Best Long range rifle

[demontang]

  Sweet! I snagged a few hundred myself not long ago they are great bullets

[jackmaster]

7mm short action ultra mag, with the proper load it is very deadly at long range, it still packs plenty of energy to tbone somethn at 900 yds, the biggest thing is practice, practice and more practice, minutes of wind come in to play alot.......

[Biggerhammer]

7mm short action ultra mag, with the proper load it is very deadly at long range, it still packs plenty of energy to tbone somethn at 900 yds, the biggest thing is practice, practice and more practice, minutes of wind come in to play alot.......

Any of the 7mm's launching the heavier VLD bullets are a serious contender at distance, 190 Matrix, 189 & 177 Cauterucio's. They performed well in my 30" 7mm WSM.

[rebal69972]

i figure what ever rifle I end up getting i will spent every extra second i have shooting. I'm not the type of person that sights in the weekend before season. i know the long part of this will be getting the right load, that is after getting the rifle.

[jackmaster]

i figure what ever rifle I end up getting i will spent every extra second i have shooting. I'm not the type of person that sights in the weekend before season. i know the long part of this will be getting the right load, that is after getting the rifle.

what you said is 100% correct but one thing people forget about and i dont know what kind of long range experience you have but when you shoot long distance especially, every little thing you do affect the impact, in the military we use to do dime exercises to get you use to the trigger and then breathing is probbaly the biggest factor with trigger squezze that one has to master before shootn long range, my furthest shot was 4580ft at  a basketball size rock i hit it 2 times out of 2 shots, it was so much fun, and it really makes you respect how good equipment can be when set up the right way.....good luck to ya sir

[furbearer365]

My buddy just bought the Savage Long range hunter in 7mm.  He immediatly sent it to Aaron and Mike Davidson to have them put a Nightforce on it and build the bullet to match the scope/gun combo.  He also got the handheld computer and windometer to finish the package.  For only around $4,000 he should have a pretty good system.  But i told him unless he practices every waking minutes he has, he will only have an expensive toy.

[jackmaster]

truer words were never spoken furbearer and i know there is alot of guys out there that are a hell of alot better shots than i am, i can honestly say that i dont practice enough to be shootn at animals past 400yds, but your buddies toy that he is buying sure sounds like fun.

[coachcw]

I saw a good topic on cold barrell shoot last night on ch406 . a clean cold bore will throw a bullet off a ton at longer distances , so remember when hunting a slightly foulled barrel is a good idea . For me it will be a 6.5x284 with a break I want to see impact through the scope . 140 vld !

[jaymark6655]

I saw a good topic on cold barrell shoot last night on ch406 . a clean cold bore will throw a bullet off a ton at longer distances , so remember when hunting a slightly foulled barrel is a good idea . For me it will be a 6.5x284 with a break I want to see impact through the scope . 140 vld !

Why? (I have never noticed this problem)

[Biggerhammer]

I saw a good topic on cold barrell shoot last night on ch406 . a clean cold bore will throw a bullet off a ton at longer distances , so remember when hunting a slightly foulled barrel is a good idea . For me it will be a 6.5x284 with a break I want to see impact through the scope . 140 vld !

Why? (I have never noticed this problem)

Then you've lived a sheltered firearms life.

[carpsniperg2]

I have argued that topic several hundred times with people. I have clients shoe up with fresh newly cleaned barrels ready to go hunting. I always make people shoot them before we hunt. Most of my guns will throw a bullet from a clean bore. Maybe not enough to be a problem at 200 yards or less but still off the mark.

[Miles]

I saw a good topic on cold barrell shoot last night on ch406 . a clean cold bore will throw a bullet off a ton at longer distances , so remember when hunting a slightly foulled barrel is a good idea . For me it will be a 6.5x284 with a break I want to see impact through the scope . 140 vld !

Not sure a break is needed to see the impact using that caliber?

I can see the impact with my swede and no break. 

[LiveandLearn]

I have argued that topic several hundred times with people. I have clients shoe up with fresh newly cleaned barrels ready to go hunting. I always make people shoot them before we hunt. Most of my guns will throw a bullet from a clean bore. Maybe not enough to be a problem at 200 yards or less but still off the mark.

[Biggerhammer]

I saw a good topic on cold barrell shoot last night on ch406 . a clean cold bore will throw a bullet off a ton at longer distances , so remember when hunting a slightly foulled barrel is a good idea . For me it will be a 6.5x284 with a break I want to see impact through the scope . 140 vld !

Not sure a break is needed to see the impact using that caliber?

I can see the impact with my swede and no break.

I always shoot on my highest power setting, usually 20x plus. When I have time to set up on a animal at distance. On the higher power setting the field of view is smaller. It takes less recoil to loose a complete sight picture due to recoil with higher magnification. I have been and always will be a huge supporter of muzzle brakes, they just make everything more comfortable, recoil, sight picture etc. They are a huge plus when you are by yourself spotting your own shots, especially Rockchucks at distance. When it comes to hunting, recoil and the noise of the muzzle brake seam to not even matter in the moment of shooting a big game animal, if a shot has to be taken without hearing protection. Which is very rare, here in Central WA 99 percent of our big game shots are 300 yards plus, most often than not there is time to use hearing protection. I use a light weight set of electronic muffs that I just keep on my head above my ears and pull them down when it's "GO" time.

Some times when the ground is wet and distance shots are involved, you don't get a dust cloud signature at distance from impact and with a brake it is nice to watch your bullet flight path at distance from it contrail, you can watch the bullet track clean to the target and make corrections quicker. The 6.5-284 with a brake is one SEXY, capable, smooth shooting rifle.

Lower power scopes for me are a handicap it big open country when your trying to put points on a buck or confirm a true spike 300 yards or more out. Not all hunting situation allow you to get a spotting scope into the game before a call has to be made to make the shot. At 20x your aiming at that "Spot" not the animal, at 9x at 300 plus. The aim is more at a portion of the animal, rather than the "Spot". Different hunting situations require different equipment, timber Vs semi-desert etc.

[Miles]

Sure, makes sense.