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The caliber choices are mainly .264, .308, and .312. The cartridge choices are mainly 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser, .30-06 Sprg, and .303 British.

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270 WSM does me to about 300 yds, give or take and quite frankly, given I do most of my hunting in Ontario, Michigan and North Carolina I don't get much opportunity to go beyond that these days. Back in the day, out in BC, we'd do goats and elk from 500 yards or more and the best success I ever had was with a .338. And the best part of the .338 is the recoil was inspiration to make the first shot count.
 
I have used the following chamberings to take game at "long" range [400+ meters]

264 Win Mag, 6,5x55AI, 270 Winchester, 7mm Rem mag, 7mmSTW, 30-06, 300 Win Mag, 308 Norma Mag, 338 Win Mag.

My longest kill shot on a game animal was with the 270 Winchester & the 140 Accubond, started at 3000 fps.

Knowing your rifle, and the trajectory of your load is vital [This means lots of practice at long range]....and a laser rangefinder is a great asset as well.

Regards, Dave.
 
What is long range considered in your question? Past 400? Out to 400 all the standard cartridges like .30-06 still do swell. If you're interested in true long range hunting, like the past 500 yards and further stuff, a whole different set of equipment comes into its own. If that's your game, shoot the biggest rifle you can, as even heavy magnums arrive at long range looking very anemic. Shot placement is also wishy washy at long range as game can move before the bullet arrives, and that's leaving out wind, and the plain straight difficulty of a 500 yard plus field shot and first shot hit. The more horsepower the better in that case. Inside 400 it's very low drama and straightforward, and is more about the optics and shooter than the rifle.
 
270 win, 280 rem and 30/06 for starters. The shots are normaly 300 yards and under and ocassionaly as high as 400 yards. In most cases the hunting shots take place within 100 yards.
 
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What is long range considered in your question? Past 400? Out to 400 all the standard cartridges like .30-06 still do swell. If you're interested in true long range hunting, like the past 500 yards and further stuff, a whole different set of equipment comes into its own. If that's your game, shoot the biggest rifle you can, as even heavy magnums arrive at long range looking very anemic. Shot placement is also wishy washy at long range as game can move before the bullet arrives, and that's leaving out wind, and the plain straight difficulty of a 500 yard plus field shot and first shot hit. The more horsepower the better in that case. Inside 400 it's very low drama and straightforward, and is more about the optics and shooter than the rifle.
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I left it open ended so that those that post can state what ranges they hunt with that caliber rather than posting a distance and getting one or two responses
 
I'm getting on in years and, these days, the only game that I will likely hunt are the relatively small blacktail deer here on Vancouver Island.

So I am now moving down in calibre and rifle weight. I recently bought a very lightweight Kimber Montana in .243, and I'll keep my eyes open for another one in 7mm-08.
 
2506 for coyote out to 600 yards.
50 Cal front stuffer for deer up to 225 yards
458wm for bear out to 150 yards
I hunt thick cover in Ontario. Most shots are 50/60 yards or less
 
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