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<blockquote data-quote="richhymas" data-source="post: 2451421" data-attributes="member: 43504">You have good logic. I shoot a 300 WSM with a 180 Scirocco. Bullet will expand well out to 825 yards but I limit myself to 600 yards for several reasons. Thst bullet has poor BC and therefore significantly more wind drift than other LR bullets. My wind call is not good enough across canyons etc here in Idaho. I also feel like a lot can go wrong beyond 600 that doesn&#039;t happen inside 600 for me. Partially because I shoot 600 yard benchrest regularly so it is a distance I am very comfortable with. It also becomes much more difficult to spot a hit vs miss and to follow wounded game and locate them once they expire as you get further away. Finally, elevation difference of 1000-2000 feet are negligible out to 600 yards but become more apparent beyond 600. To be clear, others with more experience out to 1000 yards are competent at those differences, but unless you practice a lot in different locations and situations you won&#039;t know your limits. The most dangerous shooters are those that don&#039;t know what they don&#039;t know.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="richhymas, post: 2451421, member: 43504"] You have good logic. I shoot a 300 WSM with a 180 Scirocco. Bullet will expand well out to 825 yards but I limit myself to 600 yards for several reasons. Thst bullet has poor BC and therefore significantly more wind drift than other LR bullets. My wind call is not good enough across canyons etc here in Idaho. I also feel like a lot can go wrong beyond 600 that doesn’t happen inside 600 for me. Partially because I shoot 600 yard benchrest regularly so it is a distance I am very comfortable with. It also becomes much more difficult to spot a hit vs miss and to follow wounded game and locate them once they expire as you get further away. Finally, elevation difference of 1000-2000 feet are negligible out to 600 yards but become more apparent beyond 600. To be clear, others with more experience out to 1000 yards are competent at those differences, but unless you practice a lot in different locations and situations you won’t know your limits. The most dangerous shooters are those that don’t know what they don’t know. [/QUOTE]

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