Quote Originally Posted by j_h_smith View Post
So, which is it? Did you shoot the AR at 1000 yards or not? Seems like you said in one post your AR didn't shoot well enough at 1000 yards, then you say you haven't shot anything but the 50 bmg at 1000 yards and that was while you were in the military. So which is it?

Your rifle will never be a 1000 yard shooter, no matter what you do to it. It's just not that type of firearm. It's a hunting rifle and a good 100 yard shooter, maybe 200 yards with the right kind of work done to it. It takes a lot of money just to make a decent 600 yard rifle. Open sight shooting at 200 yards is tough enough, 600 yards is a great deal harder, but at 1000 yards, you've got to be a special shooter and have a great rifle and even better glass.

You do realize that a 1000 yards is 3000 feet? More than a half of a mile. Actually .568 of a mile. That's a half of a mile, then add another 120 yards. You want me to believe that a $600 gun is capable of shooting 1000 yards?

Sorry but it's just not possible,
Jim Smith

ps To everyone reading this thread. I'm sorry, but the fabrication of his story isn't realistic.
Some info on the standard off the shelf 308 federal.

308, Federal GM308M, 168 gr., 2600 ft/s, 4988 yards, 81 ft-lbs

So what your saying is that a round that normally goes about 5000 yards on its own nobody in the world can hit a target at only 1000 yards?

And one of your questions was about competition shooting. I have only shot the 50 in competitions. And that was at 1000 yards.

I just don't understand why you have to attack me because i'm building a 1000 yard gun out of a VTR.
Just because it's not the gun you would have chosen because your overburdened with money doesn't mean it wont work. I say it will and i'm willing to prove it