What's your favorite long range toy?

I seldom shoot at living targets more than that far, and then it's mostly crows

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It's a long list of favorites. Some are long gone, others are still around.

Ruger 77-V in 220 Swift until the throat burned out.

A 375 Ouch and Ouch that I made on a P14 action does surprisingly well on very long range targets, but it kicks me out from under my hat when fired prone.

A 22-250 Ackley Improved with an old gain twist rifled barrel did great work on rockchucks.

Probably my favorite for long range was a Ruger single shot that started as a #3 carbine in 45-70, but has had many barrels. The best is in 7 STW and it has accounted for many long range kills. It was always a good loaner rifle for antelope, I would tell the guys to just aim at it and they would always hit. It was also great on rockchucks and coyotes way out there.

Several years ago I stuck a Douglas barrel on a Howa action in a plywood stock and chambered it 25-06. I killed the first 43 coyotes with one shot each, the 44th took two shots and broke the string. It has taken several bigger critters, up to and including elk.

My current favorite for quite a while is a 280 Improved on a Brazilian Mauser action with a Shilen barrel and straight 6X scope. I've used it on all sorts of big game but lately DW has been requesting it more and more. She likes the pretty stock and the way she always kills with it on the first shot. She took her first deer and antelope and elk with it, among others.

A big 50 BMG with a 32X Leupold with 1/8th minute dot has been known to be fun at long ranges.

.378 Weatherby Mag

Spoils your day shooting it just once or twice, but you ought to see what it does on the other end !

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A custom built long range target rifle using a FN Bench Rest action in 308 Norma Mag topped with a Leupold 6.5-20. With 190 match bullets it will hold 1/2 moa out to as far as you need to shoot.
Steve

for sport/fun- Cold Steel Assegai on the manufaturer waxwood shaft.
for work purposes- M4 w/ 203 no optics & flip up sight for the 203.

I want:

http://www.jarrettrifles.com/beanfield.html

I have no doubt that's a fine rifle, but it would be hard pressed to do better than the 0.5 MOA my off-the-shelf Sendero will do



You can get new Senderos for under $1000, depending on the exact variation

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I have an old beat up Remington 788 in .308 that will shoot 2 inch groups at 300 yards. My BIL always bought the most expensive and supposedly most accurate rifle's and I could outshoot him all day long.

If your talking long range hunting that's another thing. I consider anyone shooting at wildlife in excess of 300 yards as unethical. Yes, there are a few people that can do it, but the vast majority are just slinging lead and hoping to get lucky.

Bobg