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Can light weight and long range go together?
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<blockquote data-quote="ducky" data-source="post: 1161062" data-attributes="member: 94420"><p>Thanks for the reply and information, and to answer your question 600 yards is my benchmark for now. This .243 Win is strictly for medium sized game deer and pronghorn probably being the largest animals I'll attempt with it. There is a long story and why I'm attempting a foray into longer range hunting.</p><p></p><p>On Sep 29 of last year I had an accident which will probably change the way I hunt for the rest of my life. I was working on my house and fell off a ladder shattering my ankle. Pictures work best to explain the story so here they are. Here is what my leg looked like in my emergency room x-ray.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/taylorce1/Mobile%20Uploads/1443786616.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Well to keep my leg from shrinking up I needed what they call an external fixator, the first one only had four pins.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/taylorce1/Mobile%20Uploads/1443774320.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>After the swelling went down I got some hardware installed internally, and had 13 pins externally. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/taylorce1/Mobile%20Uploads/1445035592.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>On the 17th of December I finally had all the pins removed and got some new hardware internally again, and my ankle was locked down. So my fused ankle has no more up and down movement though it'll still rock side to side. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/taylorce1/Mobile%20Uploads/FullSizeRender_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Though I'll walk again without a cane or crutches eventually, I probably won't be able to cover the same terrain I used to be able to to get to game. That's why I think I'll need to learn to shoot and be confident at longer ranges than my norm. I figured the .243 would be pretty easy for both me and my daughter to learn to shoot at longer ranges. </p><p></p><p>I went .243 the first time with the Savage because I already reloaded for it. I figured since I had pretty good success with it I'd stick with it again though I could be persuaded to switch cases to the 6mm Creedmoor. In the Savage I was able to load and feed from the DBM at around 2.85" with both the Berger VLD and DTAC bullets. Though both bullets liked to be seated much deeper than that, and managed to group 1.5" or less at 300 yards. </p><p></p><p>I never took the rifle past 600 yards, and all the steel plates were at known ranges. I'm hoping I can expand on what I learned the first time and start applying it to more hunting situations. I figure I'll be using the rifle on deer, pronghorn, and smaller varmints, so I should have plenty of power for what I need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ducky, post: 1161062, member: 94420"] Thanks for the reply and information, and to answer your question 600 yards is my benchmark for now. This .243 Win is strictly for medium sized game deer and pronghorn probably being the largest animals I'll attempt with it. There is a long story and why I'm attempting a foray into longer range hunting. On Sep 29 of last year I had an accident which will probably change the way I hunt for the rest of my life. I was working on my house and fell off a ladder shattering my ankle. Pictures work best to explain the story so here they are. Here is what my leg looked like in my emergency room x-ray. [IMG]http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/taylorce1/Mobile%20Uploads/1443786616.jpg[/IMG] Well to keep my leg from shrinking up I needed what they call an external fixator, the first one only had four pins. [IMG]http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/taylorce1/Mobile%20Uploads/1443774320.jpg[/IMG] After the swelling went down I got some hardware installed internally, and had 13 pins externally. [IMG]http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/taylorce1/Mobile%20Uploads/1445035592.jpg[/IMG] On the 17th of December I finally had all the pins removed and got some new hardware internally again, and my ankle was locked down. So my fused ankle has no more up and down movement though it'll still rock side to side. [IMG]http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r155/taylorce1/Mobile%20Uploads/FullSizeRender_1.jpg[/IMG] Though I'll walk again without a cane or crutches eventually, I probably won't be able to cover the same terrain I used to be able to to get to game. That's why I think I'll need to learn to shoot and be confident at longer ranges than my norm. I figured the .243 would be pretty easy for both me and my daughter to learn to shoot at longer ranges. I went .243 the first time with the Savage because I already reloaded for it. I figured since I had pretty good success with it I'd stick with it again though I could be persuaded to switch cases to the 6mm Creedmoor. In the Savage I was able to load and feed from the DBM at around 2.85" with both the Berger VLD and DTAC bullets. Though both bullets liked to be seated much deeper than that, and managed to group 1.5" or less at 300 yards. I never took the rifle past 600 yards, and all the steel plates were at known ranges. I'm hoping I can expand on what I learned the first time and start applying it to more hunting situations. I figure I'll be using the rifle on deer, pronghorn, and smaller varmints, so I should have plenty of power for what I need. [/QUOTE]
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