Remington 700 how far can it shoot

An improved trajectory is needed especially for long range shooting. While the Win Mag and the Win Mag will both do well when shooting within yards, the excels better when the range goes further. Snipers are required by international law to use FMJ and not hollow point ammo, but even the less effective FMJ is pretty instantly lethal on any hit to center mass at meters or more, and it can easily penetrate even ceramic body armour. Sniper rifles are generally bolt-action rifles. That means the sniper must load and chamber each round he fires.

Though they are more difficult to operate and have a much slower rate of fire, bolt-action rifles are preferred because they have fewer moving parts than automatics. However, the 6. According to testing by jackfrags, FMJ does have an impact on being able to deal damage through walls and other materials. Jul 29, 1 39 Cleveland, Ohio.

According to the Shooter app on my iphone a Matchking at fps at ft above sea leavel goes trans sonic somewhere between and yards. The s are notorious for key holing or tumbling when they go trans sonic which severely affects accuracy at distances beyond that point. Jun 27, 1 With the ammo and ballistics specified, your max effective range will not be anything more than yards. Expert Private Full Member. Feb 22, 1, 3, Lafayette, La.

I bet FGMM 's out of a 20"" barrel are not going Did you chono them? Velocity varies from gun to gun depending on the jump the bullet makes, the length of the barrel, chamber and condition of the barrel itself.

Chono your load, then run all of the data through a program. All of it is just a WAG until you know for sure your velocity. Aug 13, 4, South West, MI. I am at ' asl. If you don't reload and wish to shoot better at longer ranges look for FGMM It will still be subsonic but it handles the transition well.

Jul 28, 1 Texas. Jun 15, 9 1. My 20" is outstanding at My 20" is horrible at Jul 19, 1, 1, Factor in a little wind, and your really just wishing upon a star.

As with most cartridges. Up to yards is a damn good poke with any round in field conditions. No sighters. Keep it real. Jun 7, 2 46 Joplin Mo. Change to 's if you are really trying to get out there. Apr 24, I liked the gr and believe they gave the. I would think in a 20" barrel, you should still make it to yards. Weight and barrel length don't really bother me all that much, hence I like the SPR A1 with 24" barrel.

Mar 29, 2, 83 Northern Colorado. At ft with Amax and a medium node charge can still retain ft lbs at Y 20 moa , bout my limit for deer sized game.

Can reach out further for steel. Onewolf42 Peon Full Member. Nov 14, 73 East Central Florida www. OP still hasn't answered the "effective range for what? But I'll play anyway. I shoot out to on steel, if I am hunting if conditions are just right they seldom are.

Apr 4, 14 0 Central Texas. To the corner of my ranch it's yards, about daylight coyotes are chasing field rats. Both my son and I reload and shoot the Occasionally we hit one, not often. We do have lots of fun trying. Bullets, we shoot whatever we can buy. Feb 19, 1, 3 Austin Texas. I would say the max effective range is between to yards.

Bender Known Troll Full Member. Feb 12, 8, 22, Cheyenne WY. I get fps with g SMK in my 20" no pressure signs. At my elevation of ' I get to ish before subsonic.

Apr 10, 1 michigan. Just wondering how the vld or full bore hybrids would do out of the same set up? Jul 13, The maximum effective range of a 12 twisted. There, now you know your maximum effective range. Your own maximum effective range is liable to be much shorter. Long range steel ringing deletes the requirement to destroy the target or retain any specific energy level. Long range combat is out of my area of expertise so I won't comment on that. Ask poorly phrased questions, get randomly defined answers.

Mar 2, 30 0. At ' asl, and a Remington P 26" 12 twist, I observed consistent tumbling with smk at yards. I experienced solid sub moa performance with smk. If the wind picks up, forget about it. Aimsmall55 Gunny Sergeant Full Member. Oct 23, 2, 59 Meridian, MS.

Aimsmall55 said:. Not trying to call you out or anything like that but I have watched a buddy hit a 2x2' ar plate at yards with a 20" FNH Police with a factory FGM. Not a single "sideways" hit on the plate. If one would have told me it was possible before I would have laughed in their face. But I saw it threw the spotting scope.

There was ZERO wind and it was about 75 degrees. It was literally perfect shooting weather. Maybe that's the only reason he was able to do it ,???? Masked said:. God gave us the win-mag for a reason -- Just sayin. Onewolf42 said:. Slug-O Sergeant Full Member.

But I throw s instead at There is a reason I switched to. Sep 4, 2, Lebanon, NH www. I shoot a couple of thousand rounds a yr at yes shooting FTR. My rig is a dedicated target rifle with a 32" tube launching heavy bullets at speeds that are only ever seen from short barrels on the internet.

At the listed velocities that bullet gets transonic at about yards, and at that point it's trajectory I'd based on a algorithm for a random number generator. Seriously, I've been saying for years that that bullet needs a "to be used at yards or less" warning label. I can't count the guys I've seen pulled off the line shooting FGGM s at because they were tumbling at Second, even if the OP switched to the SMK at yards the wind age is approaching a foot per mph of full value wind.

The Marines shoot 26 inch barrels, not 20s. If you don't have time behind the rifle at yards it won't matter what you shoot, you may as well aim at the moon. The wind is never "no wind" at that range.