot em' but since it's obviously against the law...