To offset my 700 MTN SS in ‘06, I picked up on a whim a Wby V2 in 300 Wby for a backup rig for this Fall. I’m certain either will suffice out to 400yrds if the need arises, but will always look to take advantage of getting closer in range If I can.
What’s your go to long range hunting rifle
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I dont agree with the hard to shoot part. Yes expensive, yes hit hard (thats what i want. I want lots of energy on Target at range) but to me they are easy to shoot longer range because of the low drop and buck the wind quality.
better overkill than underkill.
You speak like someone who hasn't tried it. Go spend an afternoon practicing at long range with a 338 LM, then come back and tell us how easy it is.
FWIW, I didn't say such rifles are "hard to shoot". I said they take a bunch of practice to be good with. Long range shooting requires a lot of practice and experience. When the rifle beats the sh1t out of you with both recoil and blast pressure and every shot drains $5 out of your wallet, practicing becomes a chore and is not overly fun.
Many years ago I spend a day with a lightweight 338WM and that rifle beat me blue. My shoulder and cheek were a mess after 30-40 rounds. Once I was beat up and hurting, do you want to take a guess as to how much fun it was to continue to pull the trigger and how well I was doing with my marksmanship when I knew that each trigger pull was going to hurt and add to all the hurt I was already in.
My reply is the same as for the guy above you. Go try it, and then come back and tell us how "overkill" is definitely the better choice. I've spent days shooting big, heavy recoiling rifles and can speak from first hand experience that its not fun.
I'll say it again. Long range shooting and hunting requires A LOT of practice and experience. A rifle that kicks the cr@p out of you and empties your wallet at the same time is a serious impediment to building experience with the rifle and the distance.
Yes, all kinds of poke to a little over 500. 168 eld-m or 178 eld-x, run em both in calculator...same same. That video nearly elk size critter, factory load, 530 yards, my 20" sako and 168's would land around 1870 fps at 530.
No part of this discussion or thread should be talking about shooters abilities. That should be a given assumption when asking about long range set up. So try to stay on topic folks. The langbanger doesn't look like this will be his first bike ride. Those who can do, and we all know how many think they can and don't, that's on them. Bunch of guys killing elk to 400 with .223's on rokslide, most everything we're talking about here is overpowered lol. There is no replacement for placement, so what is the set up that will make the placement the easiest to not only make but also see perhaps? It's also a whole different level of satisfaction and also speed to correct if you CAN see it all happen, just sayin. For the OP's specific request...and making it fun and easy to shoot meaning also more of shooting...this would be a great recipe for making 600 almost easy as riding a bike.
Yes. But to build the familiarity with the rifle and the ammo and understand reading wind and range estimation you MUST practice and practice and practice.
By the time I got to actually pulling the trigger on an animal at "long" range, I had been shooting very long distances for years. I shot targets out to 2000 yds and shot competition at 900 yds and shot moving targets and even used iron sights at 900 yds etc etc etc ... before I pulled the trigger on a deer at 550 yds. Practice and experience is key.
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For me it would be my sig cross in 6.5cm because I shoot it well on 10” steel out to 700y. My self-imposed limit for hunting though is about 400y. That said in Ontario most every opportunity I see myself having is about 100y +/- 50y.
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little featherweight 6cm drilling like a dasher to 1000, just an interesting article, get the OP's wheels grinding lol
little featherweight 6cm drilling like a dasher to 1000, just an interesting article, get the OP's wheels grinding lol
I have shot long action all of m’y life and dont find them that hard. I get kicked a lot more by magnum 3 inch 12 ga. I havé good break on thé gun. Always shoot from rested position or tripod. Yes its not a 308 but its not a safari rifle also. As for cost yes its expensive but I reload for m’y 300 norma mag and I just dont shoot that much. I confirm zero at différent range and if I am lucky I will shoot an animal. Thats les then a box a year. I havé a nice 308 and 223 for fun range Time and m’y local range stops at 300 anyway.
I’ve shot deer out to 500 yards and a bit on more than a few occasions.
25-06, 100 grain Nosler Partition’s or Barnes TSX’s
308 Win, 150 grain Speer BT’s
.280AI, 150 grain Nosler Bal Tip
I’ve got a couple 300-350 yard moose too, 1 with the 25-06(bang flop) the other with a .300 Win Mag, and 190 grain BTSP Hornady, it went 20 yards.
Only a couple bull elk, both with the .280AI and 150’s, 1 with a Ballistic Tip at 425 yds, the other with a Partition at 385 yards, both were CNS hits so DRT.
25-06, 100 grain Nosler Partition’s or Barnes TSX’s
308 Win, 150 grain Speer BT’s
.280AI, 150 grain Nosler Bal Tip
I’ve got a couple 300-350 yard moose too, 1 with the 25-06(bang flop) the other with a .300 Win Mag, and 190 grain BTSP Hornady, it went 20 yards.
Only a couple bull elk, both with the .280AI and 150’s, 1 with a Ballistic Tip at 425 yds, the other with a Partition at 385 yards, both were CNS hits so DRT.
I shoot 1000’s of rounds a year. I dont havé to shoot thé big gun to havé marksman skill
tactical lever
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Worked well, but a red stag is not nearly elk size. About half as big. I can't speak to how tough a stag is, but elk have a reputation for it.
You make it sound harder then it is. Good marksman, good rest, good scope, good zero, good rifle. This gun will shoot to 1000 all day. Granted load développement was expensive but once its done its done I shoot a 230gr bullet at 3200ft/s recoil is very managebale and its really really flat shooting.
Shooting 1000 yards all day is rather easy compared to shooting 1000 yards once today, or maybe it'll be a week from next Thursday. All you know for sure is that your SWAG has to be right on the money and you're going in cold.
On course but for me at least its easier to take a 600 yard shot from a tripod with a trg-42 in 300 norma mag then a 200 yard off hand 308 shot using a light weight hunting rifle in a swamp but its a cumulation off Life expérience and hunting style. Here in Québec I hunt overlooking a lake in a blind that looks moré like a small cabin
