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<blockquote data-quote="Tac-O" data-source="post: 1994409" data-attributes="member: 109994"><p>My rifle hunt was a success! I was able to get my zero established for 200 yards at 9k elevation. I practiced sitting with my pack as a rest, trekking poles as a rest, off hand, and various other positions. I was pretty confident with shooting to 450 if there was very little wind and I could lay prone. </p><p></p><p>I was about to get into prone position on a very nice bull at 300 when a couple younger bulls ran through and the larger one took off. So I looked to see if I could find the younger ones and sure enough, one stopped between some pines at about 110 quartering away, so I let him have it off hand. He was a much better size for packing out from 10,800 feet!</p><p></p><p>I shot a .30-06 180gr Speer hot cor, loaded to 2850fps. So at 100yd, impact speed would have been 2700fps. It hit a rib on entry, and I hit him slightly farther back than I wanted. I think the bullet expanded quickly from the rib, and the front end of it must have destroyed the lungs and possibly the heart too. I couldn't inspect because it clipped the stomach and I didn't want to open that up. I found the base of the bullet still intact with lead just under the skin on the opposite side near the shoulder. He dropped within 50 yards!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tac-O, post: 1994409, member: 109994"] My rifle hunt was a success! I was able to get my zero established for 200 yards at 9k elevation. I practiced sitting with my pack as a rest, trekking poles as a rest, off hand, and various other positions. I was pretty confident with shooting to 450 if there was very little wind and I could lay prone. I was about to get into prone position on a very nice bull at 300 when a couple younger bulls ran through and the larger one took off. So I looked to see if I could find the younger ones and sure enough, one stopped between some pines at about 110 quartering away, so I let him have it off hand. He was a much better size for packing out from 10,800 feet! I shot a .30-06 180gr Speer hot cor, loaded to 2850fps. So at 100yd, impact speed would have been 2700fps. It hit a rib on entry, and I hit him slightly farther back than I wanted. I think the bullet expanded quickly from the rib, and the front end of it must have destroyed the lungs and possibly the heart too. I couldn't inspect because it clipped the stomach and I didn't want to open that up. I found the base of the bullet still intact with lead just under the skin on the opposite side near the shoulder. He dropped within 50 yards! [/QUOTE]
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