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Best caliber for deer out to 800 yards
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<blockquote data-quote="Varmint Hunter" data-source="post: 753365" data-attributes="member: 313"><p>Any 7 mag with a 180 VLD should work fine. Any .308 mag with most 180-210 bullets should work fine too.</p><p></p><p>Some smaller calibers would work with good shot placement but it's always nice to have a little extra horsepower when shot placement isn't perfect.</p><p></p><p>A custom rifle isn't "necessary" but an accurate rifle is. You can only know how your rifle/ammo shoots at distance by actually shooting at that distance. A rifle that shoots 1.5" @ 100 yards will almost always shoot groups more than 8X larger or more than 12" @ 800 yards despite what the math tells you. (1.5" X 8 = 12")</p><p></p><p>Barnes bullets probably need 2,000 ft/sec on impact to expand reliably. What would the impact velocity be from your 165gr Barnes at 800 yds?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varmint Hunter, post: 753365, member: 313"] Any 7 mag with a 180 VLD should work fine. Any .308 mag with most 180-210 bullets should work fine too. Some smaller calibers would work with good shot placement but it's always nice to have a little extra horsepower when shot placement isn't perfect. A custom rifle isn't "necessary" but an accurate rifle is. You can only know how your rifle/ammo shoots at distance by actually shooting at that distance. A rifle that shoots 1.5" @ 100 yards will almost always shoot groups more than 8X larger or more than 12" @ 800 yards despite what the math tells you. (1.5" X 8 = 12") Barnes bullets probably need 2,000 ft/sec on impact to expand reliably. What would the impact velocity be from your 165gr Barnes at 800 yds? [/QUOTE]
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