Finally made it past 1000 yards.

I am pretty new to the long range thing and today I set out to shoot past 1000 yards. The farthest I had gone was 776 yards and was hard pressed to find a safe place to push 1000. I decided to load some rounds and go scout some places after I dropped the kids of at school. I finally found an area and the target ended up being 1070 yards on the nose.

The wind was tricky and this group was definitely more luck than skill. I am still wondering how I pulled it off. Luck or not, I had a goal to hit 1000 before it got blistering hot here in AZ and now im happy.

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Wow...nice work!

That is very well done!!! Makes that 260AI I been thinking about more and more likely.

Very cool! Great shooting!

Very nice shooting!

Very nice rifle.

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The wind was tricky and this group was definitely more luck than skill.

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Hey! luck trumps skill every time.

Just am not believing all three Amax bullets missed that tape measure. How lucky is that? :cool:
Seriously good shooting....really like how there is almost no vertical spread. Bet your extreme spread on that load is 10fps or less.

Whether it was luck, skill or a combination of both, that's still some good shooting there.

Nice looking rig, too.
Good luck with it.

Awesome shooting, makes you feel warm and fuzzy when you can put a string together like that, good job!

My wife and I compete at a 1000 yard match and as a father of four I can fully appreciate your accomplishment. I was amazed at getting to go shooting after dropping the kids off at school! Then to shoot a group like that at that distance! Great job!

Thanks for all the compliments. I still think it was all luck but look forward to more practice and getting better. I love shooting at distance, and putting this Savage together in my garage makes it all the more rewarding.

Congrats King zero, What a great post to read. Regarding luck! the wind Gods might have been smiling down on you but it still takes a seasoned shooter to get a trigger press like that. Well done man......b.t.w. what a nice looking rig

Congratulations! Nice shooting.

Darrell

great shooting!
I was looking at 6.5x284 for the longest time but after I did the math on tooling and components, I decided 260 as well. cheaper to load for and accuracy is defently there.
what barrel are you using?

Criterion 260 match 8 twist varmint @ 24"

That is an amazing group. Great job.

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Originally Posted by eddiesindian

I was looking at 6.5x284 for the longest time but after I did the math on tooling and components, I decided 260 as well.

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LOL, I just got a 6.5/284 and love it but now I also want a 260 Rem or 260 AI so I won't have to replace barrels as often!