Thread: WHAT IS A "LONG RANGE GUN/RIFLE"?

For centerfire, up to the point where the projectile goes trans-sonic, to me is long range. Beyond that is extreme long range. So if you take a 308/708/260 type round, 300-1000yds would be long range, beyond that is ELR.

For 22LR, 100-200yds is long range to me, and beyond 200 is ELR.

That is purely from a target or gong point of view. If you want to kill an animal, I would not be using something that has less than 700ft/lb energy at a particular range (assuming medium sized game), and much more importantly, I would shoot within my limits.

There are a lot of rifles out there that can kill at very long distances, but a lot less shooters who can