Jeff Heeg
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Years ago I used to get into shooting long distance growing up in the country, then archery came along and consumed a lot of my time. The last couple years I have been pondering getting back into some long distance for fun.
We have a place that a club shoots 300 – 600 – 1000 yard stuff and I was curious if anyone here is in to this stuff also, I am in the process of putting together a little project and hope to have it up and shooting in a few months.
Jeff Heeg
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whyworkGOFISHING
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I love long range shooting the most i have ever shot at is about six hundred yards just for fun though im hoping in the next year or so getting a gun that will do the thousand yard mark we will see i guess
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Ruger2506 is into this also I believe! 
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life1978
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The little bro and I are in to stretching out the .308
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I would go with a 308 supposed to be the most consistent round of all calibers. I read that in a gun magazine talking about long distant shooting. I have also talked to people that know a lot about guns and they looked at me like duh everyone knows that. Don't know if its true but that's were I would start.
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Pete E
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Jeff,
I've just started this myself after getting a chance to shoot out to 1000m.
As far as equipment goes, it really depends what you want to do..if you intend shooting F class or similar, you'll need some fairly specialised/expesnive kit to be competative.
If you intend shooting just for fun, a number of heavy barrelled factory rifles will do the job. I'm biased andwould recommend a heavy barrelled Howa, but a Rem 700 or Tika would work just as well.
My Howa happens to be in .308win, and while it works, one of the fast 6.5mm or 7mm's would be better, as would the various .338's..
Scope wise, I went with a 4-16x50mm S&B with a Mildot reticule and mil turrets as keeping both reticule and turrets in the same units makes life much easier..
Regards,
Peter
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life1978
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I'm shooting the new Savage Model: 10 FLCP-K with a Shepherd 618-V2 Scope, Harris Bi-pod and Burris Mounts.
So far it's a tack drive, but it's still being broken in.
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Jeff Heeg
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My project consists of
Caliber and rifle 338 Lapua from a model 98B
Scope - Vortex Razor HD Tactical 5-20x50 with a EBR-1 MOA Reticle
Looking forward to the day to go shoot some when everything is ready 
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Jeff Heeg
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One of the cool things about the folks shooting around here is the wide range of guns used, everything from high tech, to your average deer hunting setup. I would say the popular being a lot of the varmint guns used during the winter tend to show up at the ranges to play. The distances they usually setup at are 100, 300, 600 and 900 to 1000 at some of the ranges for what I have been told, everyone throws a $10.00 bill in the kitty and who ever hits closest to the center with one shot takes home a little cash per distance, I was watching these guys shoot last year after finishing a practice round on a nearby 3D course, and these guys were having a blast at the range. It brought back some good memories of my earlier years growing up on a large farm in the country, I always had a wide open safe area to shoot and from young on was always intrigued with making a hit on a target at the extended distances, Note; the targets weren’t live animals when shooting this style.
So far I have only shot at targets out to 600 yards and I am looking forward to testing my skills at 900 to 1000 yards with my new toy when it arrives and spring shows up,
Also for the record even 300 yard shots can be a blast I just have a goal or challenge that I hope to succeed and have fun with.
Jeff Heeg
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I know a lot of guys that shoot 1000 most of them are using 7mm Anybody seen that show Best of the West? that is all about long distance shooting and long distance hunting. 
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There is no magic pixie dust, its all hard work..its scouting, its finding where they bed, where they feed, what their patterns are, where their staging area is, and hunting them down and killing them............
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