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To: servo1969
It isn't that hard to put a 1000 meter gun together for just under $1000 today.The Chinese are selling good scopes for 200 - 400, there's that Savage heavy barreled rifle in 270 WSM caliber and the Barnes 140gr all copper bullets with a huge ballistic coefficient.

270 WSM ammo can easily be loaded to shoot at 3400 fps or thereabouts and it isn't that hard to get mil-dot values out to 1000 meters for something like that. You can get ballpark mil-dot distances simply by doing retrocalculations with a decent ballistics program.

20 posted on 06/12/2013 5:27:08 AM PDT by varmintman
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To: varmintman
It isn't that hard to put a 1000 meter gun together for just under $1000 today

That's about right. It really boils down to how much you want to spend on the scope. I am looking to build a 1000 meter rifle later this year. I am thinking about buying a used .300 Win Mag long action Remington 700, put a new barrel with a compensator on it and a tactical stock. Then the real expense is the scope. The total package will be over $1000, but it isn't exactly a varmint rifle, it is closer to a poor man's M24.

27 posted on 06/12/2013 5:59:34 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Molon Labe - Shall not be questioned)
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