Rifles

[Speedbag]

You can't beat a Ruger 10/22 for all-around plinking.   I modified mine a tad   for home defense use.

As for hunting rifles for deer or similar critters, I tend to like the .243. Nice flat trajectory and they reach a loooong way out. I've spent a lot of time hunting in Montana and this caliber has become a fave.

[He Man]

I think you misread something.

1000 meters would be closer to 3 football fields

1football field = 100 yards. minus endzone.
10 football fields = 1000 yards.

1000 yards is just the extreme range of what a 7.62 cant hit isnt it? Thats too risky of a shot if it is a high priority target if you ask me, you just dont have enough information about  the conditions that far down. Now if we are talking 50cal. ive heard of shots up to 3 miles. thats over 17,000 yards. On a person? sure why not 50cal is more of an anti-material round. They have different rounds that can do a varying degree of damage to an IFV and the personell inside it.

[Rameses]

I think you misread something.

1000 meters would be closer to 3 football fields

Nope.

1000 meters would be even further from being 3 football fields than 1000 yards would be.

1000 meters is almost 11 football fields.

[Rev. Millertime]

Damn ... feeling stoopid right now.


Scuse me while I got page thru a remedial math text book.

[Rameses]

Damn ... feeling stoopid right now.


Scuse me while I got page thru a remedial math text book.

S'all good.  We all have the occasional brainfart.   

[oldjackbob]

ive heard of shots up to 3 miles. thats over 17,000 yards.

17,000 yards is over 9-1/2 miles.  1760 yards in a mile.

[rgramjet]

17,000 yards is over 9-1/2 miles.  1760 yards in a mile.

Now I know why I love this site......Brothah feels at home!   

[RodeoClown]

Per Wiki:

The longest range recorded for a sniper kill currently stands at 2,430 metres (2,657 yd, or 1.51 miles), accomplished by Corporal Rob Furlong, a sniper from Newfoundland, Canada, on March 2002 during the war in Afghanistan. Corporal Rob Furlong made this record-breaking kill while he was participating in Operation Anaconda, in March of 2002. He was serving with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) at the time. To make the kill, he used a .50 caliber BMG (12.7 mm) McMillan TAC-50 bolt-action rifle.[8]

[ducatiz]

I MISREAD THE DAMN YARDAGE QUOTE, DAMMIT!!!



i read it as feet, go figure.  i was typing fast.

1000 yards = 10 football fields.

i read it as 1000 ft, which is why i said 'longer than 3 fields'

scuse me while i go pour out this crappy tequila!

[Smiling End]

Per Wiki:

The longest range recorded for a sniper kill currently stands at 2,430 metres (2,657 yd, or 1.51 miles), accomplished by Corporal Rob Furlong, a sniper from Newfoundland, Canada, on March 2002 during the war in Afghanistan. Corporal Rob Furlong made this record-breaking kill while he was participating in Operation Anaconda, in March of 2002. He was serving with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) at the time. To make the kill, he used a .50 caliber BMG (12.7 mm) McMillan TAC-50 bolt-action rifle.[8]

Newsweek had a nice little write up about that a few years back.  They did a story on Operation Viking Hammer and IIRC that was detailed in the article. 

[Rob Hilding]

I think you misread something.

1000 meters would be closer to 3 football fields

Maybe if you're Bigfoot

[NeufUnSix]

Per Wiki:

The longest range recorded for a sniper kill currently stands at 2,430 metres (2,657 yd, or 1.51 miles), accomplished by Corporal Rob Furlong, a sniper from Newfoundland, Canada, on March 2002 during the war in Afghanistan. Corporal Rob Furlong made this record-breaking kill while he was participating in Operation Anaconda, in March of 2002. He was serving with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) at the time. To make the kill, he used a .50 caliber BMG (12.7 mm) McMillan TAC-50 bolt-action rifle.[8]

Yay Canada! I could make a Newfie joke involving hunting and moose, but it probably isn't appropriate seeing how he did kill someone.

[Scooter Montgomery]

I've had some great tasting Newfoundland moose stew and chili. Leading Tickles, Newfoundland one of the best lunch stops when I do the Targa Newfoundland Rally..

[DucPete]

I've got a Benelli Super Black eagle, a Browning Citori, Both 12ga. and a Browning A-bolt 30-06.

I mostly bird hunt, using the Benelli for duck and the Citori for dove, pheasant, quail, sporting clays, ect. 

I haven't shot the 30-06 in like 8 years so I'm considering selling it.  What's the best way to do that?  Find a dealer and sell it to them?

[junior varsity]

Post it on a gun boards classifieds, in the state like TN, one resident can face-to-face sell to another.

GunBroker.com is another way, using an FFL