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Is a super magnum really needed????
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<blockquote data-quote="Chawlston" data-source="post: 138433"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>As some of you know i started a post in another section about the .308 warbird. And i have been browsing magazines and internet articles, and some of those say the super magnums are not needed. like for example i want a gun that con consistantly hit silhouette targets at ranges of 500 to 600 yards. i can hit them with my .270 and 30-.06 but the drop is pretty bad at those ranges. Are there smaller cartridges such as the 6mm-06 that will perform just as good at long distances? </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>This is a fairly broad subject. Different hunting areas and styles dictate the use of more or less power to get the job done. I for one don't just want to hit the Silhouette targets, I want to bowl them over like bowling pins.</p><p></p><p>I have several hunting areas and have them all set up for longer range shooting. Specifically, 400 to 978 yards. I do this to keep the animals away from me to minimize the effect of scent when the wind is blowing from several directions while I am hunting. My shooting lanes are all planted foodplots and they are long, but, they are narrow. About 25 feet wide. So, I want a hammer that will be lights out without any of them leaving the food plots. On the chance that I would get a bad shot, at least I will know if they were hit.</p><p></p><p>If you have ever seen a deer get hit by a bullet from one of the cartridges like a 338 Lapua, you would understand why it is one of the popular ones for LR hunting. Finally, no one wants to shoot an animal and then have to spend all day tracking it and looking for it. All that scent in the area ruins it for the next day. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif</p><p></p><p>James</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chawlston, post: 138433"] [ QUOTE ] As some of you know i started a post in another section about the .308 warbird. And i have been browsing magazines and internet articles, and some of those say the super magnums are not needed. like for example i want a gun that con consistantly hit silhouette targets at ranges of 500 to 600 yards. i can hit them with my .270 and 30-.06 but the drop is pretty bad at those ranges. Are there smaller cartridges such as the 6mm-06 that will perform just as good at long distances? [/ QUOTE ] This is a fairly broad subject. Different hunting areas and styles dictate the use of more or less power to get the job done. I for one don't just want to hit the Silhouette targets, I want to bowl them over like bowling pins. I have several hunting areas and have them all set up for longer range shooting. Specifically, 400 to 978 yards. I do this to keep the animals away from me to minimize the effect of scent when the wind is blowing from several directions while I am hunting. My shooting lanes are all planted foodplots and they are long, but, they are narrow. About 25 feet wide. So, I want a hammer that will be lights out without any of them leaving the food plots. On the chance that I would get a bad shot, at least I will know if they were hit. If you have ever seen a deer get hit by a bullet from one of the cartridges like a 338 Lapua, you would understand why it is one of the popular ones for LR hunting. Finally, no one wants to shoot an animal and then have to spend all day tracking it and looking for it. All that scent in the area ruins it for the next day. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] James [/QUOTE]
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