Thread: 1000m rifle.... What?

Personally I would look at the 284 Winchester. Your 6.5x55 will do the closer stuff.

Very good brass available with Lapua making 6.5x284 brass. Just need resizing.
Very efficient case particularly in a longer barrel.
Get very good velocities with the 160-180gr 7mm projectiles.
Easily stay supersonic past 1000m and then some.
Easier for reloading and cheaper to run than a magnum calibre.
You don’t need a real long action or a magnum bolt face.
Comfortable to shoot without a break on a sensible weight rifle, suppressor isn’t massive though and easy to put a break on if you want.

The 280 Remington would be a close comparison.

.284. 7mm rem mag performance probly twice the barrel life, brass is about $2 a pop for lapua. What more do you want? .

Oh but you do want a long action to get the absolute best from this case.

577/450 long barrel Martini and lobbing sights, 500 grain projectile, 85 grains swiss BP. really good fun, should hit the target at about 250 fps, dont use heavy gongs, you wont see them swing.

Originally Posted by Spook

.303, fully wooded, sights factory fitted to 2200 yards...cant go wrong...cheap as chips to feed.

But at 2MOA (or worse) at 1000yds....well if your are trying to annoy an elephant, OK.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I'm not so sure feeding a 303 is cheap anymore

um not cheap but what is these days. Just dont try and get a Lee Enfield no1 mk3 or no4 to stay supersonic at 1000yds, way too much powder needed for these old actions.

600yds, yes...but they are 2MOA guns as std and many will now shoot even worse.

It really depends on how far you want to shoot, how hard you want to hit the steel, how hard you want to work in the wind, how big you target is & how big your budget is.

In good conditions you can get a 223 to 1000, with the heavier projectiles, but good luck seeing the strikes or more importantly the misses or hearing it hit.

The 6mm isn't much better in regards to hitting power but will certainly do the job.

The 6.5 with 140s would be pretty hard to beat in the small cases.

The 7mm has a bit going for it, you can add horse power but then recoil & barrel life gets out there compared to the 6.5.

Everyone knows the 30 cal is shit so don't bother going there, especially the 308...

338s are too big & make hitting the target too easy, combined with noise & recoil they are out

375s make it way too easy, loud & expensive so they are out too

50s are too loud, expensive & inaccurate, so they are toast....

Which really makes the good old 6.5 x 55 & 260 look really pretty good overall

30cals can be barrel burners to


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Originally Posted by deye223

260 rem

and ... lots of popped primers at 1,000 yards

Originally Posted by Beaker

So starting to get interested in LR shooting. I know there's heaps of calibres that will do this, and also that it depends on what type of 1000m shooting I'm meaning, etc... However, interested to hear thoughts on what people would recommend for a general purpose, normally just steel - but maybe animals a bit closer, not really to carry to far, reloads ok - but hopefully brass not $20 a pop and projectiles the same, and not a barrel burner - as I like to shoot!

1000m rifle, Well that sure takes the stalk out of stalking. But that part was never much fun. Or was it???

Originally Posted by tui_man2

30cals can be barrel burners to


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All calibres can be barrel burners, it just depends how much powder & how much heat you give them......

Originally Posted by Scribe

1000m rifle, Well that sure takes the stalk out of stalking. But that part was never much fun. Or was it???

It's more fun to shoot at 1000m because stalking gongs is gay, they have terrible eye sight you can walk right to them

Originally Posted by ZG47

and ... lots of popped primers at 1,000 yards

You shouldn't need to pop primers to get a 260 to 1000yards...

I'd think you'd pop your ring gear trying b4 the primer!