best rifle for sport shooting @ 1000 yards?

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best rifle for sport shooting @ 1000 yards, & can i drop A big game animal @ 500 yards

Answer 1

For 1000 yard target shooting, the 308 Winchester has a very good reputation and so do the 30-06, 300 Winchester magnum and the 338 Lapua are very good.
The weapons that do the best 1000 yards are not popular for hunting because of the weight.
True long range target and varmint weapons are very heavy because of the heavy barrels.
As to weapon design there are several just to name a few Remington 700, Winchester 70 and even the Mauser 98 actions are used as the foundation of a good 1000 yard target weapons.
But there are several custom actions available also.
What ever action you decide to use, then you must build around it with a quality heavy barrel of good length, a quality stock, quality trigger and optics up to the job at hand etc etc.
I’ve built up 2 for varmint weapons one in 25-06 the other in 308 that I would not even consider lugging through the woods for deer because of the size and weight of the weapons.
Mine are designed to shoot of a rest or prone off the Harris bipods.

If you stop to consider that the average hunter don’t shoot but a few rounds through his weapon per year.
The average hunter should not even consider shooting at game animal at 500 yards.
The majority of most hunters/ shooters don’t shoot consistent tight groups at 100 and if you stop to consider 1 inch of target at 100 yards multiplies exponentially at 500 yards.
It takes a lot of experience to evaluate and compensate for the effect of the weather as in wind, air temperature and humidity and much more that have an extreme affect on bullet flight at extended ranges.
If you stop to consider just how many deer are wounded and lost at just 150 yards makes shooting at game at extreme unacceptable.

Hunting is about stalking up close to a game animal and delivering a humane 1 shot clean kill.
Shooting at game at 500 yards is not hunting, it’s shooting and nothing more.

If you practice at 100 yards then don’t shoot at game beyond that distance, only take shot that you have practiced at and are “efficient” at.



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best rifle for sport shooting @ 1000 yards?
best rifle for sport shooting @ 1000 yards, & can i drop A big game animal @ 500 yards

Answer 5

You are going to get mixed answers one this question, and it is a little tough to decide. There are many cartridges that hold a good track record for 1000 yard competitions. I am not sure exactly how many, but I do know that the 30-06 and .308 have been used in 1000 yard competitions. As for a cartridge that is capable of downing a big game animal at 500 yards? I would highly recommend you do not shoot at any big game animal that far away. Try to keep your shots under 200 yards to be sure that you make a clean ethical kill. And besides, there are not many animals that are killed more than 200 yards away. Best of Luck.

Answer 6

To shoot at 1000 yards you need to do a lot of calculations ammo, caliber, bullet weight ballistic coefficient, muzzle velocity, sight hight, wind velocity wind angle altitude temperature, pressure, humidity, than latitude and longitudes for spindrift. Having said that you can only calculate wind at your location and not in the middle or at the target, then wind closer to you affects less and away from you and closer to target affects more as bullet loser velocity with distance. most of these values can be dialled in however the wind calculation is for that moment and ideally cannot be dialled in rather has to be adjusted in the ratical. i would say a 308 caliber in a bench rifle as 308 ammo is cheaper and has manageable recoil both matter if you shoot a lot for practice a requisite for perfection. then you need rings with level meter the scope has to be which allow many many clicks of adjustment and ratical should be in same units as turret such as moa turret and moa-r ratical, if you shoot with variable distance then the scopes ratical must be at first focal plane. you need a very accurate rifle for repeatability and to be on a tighter target. Blaser R 93 LR2 or Dolphin or likes.

Answer 7

A .50 caliber military grade sniper rifle with the Hubble space telescope mounted on top.... or if you don't have 20,000 dollars to put into it you can go find a M91/30 Mosin Nagant with a good bore for 130 dollars, it might take a few looks to find one with a perfect bore but they definitely exist. Then put your optics on it and your ready to go. The 7.62x54R that this rifle fires dropped many Nazi troops at 1000yards, I am sure it can get your animal at 500. It is very accurate and very powerful and reasonably priced... don't rule it out because it is 50 years old, it is capable of great accuracy if you give it good ammo and good optics.... it is still capable.'

PS. Ignore these guys telling you you can't hunt at 500 yards, with a good rifle, good ammo and good optics it can be done. My cousin has hit deer at 450-500 before, they went down instantly. The 7.62x54 keeps its power at long ranges and it is very possible to get deer with one at 500 yards. These guys will argue it causes the animal to suffer or something, that thing didn't take a single step. It is like the '03 Springfield, if you hear the shot, your already dead.

Answer 8

it is possible to drop a game animal at 500 yards if you are capable of shooting accurately at that range
as far as a 1,000 yard rifle
I would go with a custom gun built on Remington 700 action, a McMillan stock, Leopold scope, and a hart barrel chambered in 308 at a minimum,

Answer 9

I use a .223 for long range varment hunting. I have a 60x scope on mine which is like looking at a 1000 yard target from like 30 ft away. That is for out in montana. But for big game that can hit OVER 500 yeard is a .300 Ultra Mag. Its like a hand cannon so b sure to get one of those SVL recoil pads because when i shot my friend's, i sprained my sholder really badly and i missed last Nov. month of hunting. Ive seen people shoot out to 800 yeard with one of those beasts.

Answer 10

If you're serious about 1000 yard paper-punching, you're going to have to wrap your head around the idea of a custom-built rifle.
There's no such thing as hunting animals at 500 yards. I know you hear about that all the time, but slobs that take such shots are to be avoided. Try to hang out with hunters, instead.