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Last week while taking some sanity time (and turkey hunting) I took my stock Weatherby S2 243 out with me. A friend has built his own 1000 yard range.
I took the 243 out to 400 (not really long range but wanted to try it) and 500 and even took a shot at 600 and 700.
4 shot group at 500 (misjudged the wind) and a 3 shot group at 400. Hit the 600 once out of one try and hit 700 once out of 2 tries.
24" barrel
90 gr Accubonds
IMR 4350
Scope is a Bushnell Ultra HD 3-12

500 yard group:



400 yard group:



That's a business card I'm holding next to the two groups.

Yesterday I played with some 85 gr partitions and managed to hit the 400 off of a sitting position 3 times out of 5.
Definitely need a better rest.

And more practice!