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szihn
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Re: Maximum Range?
      21/03/08 05:05 AM

Max range for any practical weapon is the range you can put 4 out of 5 shots into a 6" target.
So Max Range varies according to conditions. Power has something to do with things too, but most hunting rifles have enough to get the job done The 375 H&H has WAAAAY more range than most men can use.
So it's mostly all about the man, not the weapon.

I once killed a moose Waaaaaaaaay out there, with a 375 H&H, but I had a perfect set-up and I used to shoot 1000 yd matches a lot, so I knew I would hit him, and I did.

I have guided hunters in the past who owned rifles set up for long range, who's max range was about 25 yds. I also know a man in Nevada who can (and does) kill deer on a regular basis at 350 to 500 yds with an iron sighted rifle, and as of 2 years ago, he's yet to miss one. He's in his 50s now, and he's been hunting since he was about 10.

As in most thing in this world, it's 98% the man and 2% what he's using.

Edited by szihn (21/03/08 05:10 AM)

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* Maximum Range? Luckydog 21/03/08 04:42 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? allenday   22/03/08 11:22 PM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? hoppdoc   23/03/08 09:45 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? Nakihunter   23/03/08 10:07 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? 9.3x57   23/03/08 10:59 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? chuck375   24/03/08 02:03 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? Nakihunter   24/03/08 02:16 PM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? chuck375   25/03/08 12:07 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? DarylS   25/03/08 03:44 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? chuck375   25/03/08 10:26 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? 9.3x57   25/03/08 02:25 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? Tatume   25/03/08 03:15 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? 9.3x57   24/03/08 05:55 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? chuck375   24/03/08 06:31 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? Luckydog   24/03/08 07:58 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? Tatume   24/03/08 09:21 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? chuck375   24/03/08 12:44 PM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? hoppdoc   24/03/08 09:15 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? Tatume   23/03/08 10:01 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? Luckydog   22/03/08 11:44 PM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? allenday   22/03/08 12:43 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? 9.3x57   22/03/08 01:03 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? hoppdoc   22/03/08 06:53 PM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? Luckydog   22/03/08 12:50 PM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? szihn   21/03/08 05:05 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? Luckydog   21/03/08 05:42 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? DarylS   21/03/08 06:14 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? szihn   21/03/08 08:14 AM
. * * Re: Maximum Range? DarylS   21/03/08 05:41 AM

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