which caliber to choose?

Lot's of people do this and shoot animals at very long ranges. Do some googling and you will find lots of long range hunting videos on the net.
 
There have been some videos going around of guys hunting long distance sheep and big mulies with a .338 Edge.
Here are a couple of sites that describe the cartridge, and it is just chuck full of cool factors.
http://www.snipersparadise.com/articles/338edge.htm
http://www.longrangehunting.com/articles/338-edge-1.php
and here is the video. Needless to say, a lot of practice goes into this kind of shooting, so as they say in the ads, "don't try this at home unless you are an expert!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoHEa2ZZ1oA
 
sbtennex said:
Original? Hardly. That would be a .35 Whelen - and a .338-06 trumps it with most bullet weights. Very close to .338 Win Mag velocities without the recoil and blast of the belted mags.
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I'm puzzled as how you came to the conclusion that a .338-06 has better performance than a .358-06 (a 35 Whelen).

When it comes to caliber selection, one has to decide on whether a classical caliber is desired or if someone is looking strictly for performance. My choice based on your criteria, would be to stick with classical ones and would include the following in order of preference:

1. 340 Weatherby magnum
2. 338 WM
3. 375 H&H Mag (recoil is a problem for some)

But for your application, without your caliber criteria, the 300 WM would be a well proven caliber with all kinds of possibilities including killing a moose at 300 yd. I would not hesitate to attempt a 500 yd shot with this caliber as long as I had adequate range determination and an optic system such as DOA.

Duke1
 
300WSM
currently used in a winchester 1885 with 28in barrel. S&B Klassik 6x on the way to top it off. plenty for 300 yards for deer, elk, moose.
 
If you need anything larger than a .308 to take down a moose maybe what you really need is a more competent optometrist. LOL More moose are taken every year with the .308 than all other calibres combined!
 
David L said:
I had a flash: using hunter's bullet in 338lapua?
What do you think?
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You will spend a huge amount of money getting a custom action, custom barrel, custom stock, getting it to feed, then after all that buy expensive brass....

All for identical performance to the 338 Ultra?
Do you really think it will be more accurate in a hunting platform?
My buddy did.....$5,000.00 later it is no more accurate than my 338 Ultra (if as accurate actually).

The 338 Edge out performs the 338 Lapua and does this in a standard action.

IMHO the 338 Lapua is over sold and way overrated.
 
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