| DarylS |
| (.700 member) |
| 30/05/14 08:14 AM |
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Re: Is the .308 Win a viable long range caliber???
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Ethically speaking how does one count deer antler points at beyond 300?
Not unlike so much of what you read and hear the long range hunting fad reeks of bravado and bullshit! 100 yards becomes 300. 250 yards become 800.
How many hunting stories have you heard where the teller will yap about their 400 yard shot on a deer sized animal and when asked about hold over or drop compensation their answer is merely a dumb look or something of the like?
total agreement.I used to shoot gophers out to 450yards - bit smaller than a deer, bear or elk - and I know exactly my holdover - 4th mill dot - post for 510yds.- when set at 20X - 18X gives centre hits with luck) at 525yards on the last post. All of our long shots on the field rats are no longer there, so that system worked fairly well. I was hard on them in that corner of the field. Fun while it lasted, though. Using a laser rangefinder sure helps and actually gives you the range - no mis-guessing by 200 or 300 yards.
I had one fellow tell me about his"700yard moose with my tree oh tree. Aimed right at him - dropped him right there yes-sir-ee. I aimed right at him, you see, that big 215gr. bullet gets out about 200 or so, they picks up a few feet and hits right on at 700 YUP"! Tat was back in 1976 - I'll always remember THAT moose story. It was very similar to Less Hafield's 700 yard mulie with his Win. model 34 "turty turty. It had a LOOOOOOOOOOONG bar-l. "Aimed right at him yessir, did I tell ya IT had a LOOOOOOOOOONG bar-l."
THUS - if you want to shoot big game at long range, you need either a .303 or a .30/30 along with a vivid imagination.
I'm repeating myself, but 300yards would be long range for me on big game (purchased tags) and does not happen in he areas I hunt.
