Long range to me is usually a couple three hundred yards. That’s about all the clearance I can see for a free shot around where I live.
I have a cherry K98 (8mm Mauser) from 1936 that has a tang sight out to 2000 meters I can’t ever imagine a shot at that setting where I live unless I set up on a bridge overpass on and interstate.
Yes it is. Many hunters opt for flatter trajectories ay longer ranges. Think .300 or weatherby magnum’s. At about 250-260 yards a .308 drops 7 to 8 inches with a 165 grain bullet. The idea is that if the gun is sighted in at 3.5 inches high at 100 yards it will be 3.5 inches low at 250. Creating a “point blank” range. Flatter trajectory rounds extend the point blank range. This is just general hunting setup.
I don’t think I have ever shot at game over 100 yards but I spent most of my life in NW Florida.
I recall an incident which made me realize that semi-long range shooting is not that difficult.
I had a 1909 Argentine Mauser which was made by DWM in Berlin. I had a large quantity of surplus ammo made by FN in 1933. It was a beautiful rifle.
My Nephew and I were shooting at a tar bucket which had been left at the top edge of a clay pit. It was maybe 12X20 inches. The sights on that Mauser were actually dead on at 400 yards which was the distance to the target.
I was surprised how easy it was to hit with the open sights. Even my Nephew who was not a particularly good shot was hitting it regularly.
A good shot would have no difficulty hitting a man at that distance almost every time.