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7mm SAUM vs 300 WSM for Elk/western hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="bghartle" data-source="post: 1808571" data-attributes="member: 110395"><p>I moved to Wyoming in the late 70's and have been hunting elk ever since. Lost my first elk using 30-06 factory Remington ammo heavy round nosed bullets haven't lost one since. I still view that shot over and over in my head. I've taken many since then and forgot some of them. </p><p></p><p>In the early 90's I started reloading my own and discovered many things since then. The one rule of thumb for me is no matter what cartridge I am using I calculate the amount of energy at 100 yard intervals and find out where the cartridge falls below the 1500 ft lbs threshold. That's all the farther that combination will go for me. </p><p></p><p>These days with the new range finders and phone apps things a lot easier. The one thing that these things cant account for is the winds in the mountains. The winds may change direction several times in 1000 yards. I do quite a bit of long range shooting at basket ball sized rocks using nothing more then what I hunt with and I believe its helped me a lot in making decisions on what shots to take or try to close in. </p><p></p><p>My reloading bullet shelf is stacked wide and deep with Hornady bullets and I have always trusted them to get the job done if I do my part. My favorite is the 180 grain SST but the last couple of years been using the new ELD-X and they have performed well.</p><p></p><p>As to the original post Run the numbers on a ballistic calculator and compare. Run and compare several combinations and then make a decision on what to build and make it work for you and know the limitations</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bghartle, post: 1808571, member: 110395"] I moved to Wyoming in the late 70's and have been hunting elk ever since. Lost my first elk using 30-06 factory Remington ammo heavy round nosed bullets haven't lost one since. I still view that shot over and over in my head. I've taken many since then and forgot some of them. In the early 90's I started reloading my own and discovered many things since then. The one rule of thumb for me is no matter what cartridge I am using I calculate the amount of energy at 100 yard intervals and find out where the cartridge falls below the 1500 ft lbs threshold. That's all the farther that combination will go for me. These days with the new range finders and phone apps things a lot easier. The one thing that these things cant account for is the winds in the mountains. The winds may change direction several times in 1000 yards. I do quite a bit of long range shooting at basket ball sized rocks using nothing more then what I hunt with and I believe its helped me a lot in making decisions on what shots to take or try to close in. My reloading bullet shelf is stacked wide and deep with Hornady bullets and I have always trusted them to get the job done if I do my part. My favorite is the 180 grain SST but the last couple of years been using the new ELD-X and they have performed well. As to the original post Run the numbers on a ballistic calculator and compare. Run and compare several combinations and then make a decision on what to build and make it work for you and know the limitations [/QUOTE]
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