Magnum Wheel Man
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so there was a thread that got pretty heated in the rifle section, about long range hunting ( the OP was talking a 1000 yards )
which I was kind of reading along with... personally, I never have, & could never see taking a shot at any animal that far away...
... but coincidentally... I've also got the "poor mans 1000 yard" threads started... I want to try shooting "targets" at 1000 yards... my 1st thoughts ( without worrying about ethics ), was if I were going to set up a dedicated 1000 yard rifle, it should be of sufficient power to take mid sized game in a SHTF / life or death survival type of situation...
the .243 / 6mm rounds are popular as small bore long range target guns, in the 100-110 grain weights, with .308 / 300 WinMag popular as mid bore, in 200-220 grain weights... & .338 bullets popular in larger bore, using up to 300 grain bullets... however, all bullets are most concerned about flying straight, & not about performance after hitting game, so they are not going to perform as well as your average soft point, & will also have given up 1/3 to 1/2 or even more of thier normal velocity
to even complicate matters more ( I'm looking at using a 30-06 as my 1st test rifle )... the bullet drop on that '06 could easily be over 25' at 1000 yards, some guns could go as much as 50 ft of bullet drop... so if aimed at regular engine room shot placement, the bullet could IMO, easily glance off a rib bone, or be angled downward so much, that it either fails to penitrate, or misses the heart, at the center of mass
curious as you guys are hunters, what you think might be the minimum cartridge to use for game ( life or death situation ) on deer sized game at that distance, taking into account huge amounts of bullet drop, & poorly designed bullet for hunting, & low impact velocities
which I was kind of reading along with... personally, I never have, & could never see taking a shot at any animal that far away...
... but coincidentally... I've also got the "poor mans 1000 yard" threads started... I want to try shooting "targets" at 1000 yards... my 1st thoughts ( without worrying about ethics ), was if I were going to set up a dedicated 1000 yard rifle, it should be of sufficient power to take mid sized game in a SHTF / life or death survival type of situation...
the .243 / 6mm rounds are popular as small bore long range target guns, in the 100-110 grain weights, with .308 / 300 WinMag popular as mid bore, in 200-220 grain weights... & .338 bullets popular in larger bore, using up to 300 grain bullets... however, all bullets are most concerned about flying straight, & not about performance after hitting game, so they are not going to perform as well as your average soft point, & will also have given up 1/3 to 1/2 or even more of thier normal velocity
to even complicate matters more ( I'm looking at using a 30-06 as my 1st test rifle )... the bullet drop on that '06 could easily be over 25' at 1000 yards, some guns could go as much as 50 ft of bullet drop... so if aimed at regular engine room shot placement, the bullet could IMO, easily glance off a rib bone, or be angled downward so much, that it either fails to penitrate, or misses the heart, at the center of mass
curious as you guys are hunters, what you think might be the minimum cartridge to use for game ( life or death situation ) on deer sized game at that distance, taking into account huge amounts of bullet drop, & poorly designed bullet for hunting, & low impact velocities