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<blockquote data-quote="cronhelm" data-source="post: 256" data-attributes="member: 98"><p>Darryl,</p><p></p><p>I realize that the standard .338 Mag is no match for your big wildcats at very long range. However it is all that I have access to so I am going to have to make do.</p><p></p><p>I would like to be able to cleanly kill game out to about 1500 to 1600 yds.</p><p></p><p>As far as the numbers go, I punched the data into my ballistics computer, right out of the loading manual, and what it gave me was:</p><p></p><p>1900yds Vely 1050fps(transonic) Energy 744 ft/lbs</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind I am at 4000 ft altitude so the air is a lot thinner up here and we can get a lot more range out of standard cartridges than can be done at sea-level. I am shooting my .243 at 1500 - 1700 yds regularily and expect to break 2000yds soon.</p><p></p><p>Anyways, my question really was do you think that 744 ft/lbs from a 300gr .338 bullet is enough to kill a deer or anything else for that matter. Keeping in mind that the Hunter-Ed book suggests 900 ft/lbs as a minimum?</p><p></p><p>From what I have read in your's and others' posts, even a slow moving bullet can cause a huge wound if it tumbles which these big MK bullets tend to do. Therefore retained energy is less important than shot placement and a big bullet.</p><p></p><p>Peter Cronhelm</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cronhelm, post: 256, member: 98"] Darryl, I realize that the standard .338 Mag is no match for your big wildcats at very long range. However it is all that I have access to so I am going to have to make do. I would like to be able to cleanly kill game out to about 1500 to 1600 yds. As far as the numbers go, I punched the data into my ballistics computer, right out of the loading manual, and what it gave me was: 1900yds Vely 1050fps(transonic) Energy 744 ft/lbs Keep in mind I am at 4000 ft altitude so the air is a lot thinner up here and we can get a lot more range out of standard cartridges than can be done at sea-level. I am shooting my .243 at 1500 - 1700 yds regularily and expect to break 2000yds soon. Anyways, my question really was do you think that 744 ft/lbs from a 300gr .338 bullet is enough to kill a deer or anything else for that matter. Keeping in mind that the Hunter-Ed book suggests 900 ft/lbs as a minimum? From what I have read in your's and others' posts, even a slow moving bullet can cause a huge wound if it tumbles which these big MK bullets tend to do. Therefore retained energy is less important than shot placement and a big bullet. Peter Cronhelm [/QUOTE]
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