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1000yds: Picking the right rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1216056" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Both the 300wm and especially the 300Rum are a big step up in energy over the 7mm RM.</p><p></p><p>The difference is enough so that the 7RM is running out of gas at just about the same point the WM really begins to shine.</p><p></p><p>Pick loads in each of the three calibers and compare energy from 600 to 1,000yds in hundred yard increments.</p><p></p><p>If you can put it in the right spot the 7rm loaded with the right bullet is still plenty to get the job done way out there but your margin of error gets narrower and narrower.</p><p></p><p>Once you get below 1,800fps many bullets have a higher and higher frequency of not opening well so the wound channel gets smaller and smaller.</p><p></p><p>I've got a buddy that has killed at least 50 elk at ranges beyond 600yds with the 7RM but he's also the best natural shooter I have ever seen. He was my dad's best friend and hunting buddy and in hunting for over 30 years with him I never saw him miss a shot on anything bigger than a coyote.</p><p></p><p>For the humans among us though the extra energy and flatter trajectory at long range of the .30 cal magnums/ultras helps to make up for our errors.</p><p></p><p>As for the comments above about the 300Wby, they are spot on. Weatherby standardized the hotrods long before most of us even had a concept of an ultra, super, you name it magnum.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately in that era Muzzle Brakes and good recoil pads were next to non existent and so the punishing recoil of the 300 and bigger Weatherby magnums gave them a very limited following and of course the price of Weatherby ammo compared to the rest made and still makes them very expensive to shoot for those that can't or don't reload.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1216056, member: 30902"] Both the 300wm and especially the 300Rum are a big step up in energy over the 7mm RM. The difference is enough so that the 7RM is running out of gas at just about the same point the WM really begins to shine. Pick loads in each of the three calibers and compare energy from 600 to 1,000yds in hundred yard increments. If you can put it in the right spot the 7rm loaded with the right bullet is still plenty to get the job done way out there but your margin of error gets narrower and narrower. Once you get below 1,800fps many bullets have a higher and higher frequency of not opening well so the wound channel gets smaller and smaller. I've got a buddy that has killed at least 50 elk at ranges beyond 600yds with the 7RM but he's also the best natural shooter I have ever seen. He was my dad's best friend and hunting buddy and in hunting for over 30 years with him I never saw him miss a shot on anything bigger than a coyote. For the humans among us though the extra energy and flatter trajectory at long range of the .30 cal magnums/ultras helps to make up for our errors. As for the comments above about the 300Wby, they are spot on. Weatherby standardized the hotrods long before most of us even had a concept of an ultra, super, you name it magnum. Unfortunately in that era Muzzle Brakes and good recoil pads were next to non existent and so the punishing recoil of the 300 and bigger Weatherby magnums gave them a very limited following and of course the price of Weatherby ammo compared to the rest made and still makes them very expensive to shoot for those that can't or don't reload. [/QUOTE]
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