our range only goes to 500m, of course out where I live you can shoot a couple miles across some pastures with no obstructions if you wanted to!
hitting the 8" gong at 500m is tough with either my 700 in 308 or my Shilen barreled custom 7mag. I can do it just not every time 7mag seems to have about 6" of spindrift, add some cross wind and I may have to hold about 8" of windage some days. Then theres the mirage! This is pretty much a desert on 100F plus days its hard to see one 8" gong at 500 meters it looks more like several waving up and down.
we got guys in our club that shoot 12-14lb benchrest guns in 6mm dash something at 4" clay pigeons at 400m when getting zero'd on paper they use video cams with RF link not spotting scopes! rich mans sport
on related note Im now shooting a handgun at 4" gong at 200yds 223 Contender with 4X scope
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