How far can you...

[coleridge]

We were talking the other day & came up with an interesting scenario. I'm curious to see what kind of answers show up here.

With your best field rifle, known range & favorable conditions (good visibility, light to no wind, prone on bi-pods, time on your side); how far do you feel you can hit a 6" circle with your coldbore shot (no sighters) with a 90%+ confidency (you'd be willing to put up a $100 bill on hitting it; if you were a gambling man

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[Daman]

450 yards is my max with my Ruger 7mm Mag and 4-16x scope. The gun is capable of 6" out to around 750 yards, but I haven't practiced enough to be efficient off of a bipod that far.

I am very confident with my Savage 204 out to 400.

 

[CatShooter]

700-800 yds.

 

[Widow maker 223]

450yds 16" AR .223

 

[Varminterror]

Not a gambling man, so I'd be pretty conservative. 500-600 is a pretty comfortable max range for me, the wife and I shoot there more often than we do 100yrds. Then again, it might be cheating that our "field guns" are 13-17lbs.

 

[skb2706]

500 yds. 300 Win mag Remington Sendero
180 gr. Sierra BTSP GK

Probably doable much farther but scope and shooter would be the limiting factors here.

 

[Ricky Bobby]

350 yards


I just don't have any places to shoot much further, therefore never had to go out past that.

 

[trapper2]

700

 

[digger11]

I'd go about 600.I did a bunch of practice at about that range in the last couple weeks with a 6.5x284

 

[pyscodog]

Depends, if I got the HMR and my Barska Tactical, 7-8 miles easy. OK,OK, maybe just 5 miles.

 

[EJ Reichenbach]

600 with my 257 Roy

 

[Clayne_B]

700ish

 

[SuperSeal110]

600yds.

 

[wisel86]

I would go with 400 with my .204. Here lately many milk jugs have lost their guts at 430 yds.

 

[Tim Neitzke]

What's the max weight on a field rifle ?

 

[AzDiamondHeat]

If we're putting money on it, I'll bet ya $100 I could do it at 50 yds.....lol

 

[AlexanderWaller]

Say for me bout, 300. The closest range longer than 100 yards to me is a 3 hour drive. My rem 700 sps in .308 with a Nikon prostaff 4-12x40.

 

[Rbreb13]

Probably about 500 or so.

 

[MNHNTR]

600-800

 

[Beluebow]

600yrds cold bore for $100,,,Thats the range we start at every week.