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Catus Magnus

Hey, I got the Marlin this morning, put my scope on it - now just got to get it sighted in for hunt. Yippee!

I think I'll stick to <200yards, though.

James B

Hell, put a peep sight on it and go for the 1500 yard deer shot. One might just run into the bullet. I would keep it down to 1760 yards Max though. A mile is plenty far for a 30-30.

nksmfamjp

Why are you guys trashing long range hunting? It can be done well.

James B

But 90 percent of the time its done wrong by rambo want to be's. I can see Long range if people mean 500 yards and have that much room to practice at that range a lot. But when we start talkin a mile and more, that a whole different can of worms.

Ruddyduck

1000 yards? Sure it can be done but buy only probably less than 1% of the hunters out there. There are so many variables that come into play and conditions must be perfect. Heck a 10 mph crosswind will drift a bullet 3-4 FEET at 500 yards. Now take into account if the animal moves even a little.
A person really must be accomplished in this discipline to even comtemplating 1000yd. shots at any big game.

DAVID WHITE

Let me give you an example of how much even your heart rate can have an effect on long-range shooting by a test that I did a couple of years ago...

Having one of our rifles, which weigh an average of 29 pounds, set on the bench and in shooting position (unloaded and with the bolt removed for safety reasons), using two way radio communication, we set up two 1-gallon milk jugs at 1,000 yards. With only hand pressure used in gripping the stock, with no cheek or shoulder pressure whatsoever touching the gun. With the scopes cross hairs set centered on one jug, I would radio Phil and have him move one jug while I stayed centered on the other. What I was doing was testing to see how far off target just the pulse in your hand would make the cross hairs jump. With me holding centered on one jug and the cross hairs jumping over to the other jug, there was 21 feet of movement between the two jugs with the cross hairs bouncing back and fourth between the two and like I said, this was only with me "lightly" gripping the stock...

EVERYTHING comes into play when shooting long range, espacially to some 1,000+ yards....

DAVID

Roskoe

Wow! Your heart must beat a lot harder than mine. 21 feet at 1,000 yards means that it would be moving the rifle 2.1 feet at 100 yards. Did you just climb a steep hill?

DAVID WHITE

No Sir, I did not climb a steep hill. The test was just to prove how much of an effect a relatively tight grip on the stock would effect long range accuracy....

DAVID