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FWIW Todd Hodnett had guys that are attending his course down in Texas shoot out to a mile with whatever they had on hand (this was around 2010). He also told us it would exit a pig at that distance.
We actually pushed the M24 using 118LR out even further while I was at Ft Carson. We set a couple of AR 500 E types at 1800M and 1900M. The 1800 meter target the bullets hit mostly point first but at 1900 close to half the impact marks on the target were sideways. There were guys shooting Mk13 rifles along with the M24's so it was impossible to say which hits were which.
On a side note the daily training (week long sniper refresher training) always started with a cold bore shot. Everyone got one shot for smack talking rights more than anything. Anyhow one of the instructors had a 16" barreled SCAR17 that he took his shot with and made a 1200 meter cold bore shot on an E-type, I doubt he could of repeated it, but it sure impressed the students.
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Some things you only have to do once....
-Jake
Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Bear, Elk....It's what's for dinner.
If you know how many guns you own... you don't own enough.
In God We Trust.
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For those that DON'T KNOW.....the 308 Winchester is very accurate out to 1200 yards and beyond! With a 155 gr. Sierra Palma bullet ahead of 46.5 grains of Varget and a 30" barrel it leaves the muzzle at 3000 fps and is clicking along at slightly over 1216 fps at 1000 yards! The Brits shoot 1200 yard match events quite frequently and the cartridge does quite well! I am sure these marksman are very skilled. this sounds quite a warm load that would not work particularly well in 100 degree temperatures. would not the 30-06 give you this velocity safer?
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