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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 825592" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>1 Shoot high BC bullets (note the reference to 95 and 105gr Bergers that you can't shoot out of any factory barrels I know of)</p><p></p><p>2 Verify your ballistics. If your drops are correct, the calculated windage should be good too.</p><p></p><p>3 Get a wind meter. Don't guess. At 350 yards with a 95gr Berger a 10mph crosswind = 2.0min of correction. At 500 yards its just over 3.0 min and still more than 1000ftlb of energy. How often do you have a direct 10mph crosswind ?</p><p></p><p>Animals can run off after hitting it with a 300gr 50 cal ML bullet at point blank range - IF you don't hit anything vital.</p><p></p><p>I would have absolutely no concerns shooting at deer sized animals out to 500-600 yards if you have the needed practice. For larger/tougher, I would step up to a 6.5x55 and 140gr VLD's or the 6.5x284. The old 308 with 175 SMK's will also probably be fine but wind drift will be greater.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 825592, member: 35183"] 1 Shoot high BC bullets (note the reference to 95 and 105gr Bergers that you can't shoot out of any factory barrels I know of) 2 Verify your ballistics. If your drops are correct, the calculated windage should be good too. 3 Get a wind meter. Don't guess. At 350 yards with a 95gr Berger a 10mph crosswind = 2.0min of correction. At 500 yards its just over 3.0 min and still more than 1000ftlb of energy. How often do you have a direct 10mph crosswind ? Animals can run off after hitting it with a 300gr 50 cal ML bullet at point blank range - IF you don't hit anything vital. I would have absolutely no concerns shooting at deer sized animals out to 500-600 yards if you have the needed practice. For larger/tougher, I would step up to a 6.5x55 and 140gr VLD's or the 6.5x284. The old 308 with 175 SMK's will also probably be fine but wind drift will be greater. [/QUOTE]
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