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<blockquote data-quote="devildoc" data-source="post: 177786" data-attributes="member: 5615"><p>First of all I think the guy that told Deepwater about the supposed long range Elk kill was completely FOS. The ultramags most definately do not put out bullets at "three times" the velocity of a winmag. And the way a bullet works at 1000+yds is pretty much the same way it works at 10ft. And accepting that the guy said those things would lead me to believe that he doesn't know what he's talking about, and probably made no such shot. Just another one of those "300yd, off hand, running shots". Guys that have that poor of a comprehension level about basic physics and ballistics are just darn unlikely to have the skill and knowledge to make a serious long range shot like that. Heck I have the knowledge and I don't think I can make that shot.....yet. </p><p></p><p>As for the ethical thing, I think Len has been pretty clear that the ethics discussion is off limits here. If you want to discuss the ethics aspect I think there was a thread on the missouri hunting forums fairly recently that you can jump into. </p><p></p><p>But it has always amazed me that some yokel thinks that shooting a deer from a tree stand at 100yds is "hunting, and sporting", but glassing em' at 500-1000yds and having the skill to make a one shot kill is somehow cheating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="devildoc, post: 177786, member: 5615"] First of all I think the guy that told Deepwater about the supposed long range Elk kill was completely FOS. The ultramags most definately do not put out bullets at "three times" the velocity of a winmag. And the way a bullet works at 1000+yds is pretty much the same way it works at 10ft. And accepting that the guy said those things would lead me to believe that he doesn't know what he's talking about, and probably made no such shot. Just another one of those "300yd, off hand, running shots". Guys that have that poor of a comprehension level about basic physics and ballistics are just darn unlikely to have the skill and knowledge to make a serious long range shot like that. Heck I have the knowledge and I don't think I can make that shot.....yet. As for the ethical thing, I think Len has been pretty clear that the ethics discussion is off limits here. If you want to discuss the ethics aspect I think there was a thread on the missouri hunting forums fairly recently that you can jump into. But it has always amazed me that some yokel thinks that shooting a deer from a tree stand at 100yds is "hunting, and sporting", but glassing em' at 500-1000yds and having the skill to make a one shot kill is somehow cheating. [/QUOTE]
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