Yeah.....Nah. That ad is a total w*nk.
Just sayin' what's possible. Like I said, just because you think it can't be done, don't mean it's not right.
A .308 Winchester drops nearly 500 inches @ 1000 yards so the .30-30 is only about twice as much. That's why you have adjustable sights folks.
For the record, the lever gun I shot was fitted with a Williams peep sight raised to its highest point and about a 10 foot hold over was all that was required to hit the buffalo target that I mentioned. Was it hit with the first shot?, No. A few shots were required to "walk" it in, but like I said, once hit, it was relatively easy to duplicate the shot. Plenty of folks have done the same.
Having said that, would I be trying to use the rifle that "
old mate" is advertising for 1000 yard plus hunting shots?.......I don't think so!
A lot of old guns had "ladder" sights on them that were graduated for extra long distances. My No. 4 SMLE .303
Singer sight is graduated to 1300 yards, and that round only runs about 100fps faster than a .30-30. There are plenty of black-powder rifles that have sights sights graduated past 1000 yards. The 1874 "Billy Dixon" shot of over 1500 yards, ( look it up ), is achievable with just the standard barrel sights of a Sharps buffalo rifle of that time.
Here's a 1000 yard target shot with my .45 cal Gibbs muzzle-loader using a vernier tang sight which is only set at 155 MOA. The black is 48 inches in diameter.
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