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Rangefinder · November 11, 2010, 10:23 AM

Since you put it THAT way... Nope, you aren't alone at all. I started out years ago in the same fashion--tuning and refining, stretching distance, shrinking groups, tweaking loads, etc. At this point my comfortable range is anything inside 1000 meters. There was a whole lot of luck involved, but I successfully hit a human-sized target at a gps'd even mile with my 7mm mag Sendero. It's an area and distance I'd like to develop more, but it's difficult to find that kind of distance to shoot where I live now. Since then I've shifted. I'm working up and tuning my Mosin for distance now. After that, I'm going back a little farther to a Pederosali 45-70 falling block. Then I have plans for a Sharps in 45-90 or something towards that nature and era. Before I know it I'm gonna work my way back to an old smooth-bore match lock or something. Who knows--it's a fascination that doesn't go away.

November 11, 2010, 10:23 AM	#9
Rangefinder Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2005 Posts: 2,017	Since you put it THAT way... Nope, you aren't alone at all. I started out years ago in the same fashion--tuning and refining, stretching distance, shrinking groups, tweaking loads, etc. At this point my comfortable range is anything inside 1000 meters. There was a whole lot of luck involved, but I successfully hit a human-sized target at a gps'd even mile with my 7mm mag Sendero. It's an area and distance I'd like to develop more, but it's difficult to find that kind of distance to shoot where I live now. Since then I've shifted. I'm working up and tuning my Mosin for distance now. After that, I'm going back a little farther to a Pederosali 45-70 falling block. Then I have plans for a Sharps in 45-90 or something towards that nature and era. Before I know it I'm gonna work my way back to an old smooth-bore match lock or something. Who knows--it's a fascination that doesn't go away. __________________ "Why is is called Common Sense when it seems so few actually possess it?" Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians.