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This was posted on another hunting forum

"With your best field rifle, known range & favorable conditions (good visibility, light to no wind, prone on bi-pods, time on your side); how far do you feel you can hit a 6" circle with your coldbore shot (no sighters) with a 90%+ confidence (you'd be willing to put up a $100 bill on hitting it)"


I have taken a challenge upon my self to try this no matter the conditions. 20 shots on 20 different days!

I will be doing a video documentary on my progress


Today I shot from 587 yards, In very windy conditions.


[video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fXIgvsQnu_8[/video]

way cool idea... I'll definitely participate soon as I get home!

I'm betting that on 6", it'll be less than 590 for my sub 9lb rifles....grin

I used to have a life size deer target as my 800 yard target. I would practice CBS through the vitals of that deer target. It died 90 percent of the time with a few rifles. The vitals on a deer are a little larger than six inches though.

Thats sounds fun EddyBo, I will move out to longer ranges in the future.

I practice cold bore shots almost every day. My range is set up right out my front door. I have targets to 1100 yards. When I get in from lunch I will pick a target and shoot once. When I get in at night, if there is enough light I take another. My gongs are 6" circles out to 500, then they are 10" out to 1100. I will move to different spots to make my ranges different too. It is alot of fun, I wish I had a way to video.

LBSmith, I will trade you my video camera for your range!

Very cool.


Travis

Living on a ranch has its perks that for sure. All my gongs are portable. Back years ago when I was working on the in laws place, I had gongs set up along the roads I traveled and practiced quick shots out of the truck. I practiced that for all the coyotes I would seen while feeding cows. It helped me a lot as I shot more coyotes from the roads every year than I would call in it seemed.

You SUCK!

You guys may make more money than I but I like my perks managing a ranch, and this is one of them!

Clayne B. I have taken upon myself to try your challange, this will be day 3 for me. The first day I tried a CB shot at 1000 yards, winds gusting to 22mph straight across( I wouldn't have taken the shot on a animal) temps were 54 degree's. I clicked up 6.4 mils and held 4.2 mils for wind, I missed. I was about 5 inches off the target.

Yesterday I shot at 645 yards wind 25 mph quartering to the target from left to right. Temps were in the low 40's. I moved my scope up 2.4 mils and held mil for wind and I hit my target on the right edge.

I haven't decided yet today if I will take a 400 or a 700 yard CB shot.

I am shooting a 6mm Remington 700 with a Douglas barrel, 26" 1 in 8 twist. My bolt made by Pacific Tool and Gauge. My scope is a Burris 6.5x20x50 MTac, stock is original for now. My trigger is a Remington trigger but I will be changing that too. My Load is with Reloader 22, Winchester cases, CCI mag primers, and 107 grain SMK rolling out of the barrel at 3150 fps.

LBSmith

Nothing wrong with the looks of that rifle my friend! I've got one that looks similar in 30/06 with a Hart barrel and it shoots quite well at 1000 yards.


Stock1 by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr


'061000 by Sharps45 2 7/8, on Flickr

I kinda like the looks, kinda old school if you ask me. a tuned remington trigger can be just as good as a jewel. I think the aftermarket triggers come into play with pull weights below 1# above that remingtons can be just as good.

RMulhern, Cumminscowboy, she shoots real good with the way it is set up. Here are 2 groups on a 1000 yard target (12"). In the lower group one shot just ticked the side of the target. I moved up 1 click and over one click and shot another. Those are the ones you see towards the center. My knive is 3.5 inches long the way it is in the picture.

I took my shot just now...715 yards, light wind from left to right(4mph) I moved 3.2 mils up and held .25 mil for wind...Hit center of target. My gong is a 9" square.

My wife said her still picture camera will shoot video( she has got a big fancy camerawith a huge zoom lens on it), I am gonna see how it works if it works for crap I will try to post video.

LB, that's a badass looking rifle you've got there and clearly a dang good shooter.

Thanks Tanner, I like it alot more than my first long range build. My first was a 300 wsm. It doesn't get shot much now since I got this put together. The 6mm is cheaper to reload and way less recoil.

LBSmith "You guys may make more money than I but I like my perks managing a ranch"

I would Really enjoy living on a ranch, I don't make much money and I feel like a live in a shoe box! ha ha

Im excited that you are trying this also. Keep up the updates!

My cold bore shot today was a coyote at 711 meters with my 6 Creed and one 105gr Hybrid. 4.3 mils elevation, .5 wind holdoff.

It was 18* F here this morning at dawn.