300 WM at 1800 yards

[jphillips63]

Went out the other day and stretched the 300 WM out to 1800 yards shooting the Berger 230 grain OTM and made several hits and recovered a bullet from the bone pile we setup to shoot at.


The bullet, it retained 216.4 grains after impact. Plenty enough to put some hurt on something.








Here's the target. The target area was roughly a 10-12" area. So most definitely shooting under 1 moa at that distance.




Here are impacts near the target. Those impacts were withing a good 6-8" area of the intended hit. The target was on a steep hill so the pictures really don't show that.




Now here's a look back to the shooting area from the impact area. I don't know how to mark the spot on photo bucket but we were in the small opening in the tree line at around 11:00 in the photo.




These were shot by myself using my custom built BAT action with a Lilja 1.300 dia 3 groove 1-10 twist x30" the brass was Lapua using a F215 m primer and 75 grains of H1000 the scope was a NF 12-42 benchrest with a 40 moa base and the Barrett 15-40 moa rings. The rifle zeros in at 1600 yards with the turrets bottomed out.

Edited January 25, 2015 by jphillips63

[RED333]

Good shooting.

 

Marking a photo?

Open the pic in "Paint"(comes with windows), pick a "pencil" tool, then pick a "color".

Now put a spot where you want in the pic and "save". 

 

I grabbed you pic, put a few "marks" and saved it.

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Edited January 25, 2015 by RED333

[JohnC]

Very cool. Good shootin' btw. :up:

[Alleycat72]

I have steel targets. Will travel. LOL

[Dolomite_supafly]

I want to build a LONG range rifle but I have no place to really stretch its legs. I have ORSA but it is over an hour one way but I just cannot go that far. Heck, I would be happy with shooting 223 or even 300 Blackout at 500 yards.

 

That is a heck of a shot, a lot of variables had to be in tune to make that shot. Definitely takes a lot more skill than I have.

[Alleycat72]

I'm putting together a 338 Lapua improved now. STE is 25 minutes from the house. They have 1250 yard targets and plans for 1500. I'm looking for an area where I can get it out to about 2000. Probably going to Ohio. LOL

[Tempest455]

I'm putting together a 338 Lapua improved now. STE is 25 minutes from the house. They have 1250 yard targets and plans for 1500. I'm looking for an area where I can get it out to about 2000. Probably going to Ohio. LOL

 

Stay near "Buck Eye" Lake when you go up to Thunder Valley. It's about an hour away because there is nothing around the range.

[Tempest455]

I want to build a LONG range rifle but I have no place to really stretch its legs. I have ORSA but it is over an hour one way but I just cannot go that far. Heck, I would be happy with shooting 223 or even 300 Blackout at 500 yards.

 

That is a heck of a shot, a lot of variables had to be in tune to make that shot. Definitely takes a lot more skill than I have.

 

I drove three hours yesterday just to chrono 15 rounds at 1,000 yards but as my wife says, I'm crazy!  :)