Soda Cans 700 Yds-Pepsi Challenge Record

[rifle50]

The practical limit is when the muzzle blocks out the line of sight.... and you're getting pretty close to that point now....

Bob

Very TRUE BOB.. But I have a couple of tricks left to get to 880 or HALF MILE I believe? This to hit something not just arc at a 45 degree launch angle  and try to find where it landed    I COULD MILL an AL BLOCK to mount the scope 2-3 inches HIGHER and defeat that angle some to NOT SEE BBL END for a few MORE MOA ELEVATION RAISES but since round is definitely getting slower won't be building that........Have 2 maybe 3 tricks that will get me to the end zone soon....If rain doesn't soak the landing zone and not see dust for misses?  If that happens spring time will be when i finish.................Thanks for input.............Carl

[rsterne]

You can mount the scope off to the side, if you sight in at 500 yards, the impact will only be off by how far the scope is off center at 1000 yards, in the other direction.... eg. scope 2" left, sighted at 500, impact 2" right at 1000....

Bob

[rifle50]

Never mind.  I don't feel right raining on your parade.  Go for it, bro.

Thank You, MicErs..............Very nice of you to ammend the post and i will do likewise..........Carl

[rintafile]

Awesome shooting rifle50!  Well Sir, You have a bit track left there and I believe You could reach that end some day.

[rsterne]

robertr.... bullets lose forward velocity much faster than spin, so a very large percentage of the spin will remain downrange.... with the bullet gaining gryroscopic stability, not losing it....

Bob

[K.O.]

is one of those tricks shooting downhill..

[robertr]

Thanks Bob, just something I was wondering.

[LEE IN VA.]

Awesome shooting!  Incase I missed it, what scope and power are you using?

[rifle50]

Amamzing what you and your rifle are doing.

Many Thanks.........It STILL amazes me how far this thing with a brief PUFF of air will send a cast bullet....Curious and will find out.........Carl

[rifle50]

I wonder how much spin is left at that range if any.

The bullets are STILL SPIN STABILIZED upon impact of steel. Round nice grey/black marks on white paint....... My first try at 800 yds I only had a single hit on RAM, and was the black imprint on steel of hitting sideways exactly......I mistakenly thought they were starting to tumble.......When i downloaded video of the misses, i heard a THUD of impact in dirt just behind camera view and almost immediately the clank of the steel hit and then the dirt cloud wafted into camera view..Hit short and BOUNCED into the steel......I have since had 3 hits at 800 yds on steel  RAM, and perfectly stabilized imprints ROUND....

Carl               

[rifle50]

You can mount the scope off to the side, if you sight in at 500 yards, the impact will only be off by how far the scope is off center at 1000 yards, in the other direction.... eg. scope 2" left, sighted at 500, impact 2" right at 1000....

Bob

Excellent suggestion BOB, I never even thought of that.........The MOA jump from 700 to 800 is large and any further than that the MOA required is getting to "mortar" stage 

[rifle50]

Awesome shooting rifle50!  Well Sir, You have a bit track left there and I believe You could reach that end some day.

rintafile, thanks but I must be having a SENIOR MOMENT, as I can't comprehend this part of your statement above-- ""Well Sir, You have a bit track left there""

Thanks......Carl

[rifle50]

is one of those tricks shooting downhill..

Yes that would sure help    I have the use of the 1000 yd range and at the end of this video and others on my site, the down range view is very level.........could get with my portable table to 1100 yds.....But not with my .257.   Saving the little tricks I may have to use to get to the magical 1/2 MILE...... May reveal then, or not?   Thanks for commenting.....

Carl

[rsterne]

If you put a rail on the side of the existing scope mount, and mount the scope on its side, the elevation turret will become windage and vice versa.... and you could angle the rail at whatever you need to get most of the elevation adjustment.... It would be pretty simple to do, and no limit due to the optics any more.... Sighted at 500 yards, you will need only 3* of elevation to be pretty close at 1000 yards.... easy to build that into a side rail....

Bob

[rifle50]

Awesome shooting!  Incase I missed it, what scope and power are you using?

I use the Hawke Sidewinder 20x half mil dot reticle........  http://www.hawkeoptics.com/sidewinder-8-32x56-20x-mil-dot.html   Use it at 8x to have the largest latitude in reticle elevation view from top to bottom. To see where you are hitting/missing. Then when i see my hits with proper mil dot i can turn to 10-12 power and see misses better......I do this alone mostly and is difficult way out there with light airgun energy hits at 800 yds........I can now with backstop 65 yds beyond the pits, i can have a friend with concrete wall at his back, spot naked eye for hits and will probably need soon??  Up to 600 yds fairly easy. Now each 100 yd increase in distance is ALMOST exponentially more difficult.....  If it was easy someone would have already tried it    Thanks for participating..........Carl

[rifle50]

If you put a rail on the side of the existing scope mount, and mount the scope on its side, the elevation turret will become windage and vice versa.... and you could angle the rail at whatever you need to get most of the elevation adjustment.... It would be pretty simple to do, and no limit due to the optics any more.... Sighted at 500 yards, you will need only 3* of elevation to be pretty close at 1000 yards.... easy to build that into a side rail....

Bob

Excellent suggestion BOB, I never even thought of that.........The MOA jump from 700 to 800 is large and any further than that the MOA required is getting to "mortar" stage    I SUSPECT I will or bullet will run out of energy before having to do that but is an excellent suggestion..........My gunsmith and machinist yes could build this for sure...Again thanks for suggestions.........Carl

[KnifeMaker]

The practical limit is when the muzzle blocks out the line of sight.... and you're getting pretty close to that point now....

Bob

Naw, LOL!!! Just put that scope on stilts!

[rintafile]

thanks but I must be having a SENIOR MOMENT, as I can't comprehend this part of your statement above-- ""Well Sir, You have a bit track left there"

Sorry if You understand my comment wrong...As You see my native language is not English so let me try again: I meant to say that You are using shooting  range which goes to 1000 yards and I think You will shoot that .257 from 1000 Yard to ram or cola can some day. I truly hope so

[Jr_Explorer]

700 yds!?!?!  That is crazy far!  I don't think I could even see the cans at 24X on my scope.  That is just awesome.  And thanks for leaving the ranging shots in the video and not editing them out.

I dub thee "Soda Sniper"!

So now 2 liter bottles at 1,400 yards right? 

[MicErs]

Never mind.  I don't feel right raining on your parade.  Go for it, bro.

Thank You, MicErs..............Very nice of you to ammend the post and i will do likewise..........Carl

Truth is what made me do that is that I was thinking about what kinds of shooting was done at a 1000 yards in the Black Powder days.  It then flashed through my feeble mind that you are shooting at the same velocities, give or take a smidge, with better boolits, so...

It would be interesting to know your maximum ordinate on that flight path.

=)