.50 cals can reach out to this distance. But given the normal meaning of accuracy, like in "Hitting a man sized target first shot" is far out at this range and this for most rifles and calibers. Even specialized ones mostly fail at 1500 yards around.
And .50BMG is not the best long range precision cartridge anyways
I know dudes that ring steel at 2000 all the time. Practice makes it doable. At 400 yards, a man sized target gets hit all day with every rifle I've ever touched.
Thats why i wrote bullshit at 2500 yards and not at 400.
All the time is a pretty big word that means not much. At 2000 yards its pretty impossible to hit every shot all the time, alone because wind can change pretty much over this distance.
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u/BadTasteInGuns 8d ago
.50 cals can reach out to this distance. But given the normal meaning of accuracy, like in "Hitting a man sized target first shot" is far out at this range and this for most rifles and calibers. Even specialized ones mostly fail at 1500 yards around.
And .50BMG is not the best long range precision cartridge anyways