Long-Range Optics
Good piece in this month’s American Rifleman on choosing scopes for long-range shooting. It’s excerpted from a longer article by Ross Seyfried on building .22 centerfires for half-mile target work.
I’d like to try that kind of shooting someday, but in my part of the country it’s not easy to find 300-yard target ranges, let alone 1,000 yards.
Solution: Mount the scope backwards so the target looks like it is farther away.
Comment by Alcibiades McZombie — January 4, 2008 @ 9:30 pm
Isn’t there a 600 yd range in Ypsilanti?
Comment by George Hedgepeth — January 7, 2008 @ 11:43 am
You’re right George, looks like the Washtenaw Sportsman’s Club has a 600-yard range, but you have to be a member and there are restrictions on actually USING that 600-yard range.
Still, it’s worth looking into…
Comment by TD — January 7, 2008 @ 4:38 pm
We shot our AR heavy barrels there once- it was an interesting experience. I used to shoot at 400 often at a private range, but those days are gone…
Comment by George Hedgepeth — January 8, 2008 @ 8:42 am