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Originally Posted by drcoastline
I was looking into long building a range precision shooter .308 or 6.5 Creedmore. As I looked into it further and thought about the state I am in and my surrounding states it seemed ridiculous to build a gun that has a range of 1000 yards. I don't have anyplace within hours that I can shoot on a regular basis, the cost to build and ammunition cost So I started looking into alternatives.
In my part of South Jersey and the tri-state area DE, PA a 400 yard range is long. 200 yards is the norm. My club has a 300 yard lane so I am lucky. Shooting a 1/2" group of .22 at 100 yards is pretty challenging, extend that to 200 or 300 yards I may as well be shooting a .308 at 1000. All the same dynamics and actions.
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Yeah 1000 yds is a tough range to find. Closest I get is about 900 yards from my house to the road North of me. We have guys posted on the road making sure no cars are coming. We can plink at 550 yards all we want up at our hunting property. If we ask a few neighbors around my nephew's place, we can get to 1000 or more but we've never done that.
Rimfires can be a lot of fun when shooting for accuracy. My friend recently built what he's calling a "long range" 22 rimfire. I haven't seen the rifle yet and didn't ask him what he did to it. My plinker for anything 200 and closer is my .22 mag.