Long range rifle - 1,500m+

[whert]

Man, how many hoops did you have to jump through to get that?

[Ken]

However many it was, it was worth it

[on_one_wheel]

What ... No sling attachments ?

[jthunting]

No hoops, just a pta form for a cat "b" centre fire not self loading.

Farm I shoot on is rather large and we have a few mobs of heap of pigs that are very hard to get to and and destroying place.

Now we can hopefully get them effectively from a greater distance.

[jthunting]

Also may help that I have my own shooting company. I do a fair bit of work out west and some up north.

[on_one_wheel]

You should be able to take more than one pig out per shot with that. Whats factory ammo worth per round for a 50 cal ?

[jthunting]

I got a heap of 750 g "A" max for $12 a round. And yes should make a mess of them, haha

[Harper]

Also may help that I have my own shooting company. I do a fair bit of work out west and some up north.

Contract shooting / pest control is it?

[Manimal]

I got a heap of 750 g "A" max for $12 a round. And yes should make a mess of them, haha

Ouch $12 a shot!

Cheaper to just let the pigs go?

[headspace]

I can just see it, you show up at the SSAA range muzzle brake and all and the Range Officer has a heart attack. The rest of the shooters get an attack of tumescence in their nether regions.

[1290]

must be some big porkers you're shooting out that way jthunting, enjoy the toy, good luck with the shoulder too ....

back on topic, price no consideration or not, If I were after a target 1500m+ 'rig' and didnt want to cut corners....there is a pun in there coming up shortly...

I would consider the barrel first and source no less than a cut rifled barrel. Lots of guys in the US are doing such work including at least one supplier in the UK that I'm aware of.

Then the action, well you could buy a proprietary action there are many out there, plenty info here http://www.6mmbr.com/actions.html.... What I would do however would be to pick up a Savage Long Range hunter, as opposed to a stand alone Savage Target Action as the LRH is the only way to find a large diameter/long action Sav....:


You'd probably save on one of the custom actions but have a spare barrel, brake and stock....

BTW, you dont need a LM to get to 1500m, but I'm sure you know that...

[Oldboy 7mm Dakota]

I would stay in the 338 range of cals as they are easier to get pills for and will do all that you require.

If you want a boomer get a 338 snipetac as it will take you way past the 1500 mark.
338 edge
338 edge plus
338 lap
338 lap improved
will also get you to 1500

To get the best out of them they will have to be throat ed long which means single feeding them .

No mag feed as will be to long for mag so i suggest you build 1 to your needs not a shelf rifle.

You will be looking at 4500 to 5000 plus scope and accessories.

My son has a snipetac and loves it but way to heavy for a carry rifle and i was going to build a 375 cheytac but no good hunting pills so sold 408 tac action .

So going to build an edge now in stead just waiting on barrel to turn up.

Have shot targets at 1250 yards with 7mm Dakota with great success but would not shoot deer at that range with them .

So you will have to make up your own mind what you want to do with this range and go from there.

Old 7mm Dakota

[1290]

You forgot the .... best 338 Chambering - 338-378 Weatherby Mag(nificent) or even better the Improved version.

[Oldboy 7mm Dakota]

Slipped my mind

My mate has 1 and they go very well but brass is not cheap.

But a great long range .338 cal as well.

Oldboy 7mm Dakota

[SendIt]

Farm I shoot on is rather large and we have a few mobs of heap of pigs that are very hard to get to and and destroying place.

Ha ha. Love it. Got some pigs, hmm, better get a .50 cal

[jthunting]

Sighted the .50 in today.. Holy s**t it is noisy, recoil is def there but not as bad as what I thought.

Rifle jumps back around 3" on bench every time I fired it.. Next weekend going to have a play and take it out further.

[Lorgar]

recoil is def there but not as bad as what I thought.

Take the brake off and get back to me with your new thoughts

[Gregg]

Holy s**t it is noisy

I love that you say that like it's a surprise

[petemacsydney]

Sighted the .50 in today.. Holy s**t it is noisy, recoil is def there but not as bad as what I thought.

Rifle jumps back around 3" on bench every time I fired it.. Next weekend going to have a play and take it out further.

hhhmmm fiddy cal funday!

what sort of range were you sighting in at?

would love to see some pics of targets acquired... and eliminated

pics pics pics... more pics!

lol

[SendIt]

Next weekend going to have a play and take it out further.

What distance have you been doing so far? What groups you getting?

[jthunting]

Long story but only got 10 shots in, got spot on at 100m, then at 200.

Then got called into work so I had to take off, so I let mates squeeze a couple out and I left.

Next weekend hoping to spend a few more hours out there.

Then off to mates place to see what kind of damage it will do to some pigs and deer...

[SendIt]

Cool. Looking forward to hearing more results.

[Norton]

Then off to mates place to see what kind of damage it will do to some pigs and deer...

I'll give you a hint. It will do a lot

[Jessie]

I reckon you'll find a 3rd of a pig, then a big cloud of red mist drifting away, then another 3rd of a pig a few metres away

[Mark TAC]

Seeing as though just about anything will go subsonic at that range so will be disturbed, plus shooting smaller is more pleasant, I reckon I'd go 6.5/284 and a scope with plenty of internal adjustment plus 30moa base. That will reach out just fine IMHO.

[Dirtdart89]

Pretty glad I stumbled across this thread. I was under the assumption .50 was illegal in Aus. Maybe just a QLD thing?

[ebr love]

Not illegal here. Not in the sense that a full-auto is "illegal" anyway.

I can't speak for QLD but they're available here as JT has shown.

There are other concerns though like where they can and can't be shot. TBH I don't know the specifics but there are distances and zone types that determine what can or can't be fired at a particular range.

Bugger all needed for a 22L or pistol range. More needed for your average spread of centre fire stuff and then you get to .338 Lap and 50 Cal and things tighten up further.

A guess on QLD though... I have read in places the "genuine reasons" vary from state to state. I sort of remember reading someone that in QLD the only guys with them were competitively shooting (to earn an income that is, not just competing for fun).

Similar to hunting here. To get a category D rifle you need to be professionally hunting and demonstrate it is for work. Wanting to start professionally hunting isn't reason enough.

Perhaps that's the confusion? Bit of a guess TBH though...

[Dirtdart89]

Makes me wish our laws were more relaxed. Not to the point of American gun laws but enough so that it's easy to get whatever you want.

[Westy]

Makes me wish our laws were more relaxed. Not to the point of American gun laws but enough so that it's easy to get whatever you want.

I just wish John Howard's Crap gun Laws had Buggered off and things were as they were Pre 1996!!!!! Maybe I can claim it as my Cultural Rights to own a SemiAuto????

[1290]

Makes me wish our laws were more relaxed. Not to the point of American gun laws but enough so that it's easy to get whatever you want.

I just wish John Howard's Crap gun Laws had Buggered off and things were as they were Pre 1996!!!!! Maybe I can claim it as my Cultural Rights to own a SemiAuto????

Cultural ha? there are probably several tens of thousands of a particular flavour of immigrants we're presently hosting who could claim hereditary rights to the use of an AK47.....

Surely you dont wish to return to pre-PAM, the bad old days with weekly massacres, murder on the streets every other day, peril for all kids and the vulnerable, people afraid to go out at night, car jackings, murderous abductions.. oh hang on it wasnt like that at all!!

We've had 18 years of false interpretation of data, propagandising by all political parties, and outright pure lies.... most notably the greens to legitimise the treasonous action in response to pam.... who continue to claim the changes saved 'thousands' of live, and they repeat that with a straight face, claims that suicides have fallen dramatically when in FACT the number of suicides during 1996 was 2393, and 2010 was 2,418!!! The truth is relative....and measured by degrees.

But FIREARM suicides have reduced significant, they still claim no substitution...

edit to add; I dont think Boof was really as interested as others on here, he hasnt returned since the question....