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<blockquote data-quote="Darryl Cassel" data-source="post: 29169" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>SS</p><p></p><p>The main killing ability of any bullet is the energy left no matter what the range.</p><p></p><p>Couple that with the surprise of the hit on the animal and bullet placement and you have a deadly combination.</p><p>That animal at longrange is in a relaxed state when it gets hit by the long and extreme longrange hunter. It NEVER hears the shot as it would if you were up close and the adrenalin never kicks in. It never hears the roar of the muzzle blast that scares the hell out of it when getting hit at close range.</p><p>We all have seen a deer get up or try and get up and run after getting hit. That just don't happen to the longrange hunter very often.</p><p>The animal will just take the full energy of the bullet and normally just lay down.</p><p>Have seen this happen 99% of the time, especially on elk. </p><p></p><p>We try to keep at least 1200 to 1400 FPS and 900 to 1000 foot pounds of energy left as our max range.</p><p>For my 338/416 Rigby IMP thats a max range of 2300 yards at the speed I'm now running it..</p><p></p><p>It really don't take much to kill a deer or elk especially if the bullet placement is where it should be.</p><p></p><p>Later</p><p>DC <img src="http://images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryl Cassel, post: 29169, member: 34"] SS The main killing ability of any bullet is the energy left no matter what the range. Couple that with the surprise of the hit on the animal and bullet placement and you have a deadly combination. That animal at longrange is in a relaxed state when it gets hit by the long and extreme longrange hunter. It NEVER hears the shot as it would if you were up close and the adrenalin never kicks in. It never hears the roar of the muzzle blast that scares the hell out of it when getting hit at close range. We all have seen a deer get up or try and get up and run after getting hit. That just don't happen to the longrange hunter very often. The animal will just take the full energy of the bullet and normally just lay down. Have seen this happen 99% of the time, especially on elk. We try to keep at least 1200 to 1400 FPS and 900 to 1000 foot pounds of energy left as our max range. For my 338/416 Rigby IMP thats a max range of 2300 yards at the speed I'm now running it.. It really don't take much to kill a deer or elk especially if the bullet placement is where it should be. Later DC [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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