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Bone to pick with new rifle owners - 100 yards out of the box
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<blockquote data-quote="RowdyB" data-source="post: 2925951" data-attributes="member: 126256"><p>In 2013 I was able to go on a dream elk hunt in NM. I shot close to 300 rounds through load development and practice. In WV, shots at deer are generally inside 100 yards. I didn't own a chrono then and had no place to shoot beyond 100 yards. We went to the Whittington Center and despite the book velocity being different than actual velocity, I had my rifle zeroed at 200 and my drop figured so that I was hitting dead on at 400 within 7-8 shots. Not being too stupid, I self imposed a 300 yard prone limit on my potential shots at elk. </p><p></p><p>The other hunter in camp showed up with a new 700 CDL in 7Mag with a high dollar Leupold that had never been fired and one box of I believe 175 grain shells!!! After 15 "practice" shots, the outfitter took the gun and got it on at 100 yards. The rest of the day was spent driving all over the place trying to find more shells. Fortunately, he was able to take an elk with one good shot at about 70 yards with a rest. </p><p></p><p>There were a number of family and medical factors that contributed to the above situation. I am glad that story had a happy ending because he was a heck of a nice guy and that was probably the last hunt he was ever able to take.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RowdyB, post: 2925951, member: 126256"] In 2013 I was able to go on a dream elk hunt in NM. I shot close to 300 rounds through load development and practice. In WV, shots at deer are generally inside 100 yards. I didn’t own a chrono then and had no place to shoot beyond 100 yards. We went to the Whittington Center and despite the book velocity being different than actual velocity, I had my rifle zeroed at 200 and my drop figured so that I was hitting dead on at 400 within 7-8 shots. Not being too stupid, I self imposed a 300 yard prone limit on my potential shots at elk. The other hunter in camp showed up with a new 700 CDL in 7Mag with a high dollar Leupold that had never been fired and one box of I believe 175 grain shells!!! After 15 “practice” shots, the outfitter took the gun and got it on at 100 yards. The rest of the day was spent driving all over the place trying to find more shells. Fortunately, he was able to take an elk with one good shot at about 70 yards with a rest. There were a number of family and medical factors that contributed to the above situation. I am glad that story had a happy ending because he was a heck of a nice guy and that was probably the last hunt he was ever able to take. [/QUOTE]
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