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Tom: I gotta admit I don't know what the hell you'd feed a 270 to get to 1200 yards.... ......

But I wouldn't squeeze a 264 into a light 22" barreled sporter either.....that said I did like John's rifle

Looks like a great time! Yet another of why I need to move back west.

Edit: for the LR gurus, how does a 6.5-284 shoot out to 1k in hunting conditions?

That is for sure Pat !

Sounds like a hoot! Hope the weathers better for the next go around

My buddy has one and they are super accurate, not a barrel friendly round, but for a hunting round it should last a good while, one of the better 1000 yard cartridges!

I wish it would have worked for me to come...I could have used a good lesson on wind shooting.

It doesn't really matter but I wonder how a 7-08 would have done as compared to the .308's? I had hoped to have mine done and maybe make it to the shoot but too many other things did not come together.

Just got back from the drive down from Montana.

First,

Hats off to Obama for uncaging a hard bunch of DevGrp shooters to give Osama Bin Laden the much deserved round to face he earned. I had to get that out.

Okay.

What a fun time in Glasgow.

I really have to take my hat off to Scenarshooter for putting this together. Shout out to the other guys who helped as everything was done when I got there except the shooting.

Scott, Jamie, Chip, Don, Allen, and Russell all helped and they to get my thanks. To set up steel targets from 300yds to 1790yds is a big undertaking. Just finding a good place to do this kind of shooting is hard at a level most will never understand.

Here are some pictures from day 2. The wind dropped off but if anything the �conditions� were worse. The rain and snow got the ground wet and made the really long stuff a real guessing game. We still put a major hurt (and I do mean major) on the steel out to 1000yds but the beyond 1000 was kind of pointless. Give me dry ground and high wind any day for really long range shooting on steel targets.

Here is a coyote�s worst nightmare. We make movies about Freddy Kruger and Jason from the Halloween Series, but if coyotes made horror movies here are 2 of the stars. Scenarshooter and �Allen�. Waiting for the crap to clear. I am hiding in my truck.



Seems to be some snow on the bench. What the heck, we just shot from the ground and got our nads wet.



A picture down range on day 2. It can�t snow forever in May, right?? Al Gore promised me some global warming and I am wondering where and when I will get warm??



Scenarshooter and I shot for the �24hrcampfire World Champion Crappy Weather Long Range Steel Hits only Count Championship� on this piece of steel. It is plain to see who won???? We each fired 6 rounds. Do you want to be an elk around 1000 yds even in �bad conditions�???



Lots of fun but as others have said you have to shoot in crap conditions to see how you will perform in crap conditions.

Hint, not any where as well as you did on the range when the sun was shining and it was still.

Side Note:
Seemed to be a distinct lack of guys from Paradise Alaska and guys shooting "Montuckeys" . Who would have imagined??

You cheap bastard, buy a Ford and you can go where ever you want.

I suppose you still live under that overpass so I will pick you up the next time we get together for a shoot. Make sure you have it cleared with your parole officer this time, OK.

I also don�t think comments about my color coordinated outfit or sunburn are really appropriate in this thread. You should see the cool jump suit I have that matches my pink AR-15.

well chit if yah wanted a Montuckey i woulda tried harder to find someone to go over with me and hauled the 260 never even tried to shoot at those ranges with mine though and doubt my hunting loads would be that good for 1000 yard plus shooting as what i have loaded are corelokts at the moment

my kinda hunting is alot of sneaking seeing how close i can get and prefer not to pack a 10 pound all up rifle........but thats just my personal preference, dont care how anyone else hunts...think im gonna go kick my wife in the arse for bailing on me Saturday morning...sounds like i coulda learned a hell of alot....

My "wimpy" little .308 barely removed the red paint on that 1000 yarder....thats right, RED paint.....grin!

OK, I admit that upper left hand corner hit is also mine....laffin!

Count me in. When and where?

Yes the hit in the red is Scenarshooters. Bastird got all serious and schit when I was giving him some crap between shots.

Stop and think about that for a second.

308 with the silly little 155gr at give or take 1000yds in totally schit conditions.

Seems maybe the shooter is more than the cartridge. Might be a good reason for all of us to practice more and worry about �magic cartridges� less.

The .308 I was using for our little shoot off is also my heaviest at 15+ pounds, complete with a 5-25 S&B. John was shooting his sub 10 pound .243 with a lot less scope. My hat is off to him...he knows how to shoot. It wont be the last time we get together and burn some powder...but I'll never "break" when he quizzes me down on where I hunt bears in Wyoming.....grin!

Ha

I stopped at a buddies on the way down and we have determined where you hunt bears in my home state. (And kill big Bears)

Secret is out and you will feel better just telling me, trust me Pat, you will feel better coming clean. (Western Wyoming is not an acceptable answer)

You�re Buddy John (Who is just looking out for you)

Wow, John Burns hitting the steel at 1790 yards! Did the .338 or .375 ever touch the steel at 1790?

Pat got the 338 to hit at 1790. We took a couple shots with the 375, but never connected. But in fairness, that was when the wind was at its worst and it was really fruitless to burn up that expensive ammo trying. We only put about 50 rounds downrange with the 375 all weekend.

I got a hit with my 6mm Crusader too don't forget about little old me... Laffin'

Cinch is in the background digging out bullets from the rounds that barely missed.

found one of 105 amaxes in the dirt right in front of the steel.

John, you've got it wrong - Stoney lives in a van, down by the river.

Looks like a good time was had by all. Very cool to see the serious hardware on display in some of the picts.

Looks like fun even with the weather, at first I thought maybe Cinch was making a dirt hole set back there..

Pat, I'd say you did real well for putting this together for the first time. Great turnout with a bunch of great guys!