bean field bullet

If you can place pie plates at random distances as far as you intend to shoot,

And under hunting conditions,get first round,good hits on pie plates most all the time,have a good time!!Have a great hunt!!!

I do not suggest it cannot be done.
 
From what I've read, a good many of the "Bean Field Bunch" do delibarate setups. Many do indeed put out range markers and wind indicators. Definitely a planning-ahead deal.

It's not a case of "Wander along, see Bambi out there somewhere, shoot at Bambi and hope something good happens."
 
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Thanks Art.We never just shoot not knowing the yards or wind this is dinner we are talking about.If thay are along way out there you have to let them be shanding with there big side on yours.
 
the difference???????????

Because a deer is flesh and blood and if miss-hit due to an error in wind or range estimation, runs off to possibly suffer, die and rot.

Hunting them is a privilege (there are places where the average guy can't) and we owe it to the animal and our standing as ethical hunters to kill cleanly.

Comparing shooting at paper, to shooting at a great animal like the whitetail makes me wonder about your post.

If you're a "dedicated "beanfield shooter" , the '06 seems like an odd choice for a caliber, there are faster and flatter rounds.

Finally, if you want "dinner" for sure, get closer.
 
bamaranger, your post sorta reads like you're not paying attention.

I don't care how fast a cartridge you pick, they all have some amount of drop. What's important is knowing how much.

For instance, I've been shooting an '06 for sixty years, come July. Back a dozen years ago, I built a 500-yard range here at my house. Now, I always zero for 200 yards. That puts me about six inches low at 300, around two feet low at 400 and about four feet low at 500.

So off to the shooting table I go. The target is a round steel plate, 22" in diameter.

I judged the wind as needing about a foot of daylight off the plate. I guesstimated four feet of holdover. My first shot was six inches low at 6 o'clock. My second shot was one inch low at six o'clock.

Now, that was just a casual deal. And, just a plain-vanilla 3x10 duplex-crosshair scope. I was just curious to see if I could hit the plate at all.

(I later messed around and sighted in for 500. I got two near-center groups of 0.8 MOA and then I called two flyers in a ten-shot string which would up with eight hits in a six-inch group. What the heck, I'd call that adequate. But for some people, my deal is just a starting point.)

Were I a serious beanfield shooter, I'd set up for longer-distance shooting than my day-to-day, casual 200- to 300-yard "gimme" shots.

If you know what you're doing, an '06 is about as good as anything else. Close enough, anyway.

But ya gotta know what you're doing.
 
Wouldn't be the first time.......

I've missed something. Clearly you and lots of others know what you're about.

And I've got nothing against the '06. Grand old ctg, good at killing fascist's, putting meat on the table, horns on the wall, and punching paper.

I wonder though, how many special "beanfield rifles" are made up in '06, as opposed to something more sexy? Sorta like a stock engine in a NASCAR body/chassis.
 
IMO.a 30-06 is a perfectly wonderful choice.I checked,and at 400-600 yds you may as well be shooting a 30-30 at 50 to 100 yds.

At those ranges,any cartridge will require some skill with wind,trajectory,and mirage.

I recall reading about Kenny Jarrett beanfield rifles.The most popular chambering was 280 AI.Nice cartridge,but a 30-06 is not so far away.

Certainly,what you are planning can be done.

I'll suggest again,as far away as you can get 90% hits ,first round hits,on an 8" paper plate,go have fun,best of luck!!!
 
Aw, speculation is fun.

"I'm gonna build me a beanfield rifle!"

Okay, if I wuz gonna: I'd definitely go with a 26" or even a 28" barrel. Probably a 7mm Rem Mag or a .300 Win Mag. SPBT bullet. 139 or 150 grain.

Scope? Maybe a 4.5 x14. Maybe a 50mm objective, with the rifle's stock padded up for a good cheek weld.

For me, though, the gun is the easy part. The hard part is persuading myself that I want to be a sittin' hunter instead of a sneaky-snake walkin' hunter. Trouble is, my body's already voted in favor of the former over the latter--but my head ain't yet got the message...
 
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