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This was posted to the same thread at another forum; Long Range Target Shooting.com and I thought that I should repost it here...From the February 2002, “Accurate Rifle Magazine” by Steve Hugel titled Quest For The Two Mile Prairie Dog from the Webmaster, J. M. Zullo at North Florida Shooting.com who I would like to thank.

At the range inquired about, I would be shooting, ONLY, at a metal gong, actually a 160 gallon cast iron hot water tank--that was used to heat radiators and not wash water...we have it now at 2,000M at when struck rings quite prettily (after about a 5 - 6 second delay). We will also try 1,000 yd paper targets (for a lark) and human silhouettes (for a real lark).

I would never in my wildest dreams ever attempt a shot at a live animal, larger than a prairie rodent, at ranges beyond 2,000. I would be leery of shooting deer size game at ranges beyond 500. I have more respect for the animal I'm hunting than to wound it and leave it to suffer and become predator din-din. I and my family would much rather be dining on those steaks than some furry carnivore.

I/we have upon numerous occasions put our shots into 55 gal drums at 1,000 & 1,500. You're referring to the tops or bottoms of the drums as the target, yes? But , I do agree with you that most would not have the ability, without training, to hit an upright oil drum at 500 yds. The drum, lenghtwise, is slightly larger than an elk or moose body.

The Varmint Hunters Assoc. has ranges for kills at 1,000, 1500 and now 2,000 yds and maybe 2,500 in the future. In researching this, I have found that there are some truly amazing cartridges being made, by some extremely competent gunsmiths that will probably carry that far and to 3,000. A couple have been talking of the .505 Gibbs with a different slant than the .408 Chey-Tac, a couple for the Nyati and T-Rex rounds, one on a .465 H&H and of course numerous with the .50 BMG (which I don't/can't use because of Canadian laws).

Mr. Gale McMillan of McBros Rifles/Stocks developed a cartridge called the Fat Mac which was a .50 BMG inserted in to a necked down 20mm case. I've requested info on it from McMillan but haven't heard back, as of yet. It would be an impossible cartridge to build here in Canada what with the availability, actually the lack there of, of .50 BMG components, I can't even imagine trying to secure 20mm rounds.

As far fetched as this sounded at the onset, I found that I'm not alone in the pursuit of extreme long range shooting and have gained some significant knowledge about shooting at these distances. I started with your forum, as I thought that the large caliber cartridges would be the way to go--I was partly correct. I wish to thank all for the input received and any slights were misinterpreted.

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Edited by SeekHer (28/04/06 09:17 AM)

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