Let the 1000 yard hunter build begin.

Picked this up yesterday and I am already going for broke ha. Starting the the rem 700 sps tactical base in .308 but soon it will go through some changes. My plan is to be accurate enough to hit a deer at 1000 yards(weather and conditions permitting) and do it semi-consistent. I have shot one of these out at 1000 yards before but it wasn't an off the shelf model and it took some practice for sure. IIRC a .308 round drops almost 17 feet at 1000 yards. Or is it 13? But anyways here it is so far.

and some serious range time as well.
I am sure you want to be more than semi consistant when shooting at a live animal.

Yeah

It will be pony up time

U should have bough that 6.5-47 Lapua I just had up

Well I plan on throwing about $1500 into it by the time i'm done. I could have had one built by DPR or something and I looked into it but I want to do it myself, I have never been the type to just buy it already built. The optic is not included in that price either haha, that will be another $1k easy. This build is not going to happen in a month or maybe even a few months but by the time I head back up to upper MI for deer season it should be ready to go. I just have to liquidate my old .223 stuff and that will free up some funds. Range time will be a big thing too but I figure after 500-1000 rounds it should be good. Like I said before, I have experience shooting at that range so it isn't a foreign language to me but it isn't English either haha. I have to brush up on a lot of things I have forgotten from not shooting distance for a while. I am not looking to keyhole shots at that range but good enough to drop an animal, a deer at least. We shall see what happens.

If doing a 308 1-10 twist 28 inch 190-210 and load heavy stay away from the 168 and you will do fine at 1000

28"? I was gonna stick with 20" with 1:10. This factory barrel with the 1:12 isn't going to do too well for me but it will get the job done for now.

why such a short stick ? U need all the speed you can get bro at 1000 yards...you dont wanna that bullet going subsonic on ya at the end of the trail...your accuracy will suck.

I'd have to run some numbers...but I don't think I'd be looking at a 20 inch pipe.

Now - someone come along and tell me I'm full of sh!t

Gonna have to push a 20 inch barrel hard to get there point first

I have heard that discussion before. I guess there is a big difference between 20" and 28". But from 20 to 24 isn't worth the extra weight for what you gain in FPS. Research is needed now haha.

We can go to PSC when you're ready.

I need to get my 600yd stamp anyway.

If I didn't have class at noon tomorrow I would sneak out in the morning. What time you going?

Be careful your heading into a addictive area. Nice rifle that is what I started my F/TR build with. General rule of thumb for a .308 is you gain about 30 fps for ever inch of barrel. I was shooting a .308 in 1,000 yard f-class with a 30 inch barrel 175gr smk's with 2800 fps and was pushing them
hard as you would ever want them on the edge. with a 10" shorter barrel your velocity would be down by 300 fps which will put you just under the speed of sound at 1,000. And at that speed you will have a 37 foot drop from a 100 zero. However you could drop down to the 155 gr lapua bullets with 2700 fps out of your 20" barrel and you would still be 1325 at 1,000 with a 29.5 foot drop. The 20" will work at a 1,000 I have seen it done with the 155 lapua's with room to spare. When choosing a bullet try to find one with a near or over .500 BC for 1,000 yard work. Good luck with your build and come out to Bogue Chitto and join us some time.
Bill

Wow I need to know what you do haha. A 30" is way too heavy for me. Im not really building a full out comp rifle I just want a good hunting an distance rifle. I will have to go with a 24" then. That would out a 155gn at a little more so the drop would be less right? And for that drop what size optic would be best for under $1k? Thanks.

Lt.Dan wrote:If I didn't have class at noon tomorrow I would sneak out in the morning. What time you going?

Going to head out at 0800, probably back around lunch. Getting the CZ zeroed at 100yds & testing some trigger work I did on the SKS. Letting Tyler get some trigger time too.

I have a tree job to do tomorrow afternoon & then get Bodie ready to go back for surgery Thursday.


If you can't go we can set up another time probably before the end of the month.

I'm just a tool and die maker that someone stuck a Engineer label on . When I started f-class I was shooting the remington with a factory 24" barrel with the Lapua 155's at 2800 fps. They were still doing about 1380 at 1,000. They did pretty good except on windy days would get pushed around a good bit.
Still have my old data drop was 29.0 M.O.A., I was using a Bushnell 4200 6-24 tactical with a 10 M.O.A. base, it had enough adjustment I could just barely go down to 100 yards and enough to get to 1,000. I beleive they were about $600. Load data was 46gr Varget powder Lapua brass and cci br primers. ( start lower and work your way up). I see your on the coast I will be back down at Pascagoula in September when they start the matches back up after the summer break, come by and send some lead down range with us, it will be nice to put a face and a hand shake with a name.

see Lt. Dan...told someone that REALLY knew would come along

Good Luck with your load development...I think a 24 inch is a way better choice...given what you stated you wanted to do.

Good to C ya on X-Ring ...glad you could come bail me out

BTW that 4200 is still running good

Alan, we will get out there next time we get a chance. If I know enough in advance I can plan for it.

Other 2 ha. Thank you for the info. I was privileged when shooting long distance while I was active duty, I was given an already set up rifle (m40) and I was told what to do. There was still a lot left up to me pulling the trigger but I was never told the hardware details. It wasn't a point and shoot by no means but it wasn't a beginner situation. Now I am starting from scratch so I have nothing but learning to do. F class will be a must do on my list so I will make it to those. I got some good load info so I will start from the bottom and go from there. I just wish I could get to the range more often.