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I can't make this up, no matter how hard it is to believe.

Have to admit the creedmoor does pretty well. I shot at 1000 last year for the firat time and i was hooked. I had never shot at a target beyond 300 before my first f class midrange event. It went well so i signed up for the 1k. Never missed the paper, granted it is huge, but still i scored what i considered well and the rest is history.

Now i did lots of studying and load development prior. But i enjoy the mild recoil of the 6.5 and it does reach a grand pretty easy. Although i passed it down to my son and got myself a 284.
 
Ol’ Ed said:
“If it’s good at 25, it’ll be good at 1,000” - that’s one flat shootin’ rifle! I’m gonna guess .308.
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:D
Reminded me of this.
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But ya know, when you hear that nonsense and invite them to the range, the excuses flow like water over the falls as to why they can't make it. Damn bench racers! LOL

Lloyd
 
Come on guys , you all know my little 22 hornet has the same drop as your super duper creedmore or 338 LAPUA! It's a fact .....
It's the distance it covers during its flight that's different.
I think I said that right , no coffee yet .
Or was it my little 22 hornet and your super duper creedmore will hit the ground at the same time ( both fired horizontal ) . It's just the distance that's different .
Good morning guys , coffees ready !
 
Ggmac said:
Come on guys , you all know my little 22 hornet has the same drop as your super duper creedmore or 338 LAPUA! It's a fact .....
It's the distance it covers during its flight that's different.
I think I said that right , no coffee yet .
Or was it my little 22 hornet and your super duper creedmore will hit the ground at the same time ( both fired horizontal ) . It's just the distance that's different .
Good morning guys , coffees ready !
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I love my model 43 standard in 22 hornet. I inherited it from my uncle in my early teens. I could not get a decent group out of it to save my life. A few years later learned to hand this as my first hand loaded cartridge. A Tim Smith trigger job and it will hold 1/2 to 5/8 groups at 100 yards nominally. Many a woodchuck and crow have been put to bed by a 40 grain sierra with it.
 
As you go thru life two things are true,fact and fiction.Some people have problem recognizing one,but no problem spouting the other. Look them in the eye when they tell you a whopper and I bet they look away to finish the BS. Bojo, my coffee is ready also. Black Rifle Coffee Co. good to the last drop. Later Jeff
 
So in reality we are not bashing the "cartridge" we are bashing idiots. Because I have a 308 and a 6.5 "some-thing-or-other". I like both of them as well as my 17 WSM and 300 WSM (Testing under way). But I hate gun store/range comandos that talk a lot of crap but can not do chit. I know a guy that says loading bullets in the cases backwards and they will fly better. Yes rifle bullets. I called him on it and, said so you mean Brian Litz is wrong. He said, "You can't change physics. " I said your right you can not. He then repeated himself as if to imply he was right. I just stopped right there. Can any one top that?
 
Bill K said:
Always reminds me of one well known rifle/handgun shooter that was shooting one day at a range, when a fellow walked up, with his super deluxe rifle and shortly said how his rifle would shoot so much better than what he was seeing the shooter doing and how he could put his shots into the X ring all day at 600 yrd. So said shooter said I will give you $100 for every round you put in the X ring and you give me $1.00 for everyone the misses.
So guess what. The guy with the super deluxe rifle packed his gear, never fired a shot and walk away.
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What would be the net for a 60 shot midrange with just 2 X's?

:)
 
He says, and I'll raise my hand to this, "If it's good at 25, it'll be good at 1,000".


There are members on this forum that believe the same thing. While responding to a previous post I had stated that I don't consider shooting at 100 yards an indication of a rifle's accuracy. Responders jumped all over me.
 
DirtySteve said:
So in reality we are not bashing the "cartridge" we are bashing idiots. Because I have a 308 and a 6.5 "some-thing-or-other". I like both of them as well as my 17 WSM and 300 WSM (Testing under way). But I hate gun store/range comandos that talk a lot of crap but can not do chit. I know a guy that says loading bullets in the cases backwards and they will fly better. Yes rifle bullets. I called him on it and, said so you mean Brian Litz is wrong. He said, "You can't change physics. " I said your right you can not. He then repeated himself as if to imply he was right. I just stopped right there. Can any one top that?
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Yeah, I think I can top it. Last summer I overheard one of the range “gurus” espousing the benefits of mixing powders to obtain the utmost in accuracy. Sad thing about it was that he was telling guys new to reloading. Us old farts just kinda looked at each other, rolled our eyes, and kept our mouths shut until said “guru” left. Then we told as many of the new guys just how crazy and dangerous his advice was, and to stick with the reloading manuals. Unfortunately, some had already left. Yeah, I’ve heard some head scratchers, but this guy took the grand prize.
 
well sirs. I can tell you I shoot 100 and 200 yards quite well with my 6PPC and my .30BR. And I can shoot quite well at 1000 yards with the same two cartridge and with no change in scope settings. All I have to do is crawl out to the 800 yard line and let ‘er go.
All that aside, to me accuracy means three things (shooter, equipment, and cartridge) have to be attuned to the situation. Silence on the firing line is golden, too. I tend not to practice that rule, though. You just have to pick the right combination for what you’re shooting at the time. BBs and pellets at 25 yards and loudenboomers at 1000 yards.
 
Reading all this makes me realize just how fortunate I am to live where I do here on the central Orygun high desert. When I want to range-test my handloads or just do some casual range shooting, I load up my BR Pivot Lite and head out to the outback in the sage and junipers where "my" range is located, about ten minutes from home.

Except for my own gunfire, it's quiet. No keyboard commando's, no silly kid with his AK or AR spewing brass all over me, no stupid questions or bragging comments like the "good at 25, good at 1,000" crap either. Just me and my guns. Or the occasional jackrabbit or coyote, maybe a mule deer or pronghorn eyeballing me from the sage, but NO range idiots.

I am truly fortunate, and I don't take it for granted.
 
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