The last time I posted a reply on long range shooting I was nearly crucified for my concern of long range shooting at (LIVE GAME) and the safety issues regarding it. With possibilities of wounding an animal or not making quick clean kills due to many factors that occur over the 1000 yards like (wind) that can be blowing in all sorts of directions and angles at different yardage points along the way to its intended target.

However...I have talked to a man at gander mountain that said he used his 308 to shoot varmints at over 900 yards consistantly. I remember that he actually braught in this gun to the store and it was topped with a very high powered scope (thattook up about 3/4 of the barrel length)and a bi pod attached to the bottom. He claimed that this type of shooting is done constantly out west.

I believe that these shots are very possible (because people have claimed to do them at the range an in the feild) The fact that peopletake a gun to the range and shoot 1000 yards seems fine to me... or even to take long shots at varmints where the landscape is very vast...but I really still dont know if shooting that long of range at big game animals is the wisest option. 500 yards is still a long shot, but 1000 yards iswhole different story.

good luck shooting 270.... if you do want a long rangegun for varments and targets both...I would gather from what the gentleman claimed at gander mt. that a 308, if properly equipped could do just about what you wanted it to do.

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