He was shooting farther than the normal 100 yds. that we usually focus on. It's pretty easy with a rifle and not that hard with a good specialty handgun, well practiced. But he did not feel confident enough to risk his personal skill and wound an animal past that. So he used a rifle, even borrowed that long range custom .300 WM.
His 9.3x62 Mauser was good to 200 easy but he shot something close to 300 with the Remington. This is making us re-think our armament. Not that we don't have LR stuff but around here it is not used as much in the Arkansas hills, save for special Bean field shooting in the flatland.
I have a custom Mauser .30-06 and a .416 Rigby BRNO. I know what the 06' can manage, it just lacks romance. Hawk and Barnes both make 300 gr. .416 bullets I can push to 2600 fps and mimic the 06' trajectory. Now I need more scope than my current Leupold 1.5-5x. Doug is thinking of having Gary re-do his .340 Weatherby MKV. I still can't commit at this time but I can fantasize a little.
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Africa. I'm interested in what the normal range your shots
- Brant, 2018-04-01, 20:14
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Avg for me was 100 years. So if you are thinking
- Amede, 2018-04-02, 06:42
- yards* (nm) - Amede, 2018-04-02, 06:43
- Blue Wildebeest at 202 yards down to 83 yards... - Huey, 2018-04-02, 02:29
- my Buff was at 84 yards on the first shot - Gary Reeder, 2018-04-01, 21:39
- Doug was talking to me about that... - WB, 2018-04-01, 20:56
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Avg for me was 100 years. So if you are thinking
- Amede, 2018-04-02, 06:42