Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting 30-06 vs. 7mm Mag, real world difference out to 700 yds?

Gee, I wonder about those guys that shoot 600 yards with iron sights and put them all in 6 inches or so???

Hell I have shot 800 yard sub MOA groups with 3x9 scopes dialed down to 3x so I could use the bottom duplex as an aiming point. Differences between reading about stuff and doing stuff comes to light sometimes.

I like my big scopes, but I shoot all the time out to 650 yds (that's all the further my hillside goes before it jumps to 850 yds) all the time using 2.5-8, 3-9, and 3-10 scopes.

The 7WSM I'm lusting after would have a 3-9 or 3-10 scope on it.

And I won't be shooting any further (on game) than what I've practiced extensively and proven to myself that I can hit at. I'm pretty hard on myself in that regard.

Here goes the thread <grin>. Thanks for all the good info and enjoyed chatting with you Bob, Mark & Larry!

You really ain't shot much. A straight 4X Conquest gets me to 500 with no trouble. It would go farther if my range did.

A 1.5-5 Leupy got me out to 500 ......

I've shot that far with an open sighted revolver

Accurate range and corrections is what counts. Doesn't take huge magnification.

The British L42A1 sniper rifle with it's 3.5X optic was in service til the 1980s or so.

I still need one of those.

I dote on the Lee-Enfield, and that one is the final (and arguably the best - or right there with the Lee-Speed as the best - of the breed).

Yep, I need one of those.

That is good shooting. I have never tried a pistol long range but that sounds like a good time.

So have I...

But if it weren't for gravity..i wouldn't have hit the earth...

Gravity works every time

I'd like to have an L42A1 too.

It's just got a lotta 'old school cool' going on.

Would something like this work Sean...

Yeah, it does, doesn't it?

FWIW, I think I know where to get one done up as a repro (as the originals are just stupid scarce). If so, and it gets done, I'll let you know.

You suck.

I lust after that rifle, and you (ya dumbass) not only built it, but SOLD it.

That was mean....

A 9x scope is enough for me out to 1000 yards. I know because I've tried, unlike some on this thread

Just because I was mean, don't mean you weren't a dumbass... nor that I don't lust after that rifle.

Don't tell Duq' but I shoot my 308 to a mile at 8X.

By dialing power down, I can hold 20 mils (Gen II mildot reticle FFP), dial 22 moa, and be right in there. That's a total of 90 moa elevation correction.

So Jeff, what is wrong with packing that STW in the woods. This one totes as easy as any of my magnum bolt rifles. It shoots a 162 at 3200 fps without breaking a sweat. And recoil is not too punishing since I added the decelorator pad.