Thread: Longish range shooting.

I'm in Dunedin too - would be interested in the range details too

Originally Posted by rossi.45

get a scope first that dials

put it on your .22lr and learn to shoot out to 200, 300 yards

then decide if you have the interest to carry on with the .270 at longer ranges

Great advice

Cheap to shoot, learn to shoot at longer ranges where wind will make a difference on impact, then move up to larger calibre. A day shooting long range with a .22 will do wonders for your shooting technique.

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Would a 270 get that far? There seems to have been a bit of discussion in the past on this round.

Go stand 600m downrange from a 270 and try catch the projectile....

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Go stand 600m downrange from a 270 and try catch the projectile....

But rubbishing perfectly good calibres is all we have to pass the time around here!

I'm not an expert on this but here's what I've done:

Do a bit of reading.
300m is hard enough but beyond 500m is aspirational - another world esp wind but also slope, altitude etc need to be checked.

Look for two threads on the other NZ forum by 7mmMagic on 400 and 600 yd shooting.
Brian Litz "Applied Ballistics"
Nathan Foster "Practical Guide to long range hunting" (controversial so take with a grain of salt and try fr yourself)
Jeff Cooper "The art of the rifle" Classic but also some ideas there need a bit of salt too.

Gear:
range finder is going to be essential
Dial scope: Weaver super slam if on budget, Nightforce / Kahles / Leupold if not
cheap wind meter for training
You will eventually need to reload to get enough practice

Practice
1.5 MOA is good enough for a start (honest average of 5 shot groups)
A lot of dry firing . invest in 2 or 4 snap caps - will make you feel better about snapping off thousands of times
Some 4 position practice eg .22 or high quality airgun
Putting your new dial scope on a .22 is a really good idea. Getting familiar with your scope is a key to longer range hunting.
NRA ranges to learn wind and trajectory
Field target steel shoots
Come up to Gillie's medium range precision rifle shoot that he holds at New Plymouth in the spring.
Goat shooting if you can find some locally. Work up gradually in range. Respect the goat.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Go stand 600m downrange from a 270 and try catch the projectile....

Ha ha love it can just see the headline if we tried it.
"Man catches .270 at 600 metres, dies from embarrassment"

Some of this stuff is just a load of bollocks,
To shoot out to 600m you don't need expensive gear, sure it is very nice to have a dialable scope and a good range finder but you don't need it.
Even a affordable range finder will give you accurate info out to 600m.
As for bc and all the numbers, again it's 600m, if you buy enough ammo and just put in the practice, figure out where you are landing at a given range you can do it reliably,
I would suggest a scope with a drop reticle if you don't already have decent scope on it,
I think some people spend more time on their computers talking about shooting than actually shooting their rifles,
My 2cents anyway,
Sorry to offend anyone but there it is.