A new long-distance shooting record of 4.4 miles

[2bikemike]

Thought some of you gun guys might appreciate this. I am intrigued by long distance shooting and have a rifle doped out to 1000 yds. Its hard to find a place to shoot long distances.

A lot went into this shot.

https://www.americanrifleman.org/con...et-in-wyoming/

A new long-distance shooting record of 4.4 miles was set September 13 in western Wyoming by a shooter who requested anonymity. Scott Austin and Shepard Humphries, managers at Nomad Rifleman, near Jackson Hole, Wyo., coordinated the massive undertaking that included a support team at the firing line and multiple spotters downrange to call impacts and document/verify the shot.

It took the pair more than 20 months for the rifle to be built, craft the bullets, collect the accessories and assemble to expertise to accomplish the feat. It was shot No. 69 that hit the 8" orange circle, 24.5 seconds after the shooter squeezed the trigger. It punched through the 4'x10' thin metal sheet only 3.125" from dead-center.

Multiple shots to walk a gun onto target are common when extreme long distance is the pursuit, but this range presented a whole new set of challenges. To reach that distance, the bullet rose 2,500 feet above the bore, into wind meteorologists only dope by weather balloon. Despite the unmeasured variable, the record-setting shot resulted from a 53-m.o.a. wind call in ground breezes that averaged 8 mph. Elevation adjustment was a mind-boggling 1,092 m.o.a. Spindrift adjustment was calculated at 93.80" to the right.

“These types of shots are just for fun” explained Shepard. “This is not for hunting purposes, and the hit isn’t consistently repeatable yet. Maybe the people who beat our record and the other smart cookies in the ELR [extreme long range] world will be able to make first-round hits at these distances in the years to come, but at this point, it isn’t a sure thing.”

The rifle was built by S&S Sporting in Driggs, Idaho, and assembled from customized parts and accessories from Canada, New Zealand, Arkansas, South Dakota and elsewhere. It is chambered in .416 Barrett and used a hand-lathed Cutting Edge MTAC 422-grain bullet. Muzzle velocity was 3,300 f.p.s. and it hit the target at 689 f.p.s.

[Megatron96]

Modern rifles are pretty good these days. It's more about the quality of the bullet, imo.

I took a long range precision shooting class a few years ago, using my stock Savage M110 (.30-'06) and hit the 1000M gong 6 out of 10 times. But I built the bullet. It took more than a dozen test ladders, iirc to find the right combination of projectile, powder, charge weight, etc. That was about two months of building and firing test bullets, I think. But none of the factory bullets I tried were acceptable, imo, so I ended up building one.

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by LiveSteam

208th Regiment //HQ at Helena Montana
Class//1835
Instructor// Matthew Quigley

Hell yes. Thank you for your service.

[Perineum Ripper]

Originally Posted by Mizzou_8541

“A class.” Lol. Ok bro.

Class 03/04-11

Does that make you believe me? Did my dates make you suddenly stop being a dick because you can’t imagine people can shoot 1000 yards?

[notorious]

Originally Posted by ptlyon

One time I did a man in Laos at a mile in a half in a heavy cross wind. Maybe 3 men in the world could've made that shot. Killing is all I know.

You didn't hit shit. I'm still here.

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by Perineum Ripper

Class 03/04-11

Does that make you believe me? Did my dates make you suddenly stop being a dick because you can’t imagine people can shoot 1000 yards?

Lol. Tell me you don’t shoot, without telling me. Cold bore at 1000 is much different…but I’m sure you already knew that.

You don’t have shit to prove to me. I can tell you don’t shoot though.

1000+ yard shots aren’t very difficult one you establish your holds, position, range, a basic understanding of the current environment, and the bore is warm. It’s just a matter of consistency at that point. Consistency is accuracy. But real world requires cold bore shots. You do you man. I appreciate your service. We can leave it at that.

[Tribal Warfare]

YOLO

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Mizzou_8541

Lol. Tell me you don’t shoot, without telling me. Cold bore at 1000 is much different…but I’m sure you already knew that.

You don’t have shit to prove to me. I can tell you don’t shoot though.

1000+ yard shots aren’t very difficult one you establish your holds, position, range, a basic understanding of the current environment, and the bore is warm. It’s just a matter of consistency at that point. Consistency is accuracy. But real world requires cold bore shots. You do you man. I appreciate your service. We can leave it at that.

Exactly. I've lobbed thousands of rounds under different conditions, logged results, temp, wind, pressure. After compiling that data it's not too difficult.

Obviously bullet, powder, load, etc matter. My Steyr SSG04 loves 155gr Sierra Matchking HPBT palmas loaded 43 grain (I'd have to look for powder type, my father does the loading). Steiner 4-16 Military sits on top of that with a mil-dot reticle that also shows .5 mil holdovers.

I have several scopes with christmas tree reticles, and they work great for dogs and coyotes, but I'm not a huge fan of them at the range.

I love it when I get to go to different areas, especially in the mountains where it's unfamiliar. That's a challenge. Lobbing bullets at a set range isn't.

(deleted the last part. no need for it.)

[notorious]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

He may have, but a bullet that will go that far ain't cheap... 1000's would be tens of thousands of dollars in ammo

Actually, a reloaded .308 with 169 HPBT will run you around .65- .70/shot (powder, bullet, brass, primer). I stockpiled a shitload of gear years ago, new prices are probably more.

Given, a .308 will go subsonic on most days to 1000 and ****s with the stability a little, but still pretty good.

I get my brass once-shot from a guy that runs a sniper school in Oregon. Nicest damn man ever, and he sells it by the pound. Great deal.

[Perineum Ripper]

Originally Posted by Mizzou_8541

Lol. Tell me you don’t shoot, without telling me. Cold bore at 1000 is much different…but I’m sure you already knew that.

You don’t have shit to prove to me. I can tell you don’t shoot though.

1000+ yard shots aren’t very difficult one you establish your holds, position, range, a basic understanding of the current environment, and the bore is warm. It’s just a matter of consistency at that point. Consistency is accuracy. But real world requires cold bore shots. You do you man. I appreciate your service. We can leave it at that.

Why are you bringing up cold bore shots? That isn’t anywhere in the discussion we were having. I have made lots of cold bore shots at very long distances, because I was required to. I do agree that it’s much nicer to have multiple shots at long distances to hit something consistently.


If I don’t have to prove shit, why did you ask me for my class number? Why give a dickhead answer when I didn’t give my class number in my first response? You can’t tell if I don’t shoot or shoot everyday, because you are pulling a BEP and changing the discussion.

[LiveSteam]

Originally Posted by Mizzou_8541

Hell yes. Thank you for your service.

Lol

[Mizzou_8541]

Originally Posted by Perineum Ripper

Why are you bringing up cold bore shots? That isn’t anywhere in the discussion we were having. I have made lots of cold bore shots at very long distances, because I was required to. I do agree that it’s much nicer to have multiple shots at long distances to hit something consistently.


If I don’t have to prove shit, why did you ask me for my class number? Why give a dickhead answer when I didn’t give my class number in my first response? You can’t tell if I don’t shoot or shoot everyday, because you are pulling a BEP and changing the discussion.

Lol. Walking a shot on at long range takes no skill. I’m sure you’ve made plenty of cold bore shots at 300 at an echo target. Well done.

[LiveSteam]

30 + Guns and I dnt think I.own anything that would stabilize a bullet out that far.
Remington modle 81 in 300 Savage or a 8mm Mauser that i cut 12 inches off the barrel and bed it into a Boyd's stock. It's my wolf slayer.

[LiveSteam]

Have Colt 6601 with a 1/7 twist that shoots Sierra 69gr HPBT Match really well out to 350. Buts that's all the room I had and dnt even have that anymore.

[Otter]

Originally Posted by Perineum Ripper

Class 03/04-11

Kind of a funny side story:

My college roommate had a friend that used to come and visit him about twice a month who used to make up stories about being a sniper, Ranger, SEAL, or whatever he came up with at the time when trying to pickup girls.

Well one time he started talking to a group of girls who one of them had a boyfriend that just happened to be yucking it up across the bar with another group. After he already delivered his spiel of whatever SpecOps group he was in that night one of the girls boyfriends returned, it turns out he's a legit active duty SpecOp on leave.

He started asking him all kinds of questions, friendly at first, until he realized he was bullshiting. Grabbed him by the ear and said something about stealing valor (I was standing at a distance so couldn't hear well), escorted him to the door and kicked him by the ass into moving traffic. Almost got hit too.

I grew up in a military family but never served myself and listened to enough conversations to know that there's way too many little details to try and pretend you were part of the group. Plus SpecOps is a very small community, and everyone knows someone.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by Otter

Kind of a funny side story:

My college roommate had a friend that used to come and visit him about twice a month who used to make up stories about being a sniper, Ranger, SEAL, or whatever he came up with at the time when trying to pickup girls.

Well one time he started talking to a group of girls who one of them had a boyfriend that just happened to be yucking it up across the bar with another group. After he already delivered his spiel of whatever SpecOps group he was in that night one of the girls boyfriends returned, it turns out he's a legit active duty SpecOp on leave.

He started asking him all kinds of questions, friendly at first, until he realized he was bullshiting. Grabbed him by the ear and said something about stealing valor (I was standing at a distance so couldn't hear well), escorted him to the door and kicked him by the ass into moving traffic. Almost got hit too.

I grew up in a military family but never served myself and listened to enough conversations to know that there's way too many little details to try and pretend you were part of the group. Plus SpecOps is a very small community, and everyone knows someone.

People that don't shoot but act like they do have their tells.

As soon as people tell me they think better in inches than metric (talking scopes) I kind of check out of the conversation.

My brain melts down when dudes try to do the math of adjustment in MOA at various distance. It's so simple but people can complicate it in a hurry.

I gave up trying to explain MOA and Mil to these guys a long time ago. I prefer mil after starting with MOA scopes. Really not much difference when it comes down to it.

When someone has a mildot recticle and MOA adjustments I just shake my head.