theres a good deal of advertising for the fairly new 6.5mm creed-more , and the 300 mags of various designs, promoting them as the best and flattest shooting calibers,thats absurd,
the 338 lapua and 340 wby and several other larger bore .416 rifles have the bullet mass to predictably place hits out well past the range most rifle owners can not even contemplate.
http://www.rifleshootermag.com/rifle...e_shot_010311/
the 1874 Sharps was the ideal rifle for long-range shooting. Buffalo hunters frequently made killing shots exceeding 500 yards, but Billy Dixon did that range some better in 1874.
Dixon was a 24-year-old buffalo hunter at a nondescript settlement known as Adobe Walls, the scene of a massive Indian attack 10 years earlier. Now the Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne and Arapaho were planning to attack the supply post again. The Indians outnumbered the 28 people at Adobe Walls 30 to 1.
The attack commenced on June 26 and raged for three days, with an estimated 700 warriors slain and 70 wounded. Frustrated, the Indians gathered on a distant bluff to reconsider their strategy. Seeing one of the warriors silhouetted, Dixon, who had lost his “Big 50″ Sharps in a skirmish, grabbed a friend’s .50-90 Sharps and fired. The warrior toppled from his horse. Their confidence shattered, the Indians grabbed the body and hastily rode away.
Later, the Army sent a team to verify the distance. It was 1,538 yards–7/8 of a mile. Years later, Dixon admitted it was a lucky shot. But he was also quoted as saying, “I was not without confidence in my marksmanship.”
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Kyle used the McMillan TAC-338 in Iraq in 2008 when he killed an insurgent who was about to fire on convoy - at a distance of 1.2 miles. The deadly weapon, which packs .338 Lapua Magnum bullets, weighs and costs less than a .50 caliber bullet.Feb 11, 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longes...d_sniper_kills
favorite last words are those of yankee general John Sedgwick. He was berating some of his staff for taking cover from long range CS sharpshooters at Spotsylvania :"Why are you dodging like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance." This was just before he was shot in the head. The range was around 1000 yards
does anyone remember history,.. a skilled RIFLEMAN, familiar with his modern .338-.416 caliber rifles trajectory can be a huge threat to any target he can see clearly
we as
RIFLEMEN need to acquire the skills and experience and familiarity with our chosen equipment, as
RIFLEMEN, YES, the equipment , while the rifles are vastly improved,
they are not going to eliminate the need for skilled RIFLEMEN, and the reasonable flat shooting rifles with projectiles designed for long range work the 338 lapua and 340 wby both have the bullet mass and projectiles designed to reach out far further and accurately hit targets, further than most rifle owners can appreciate
http://www.bergerbullets.com/Reloadi...Lapua300gr.pdf
http://www.bergerbullets.com/Reloadi...thMag300gr.pdf
https://www.hornady.com/bullets/rifl...-bthp-match#!/
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/19...ail-box-of-100