Obviously Jerry is very good.

380 at 200 yards?? Awesome!!!!

Wayne

No 250 yds. shot AT GAME for me Rocky. My longest whitetail shot took place 43 years ago when I knocked down hard a pretty big 7 pointer at 168 good steps with my open sights, set-trigger, 50 cal., TC Hawken; as a younger man with excellent eyesight. Everything since (meaning deer, turkeys and a pile of whistle pigs) with handguns, bow, modern or muzzle rifles has ranged from 20-115 yards, with 90% being 60yds. & under. Those are the shots in the VA Blue Ridge mtns. where I hunt. My 44Mag Ruger has& will always have open sights ONLY & the S&W wheelie has a RedDot zeroed at 150. The 1shot “destroyer” Contenders in 309JDJ & 300W each sport 2&7s as do the 45-70 & 44Mag (& .223). The local public ranges are 100yds. BUT I’m lucky to also have had an 800yd. range on my family’s farm for the past 30+ years. I learned long ago that pushing lead out long range, as often as I can, reduces my stress, lowers my blood pressure & my heart rate, helps me relax AND really improves my shooting. At my home range I always shoot off the same day pack that accompanies me hunting from a sitting or flat out position, same as hunting.
I do really enjoy reloading and talking powders, bullets, grains, ballistic coefficients, etc. for hours but won’t bore folks here. BUT a big part of that is knowing the calibers I shoot and if zeroed at 250 exactly how many inches low it’ll be at 275/300 OR 50 & how many high at 75 yds. etc. I do, have and will take long shots at whistle pigs, great way to keep your shooting ability and confidence up. But one huge part of deer & turkey hunting, for me, is how close can I get to make that one shot kill. I never think about my longest shotor the “quick follow-up shots”, with game. I’ve always enjoyed reading about Elmer Keith but I’ll leave to others his type of incredible long shots &/or TX heartshots that he originated (I think).

Duke,
Handloading is a separate hobby unto itself. I enjoy it just as much as shooting and going afield.

A friend of mine has a Barrett 50,talk about long range....and reloading.

Each case takes 230 grains of H5010 powder,when he pulls down on the lever on his Dillon Progressive reloader for it, looks something like you flushed the toilet in the powder reservoir.

The 50 doesn't come into it's own until after 800 yard or so when the bullet spins itself to "sleep".

And...................trust me on this,there is some recoil. Not extremely serious but you do know something had "occurred".

Wayne

Speaking of .50 Cal...

Larry,
That looks interesting...but what is it?? I can see the projectile point,but is that a brick??

Wayne

plate steel.

1-inch steel plate.

Turned out the barrel we had gotten for some tests was shot out.

In ten feet from the muzzle to the plate, the AP rounds yawed that much.

The replacement barrel sent the round zipping through it the way it should, then we could move on to the materials we were testing.

I had this one cut out to keep as a paperweight.

Larry

Years ago when I hand loaded everything except self-defense ammo I bought an RCBS Big Max press because it would handle 50 BMG. I never bought a 50 BMG because there is nowhere around here to shoot and justify a long, long, long-range rifle. I mounted the press on my bench and have never used it. Now that I have some time on my hands I guess I will post it on eBait. Here is a photo, not mine, of a Big Max press.

Tom,

Good Lord!!! That is BIG.

Don't sell it,go out and buy a Barret 50 so you will have a use for it then.

I am sure that in the Great State of Texas there is some area where you can fire a long range Barret 50.

I am sure that would be the perfect gun for feral hogs at long range!!!!

Wayne

https://tylerpaper.com/news/queen-of-the...e8f3524905.html
.416 Barrett!!

:-)Rocky