308 Winchester at 1 mile. Yes it can be done. I have made hits at 2200 and plan to video some 2700 yard shots before spring. Send it!
Posted Jan 4, 2022, 4:54 AM UTC
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The amount of salt I see on this forum about 308 past 800m is cringeworthy. In the army we regularly shot 175g past 1000m with the m110 (sr25).
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Right? Confirmation bias is strong here. They read one forum post about how 308 falls to the ground at 800m and that's what they believe. They can keep hating 308 though, more affordable match ammo for the rest of us :)
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Barrel life on 6.5anything vs 308 also suffers quite a lot as well. I’ve paid my fair share of gunsmith bills to change barrels, and I don’t like barrel burner rounds anymore. Easier dope is not worth that much money to me.
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I still love my burners for competition, but for practice it is 22LR, 223, and, 308 for me.
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Rifle is a 1 in 10 MPA 26"
8 times fired Lapua brass with 46.6 grains of CFE223 pushing 175RDFs at 2830
Ivey adjustable base under a Gen II Razor w/ TREMOR3
Dad came to visit so I put him on the 308 at a mile. I think it made my day more than it did his! So glad the steel gods let those two hits happen.
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175’s at 2830?! That’s a spicy meatball! Any pressure signs?
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I am shocked at what CFE223 is sending these. I did not think pushing a 175 at 2900 was possible out of a 308. When I get home I will share my grt file if you would like.
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Yes please!
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Gets heavy bolt at 47.4 at 2920. I am on the road and will need to verify that load at 47.4 or .6.
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I've gotten 180 Sierra Gamekings to 2900 using 2000-MR too. 28" Thompson Encore. No idea what the pressure was.
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Just wait until we can shoot LR on Mars.
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Oh man!! That give me a little tingle just thinking about those flight times.
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Ask the ballistic app makers to have a selectable gravity constant, haha
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Set the air pressure to near nothing and let's see what happens.
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mars has a gravitational acceleration 0.37 that of earths and a pressure .00646 that of earths. I did not look at composition.
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Would rounds be able to stabilize in a vacuum? Would you get better accuracy and distance on Mars, than on the Moon?
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Or, for that matter, the moon.
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AIM AT THE SUN
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Mark and Sam knocking 308 out to 3000
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Really like their videos. Watching them is what made me start shooting past the paper at 1000
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Same here - down to earth, no bullshit videos 👍
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A 308 at a mile is almost more like an arty shot lol.
That said, I own both a 308 and a 6.5 and love them both. Good shooting, mate.
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Wow
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What elevation?
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3300asl. 1600 to 1800 da on this day.
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I guess elevation has a lot to do with it. A verrrrrry skilled shooter doing 1500 yards with .308 is believable. 2700 yards? Are you aiming at the moon?
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I would argue it hangs more on the loader than the shooter at that point. 10 feet a second change is 42" elevation difference in POI.
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At some point I call BS! The cartridge only hold so much powder. The weight of the bullet can only be so big. Physics and math are against you. 3000 yards accurately is non sense
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The Ivey plus the razor let me dial 87 mils up from a 100 yards zero. That will allow a 3k shot next summer.
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The bullet doesn’t have enough 💥 to go that far accurately. Inertia and propulsion comes to play at some point. A Honda Civic can’t do 300 mph like a bugotti. That’s why there is long action rifles. I’m sorry but I don’t believe it 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️.
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was kinda expecting the guy with a scar17 using tula 150gr
LOL!