Who's the best long distance shooter
 

There,, this thread should help out the "I want a flat shooter" thread.

Not me. Have never shot past 300m

I am, but I will never be able to confirm it.

Certainly not me. I enjoy the challenge but am realistic about my abilities.

Longest kill for me was 404 on a 2 year old Whitetail doe. Off of a back pack for an elbow rest and a bipod as a front rest laying prone.

I do shoot quite often to 550 yards from the bench. I must say I am often humbled by trying to gauge winds that one would think insignificant. They frustrate the crap out of me. Lol

I have made what would consider to be astounding shots on various targets at various distances. And couldn't repeat a single one.
for the most part, I have trouble making one shot/ one hole groups.
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As they say on dragons den....
So for that reason, I'm out.

I never shoot past 500 meters, so it isn't me.

They haven't shown up here yet :)

Personally my furthest hunting shot is 390 yards, closest 14yards....the close one was more exciting than the long one.

Best grouping at distance 1.312 inches at 500yards....shot prone off a bipod, hunting rifle and hand loads.

I can't hold a candle to some of the guys here....or at least some of the claims.

LC

This would be sweet to try out at that new range by Edson. They built a 1600 yard range? Would be nice to make the drive out there when work permits it.

Otherwise, 530 yards is the furthest for me. I wouldn't consider it long range, compared to some of the dudes on t.v. I see daily.

All I can say is, be patient, you'll get closer next time.

I'm a average shooter and am comfortable shooting to 350. Past that it becomes more luck then skill for me. What comes to mind is a good shot can be consistent in hitting the target at his/her comfort range.

I am...:scared0018::scared0018:

Quigley down under, duh....

Some dude was bragging about making 500 yard offhand shots to Lefty the other day. Sounds like he is the best shot in the world.

Hitting what size of target. Maybe a barn. Best I've ever done is an antelope and an elk both at 400 measured yards. Had to chase the elk until 2am. I don't like taking long shots. Too many things to go wrong.

Best group I ever achieved was 3/8" five rounds at 200 meters.. Never to be repeated!!! hah! must have been a fluke...SPFG 2010.

He is definitely the best BULLshooter on AO.:)

I don't shoot past 1 mile, I'm weird that way I guess.

I wanted to post this clip for all the nay sayers and disbelievers, for whatever it's worth.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...BE4F49652FDB05

Happy Hunting.

Right behind me, my thuddy thuddy requires no hold over, always hit something out there....

Longest Shot
 

I thought Levon Helm told us that it was Bob Lee Swagger. " The Shooter " Mark Wahlberg. One of the best movies ever.

I have made 2 450 yards shots on coyotes using the annetnna whip as a rest:sHa_sarcasticlol: . Killed both. 500 yards on paper to try out my Burris eliminater . I've heard plenty guys shoot to 600 and hold on fur. So it's not me. As far has movies. There's a new sniper movie coming out about Chris Kyle I'm thinking it will be sweet.

I will say I personally witnessed Normanrd shoot a gopher with his 220swift at exactly a 1/4 mile....440yards confirmed kill, prone off a bipod.

LC

Another good contender for the title might be Carlos Hathcock. The link below makes for very interesting reading.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock

Good call on hathcock. I've researched him lots. A really really good book about him is : marine sniper. Check it out

He was the case study after nam about creating a sniper trade in the Murican military. Dusted Vietcong with an 8x scope on a 50 at 2500 yards , used his model 70 to 1200 yards, went on movie type single sniper missions and with great success, won Wimbledon in 1963 or so , still has the record for some type of off hand shooting - like 246 out of 250 points or so. Shot a enemy sniper thru his rifle scope (pu soviet model so it's believable). Lots more , just crazy. Scary how good he was with a 1-2 Moa rifle and it only shot it's first shot accurately ( in nam )

Bob lee swagger was based loosely off him even though there's a reference to hathcock separately in point of impact

I have a interview on DVD by john plaster of hathcock. Wow scary dangerous eyes to say the least. They really stuck out. A very dangerous man with a rifle.

Most guys who are really good at anything aren't the ones bragging about it.

Are we talking AO members or anybody out there??
I have seen a member here lay down over a log and put three into less than 1 MOA at 1000 meters with an unbraked 338 Lapua- holding Kentucky windage no less!!:sign0068:
I have also witnessed a 14 year old kid ( with the help of an excellent wind doper- both of them AO members ) hit three clays at 500 prone , in a hellish wind with a .223- in a match!
I've watched as a AO member shot a Lithgow prone with one zeroing shot with the open sights at 1,000 meters, and with a slight adjustment, dropped the next one right into 2MOA - open sights.

The first time I ever shot a long range rifle with sling 'n' irons I shot three magpies in a row - shooting a magpie at that range is easy, I used to watch the good shooters do it quite often in the wind:medium-smiley-035:
Cat

^^^ This.

According to all the fantastic 1 shot, 25 yard groups Ive been getting, I must be the best long range shooter!

Just kidding :)
Im hosting a long range shoot for some friends and officers down here in the Hat come February. 300, 500, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000

Ill let ya know if I can hit anything but the ground at those longer ranges!

Agreed.

I have no long range shooting experience but have stayed at a Holiday Inn, and googled some results from the International Benchrest Shooters Association ... It looks like among their 1000 yd results, the top ten shooters are holding "about" 1/2 MOA (sometimes a bit more, sometimes a bit less - depending on "conditions"). If my math is correct, this means both the shooter and equipment needs to be able to consistently shoot under 1/2 MOA at shorter distances in order to even have the POTENTIAL to run with the IBRSA big dogs.