![]() ![]() ![]() 50-caliber was big, heavy and had a very short bolt that could be removed from the receiver. Load development is very important, because it’s the biggest variable you can manage-next to your personal marksmanship skills, that is. 50-caliber rifle felt as if it were going back to that era. I remember that name, because my dad had an Iver Johnson. It was a beast of a rifle that was designed by Daisy (yes, the air gun manufacturer), and our rifles were built by Iver Johnson. 416 from Barrett.īack in the mid-1980s, I was in one of the first Marine Corps units to field the. Today, the trend has moved to other sporty calibers such as the. 50 Caliber competition that’s hosted at the Whittington Center. I’ve been to several of the King of 2 Mile competitions as a reporter and spoke with many of the competitors about the choices in calibers and equipment they use. If you don’t score early and make it into the top 10, you won’t get to attempt the two-mile shots. Now, not everyone gets to make the two-mile attempts: This is an elimination race. ![]() These competitions often start at ranges of about 1,500 yards and then progress out to distances, as the name implies, to two miles. In other words, you can’t walk into the target you have to impact it purposefully. In the ELR community, the standard is moving to impact a target three consecutive times from a cold bore shot. 50-caliber or other big guns.Įxtreme long-range shooting is becoming a popular spectator sport with a host of King of 2 Mile (KO2M) competitions popping up. Aiming to shoot 2 miles or further? You need to break out a. The brake is really the difference-maker here so the caliber is manageable over a string of fire. ![]()
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