My gun setup is below. Dad's is built a little different...1-8 twist vs. my 1-7.5 and he shoots 105's vs. 115's
The rifle is built on a Savage target action with a Douglas 28 inch straight contour barrel. The barrel twist on my rifle is 1-7.5 shooting 115 grain Bergers. The actions and barrel are bedded in a McMillan F-Class stock. I have a Ken Farrell 20 MOA rail with a set of Burris Signature Z-Rings with 10 MOA shims. There is a Nightforce 5.5-22X56 NSX scope with the MOAR reticule on it. The rifle has a true 100 yard yero and with the zero stop in the scope I have exactly 98 MOA of mechanical adjustments up available before using any of the reticule marks. Depending on outside air temps, elevation, air density, etc. it takes roughly 88 MOA to get to 2000 with the load we have developed.
Below is a group I shot...my best to date...at 2000 yards on a Larue target. There a four hits on the target but the three in the vertical string in the center are three shots in rapid succession. I shot the first shot and hit the bottom mark. The Larue didn't go down so I came up 1 click in elevation (5 inches @ 2000 yds) and fired my second shot. It's the middle mark. The Larue still didn't go down...not enough energy. I came up one more click...the top mark and the Larue went down on that one. Needless to say, the rifle really shoots well. So, for the guy that says you can't shoot multiple shots at that distance with any consistency in a short time frame...it is now my turn to call "BS"...I've done it. When we got our 2000+ yard shots we had made several hits on closer holes between 1850 and 2000 but none were at or over the elusive 2000 yard mark on the Vectronix range finder. If it's not verified at 2000 or farther...it doesn't count. :-[
Yes, we hit several that we could not find, no blood and made it back in the hole....happens all the time. At 2000 yds there isn't much energy left on the bullets. Heck, for that matter, we have several every year at much closer distances, 400-700 yds that we blow in half and they still make it in the holes. Tough little dudes!
Below the group is a better picture of the rifle itself. It looks much better now and is all polished. As well as it shoots I figured I better make it as sexy as possible. ;D
I hope this pictures show up...if not, I'll try and repost. I also hope the info helps. If you have any more questions please don't hesitate to ask...I love this stuff. Seriously though...if anyone ever visits Vegas and wants to go see what it's like to shoot a true 2000 yards just let us know. You will never have to twist our arms to spend a day shooting. 8)
