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Toby nailed it. This 99% target/steel; 1% meat rifle. It weighs 22 pounds. In other than known ranges it's not fired unless the specific immediate firing solution was developed by my Kestrel 5700's Applied Ballistics program and the range determined by my Vectronix Terrapin. I wouldn't bring this rifle out of the country. I have no plans to shoot anything other than what I eat, that being specifically moose, caribou, and sheep. It has been used on caribou--successfully--well over 800 yards. It fulfills its mission; a full-blown modern sniper rifle used to anchor edibles in manageable locations for extraction, under conditions and circumstances that I am confident that one shot will suffice. To stretch the sentence--no meat is wasted because all shots are a matter of choice without any desperation. I tried to focus on the club type extreme long range (know here as ELR) fellas use of like rifles. Today, Canadians and Americans are shooting competitively beyond two miles; recently there's been some association targeting three miles. Russia, NZ, Australia, Canada, US, Germany, and no doubt many I've missed have regular meets shooting a mile or more. And, in Canada and the US, shooting of game at extended ranges is expanding exponentially, in both genders and any age. As to suitable shooting locales it depends where one is; New Yorkers would be hard pressed to find a 1000 yard range within an hours distance while I'd have to open a window or door... I'd be the only one hearing the shot. I have two one-mile ranges and a 1000 yard range at my moose camp! Did I mention how many people are within 12 miles? None. Treble that and one will find Alakaket, a village on the same river as my camp. Reluctant to respond to questions raised due the possibility of offending members (or any others) I apologize as there's no intent... We are brothers and sisters, our closest ally generally, and surely as fellow hunters and shooters I'd be ashamed to alienate anyone on this site. Allow me to suggest some sites you may find most informative as to shooting here (many of you already been there, done that). Long Range Hunting Magazine, Snipers' Hide, Benchrest Central, the High Road, etc. There's a really good site in New Zealand too. It's 1:20 AM and I've written so much I've got laryngitis! More photos at another time.

The "Princess" is a Defensive Edge (DE) LRKM 338 Terminator. The cartridge is essentially a 338 Lapua Improved, but it's launched from the maker's patented "+P" chambering which allows for greater speed at lesser pressures. So far it seems to have delivered the goods on that. It's a single shot bull pup bolt action (DE's own action) with a 31" Broughton barrel with a DE brake affixed. Presently I'm experimenting with a Precision Armament M4-72 Extreme Duty brake also. My original purpose in entering the Extreme Long Range arena is the continued procurement of moose which I depend on for sustenance here in Arctic Alaska. At 71 I'm noticing how much heavier moose have gotten of late, how they've lengthened the distances from former neighborhoods where once I found them easily, and seemingly, why they end up in the most forsaken locales to extract from. So, as always, I've needed to check on accessibility and realistic retrieval of the meat, but that turf has shrunk hence the option to drop them in a larger cross-sectional physical area accessible by boat or ATV. In the short; to be able to take moose humanely up to a mile. This rifle can-do, it no doubt exceeds my capabilities as a shooter these days, wind calls the constant challenge in particular. Anyway I'm thinking that red deer in the north over there might provide similar long distance deliveries--and good eating of course. The third photo has two bulls and a cow just over a mile as an example...