Let's build a 1000 YD rifle

[robescc]

I shoot out to 1000 yards on public land all the time.  As long as you have a clear backstop it is perfectly safe.  I also use hollow point bullets so they disintegrate on impact.  If you can see te taget you are shooting at, you sure will be able to see if someone is standing in front of it and that is impossible were we shoot. 

[longrange7mm]

Ok i wasnt going to chime in this is a good thread and alot of you guys know alot i.e miltary and rec shooting. and have some great ideas. But the comment about never shooting 1000yds on public land i have to chime in just to say that my shots at 1000 yds are more controllable than 85% of hunters that shoot 200 yds. If im across the canyon from my target i have a munch better vantage point. my bullet is going to do a complete pass thru just as yours. but mine is going into the ground behind it! and i will probably see it hit. If you take a 200 yd shot and miss then that bullet is still traveling that same bullet path till something stops it. Heaven for bid you miss shooting up hill your bullet may come down the next canyon over were im sitting and you didnt asume there would be anybody but you didnt think about that. I think this issue came up in an Eastmans hunting journal so B.O.T.W  crew had a talk with mike and guy. And offered to take them out to there range  and have a shooting contest. they shoot 200 yd groups and B.O.T.W. will shoot 1000 yds. Well they backed out of the contest point is M.O.A may be 10.47 at 1000 but were shooting better than that. that's just what  gunwerks guarantees there Rifle to do! sorry for the thread jacking we should start a new one  on this topic.

[longrange7mm]

ok so here is a set up that will get you 10.47 moa or better at 1000 yds for $2000

Remington SPS 7mm 9 1/4 twist 26" barrel.................... $639.00

Timney 510 trigger w/safety  1.5 - 4 lbs  ..................... $124.95

Talley 30mm High Fixed Rings ..................................... $70.99

Huskemaw LR 5-20 ................................................... $1149.00

Score High Pro-Bed 2000 8oz ..................................... $24.99

TOTAL ................................................................... $2008.93
"this was cheaper last year, they raised some prices since then"  


This is a 3" group that i shot with this same setup at 1001 yds, we assembled this rifle for my dad. except we had a jewell trigger Thats $228. The shotgun shell is a 6 shot 2 3/4"

[jackelope]

$1149.00 for a set of rings?

[longrange7mm]

$1149.00 for a set of rings?

your on it jackelope i posted before proof reading no its more accurate 

[longrange7mm]

Leupold also has some good scopes for a 1000 yd range that are a lttle less$ too. but in the field it is alot easier to turn your turret to a distance than counting clicks

[wildebeast]

My choice would be blackpwder...Parker Hale Whitworth Rifle from DixieGun Works.

Open sites marked out to 1000 yards for $1550.  Used as a snipper rifle during the Civil War.

This would still be great for hunting.

cliff

I practice shooting out to 2000 yard with my blackpowder cannon and know it would kill anything I could hit farther out.  Just need the animal to stand in the same spot for a while ... or just untill the 2.5 inch lead ball gets there, which isn't very long.

[Mookie]

  A 50 BMG is good for traget practice at 1,000 yards. Or if you are a military sniper.  Way to big for a hunting rifle.  Besides, think of the damage that would be done to any animal that got hit with a 50 BMG at any range.  Not alot of meat left.......

Sorry, I never read where hunting would be done. Besides, if the proper bullet is used the meat damage would be minimal. Not a lot different than using a 50 cal black powder at short range, in and out.

[addicted]

savage palma if you dont want to put it together. if you want to put it together then buy a 110 put a stock and a bull barrel on it and you will still have 1500 left for a scope.

[high country]

I beg to differ on needing a edge for big range hunting. I have used my 6.5 on cull hunts and it seems to work just fine.

mine is a 700 trued with a 29" broughton 5c, mc swirly, williams bottom, seekins R&B, 4.5-14 mark 3 and it spits a 142 SMK at 2990fps every single time.

I had more time into getting a bal chart worked up then building a rifle. I have never been so fortunate as to have a program work out of the box for me.

we shoot public land often. here you can see for 10 miles, find a good ridge to shoot into and go for a drive. clay pigeons are a favorite for their reactiveness.

[257 Wby Mag]

Beg to differ then HC? Nobody said you HAD too have a edge to shoot 1000 yards.  If I were gonna put the money down to build one, thats what I would build. I have a number of rifles in the safe that I could stretch to a 1000. A Idaho Legal Edge would be perty handy in the right circumstances...