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The Basics, Starting Out
1000yd range-7mm vs. 338 Lapua
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<blockquote data-quote="Paladin300" data-source="post: 2136644" data-attributes="member: 115299"><p>Quiet frankly if you are going to hunt to a grand with it a 7mm would not be my choice, even the mighty 28 nosler, though it would certainly do the trick and get there in a hurry.</p><p></p><p>To shoot an elk or larger game at a grand you need two things to happen ethically speaking IMHO. First the bullet needs to arrive on target as close to a second as possible (you can be the best shot in the world and that animal in that amount of time can move the length of his entire body or more.). Second you need enough energy on impact to cause massive fatal instantaneous trauma to vital organs and in the event of a miss hap have the ability to break through bone (that is just my opinion). That said there are only a hand full of cartridges capable of being considered true 1000 yard hunters (300 RUM, 30-378 wby, 300 Norma & [Improved], 338 RUM, 338 Edge, 338 Lapua & [Improved], 338-378 wby, there are probably a few others but these are what come to mind).</p><p></p><p>As far as shooting steel to a thousand if you have good fundamentals you can do it with just about any thing 6mm and up. If you want to do it consistently with authority and buck the wind start with something along the line of a 6.5x284 Norma or larger. Most 7mms will do it and the big 30s and 338s will get you closer to 2000.</p><p></p><p>All that being said, if the choice to do both where 7mm or 338 I would go 338! However, if you do not intend to go beyond a grand for either I would consider something along the lines of a 300 RUM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paladin300, post: 2136644, member: 115299"] Quiet frankly if you are going to hunt to a grand with it a 7mm would not be my choice, even the mighty 28 nosler, though it would certainly do the trick and get there in a hurry. To shoot an elk or larger game at a grand you need two things to happen ethically speaking IMHO. First the bullet needs to arrive on target as close to a second as possible (you can be the best shot in the world and that animal in that amount of time can move the length of his entire body or more.). Second you need enough energy on impact to cause massive fatal instantaneous trauma to vital organs and in the event of a miss hap have the ability to break through bone (that is just my opinion). That said there are only a hand full of cartridges capable of being considered true 1000 yard hunters (300 RUM, 30-378 wby, 300 Norma & [Improved], 338 RUM, 338 Edge, 338 Lapua & [Improved], 338-378 wby, there are probably a few others but these are what come to mind). As far as shooting steel to a thousand if you have good fundamentals you can do it with just about any thing 6mm and up. If you want to do it consistently with authority and buck the wind start with something along the line of a 6.5x284 Norma or larger. Most 7mms will do it and the big 30s and 338s will get you closer to 2000. All that being said, if the choice to do both where 7mm or 338 I would go 338! However, if you do not intend to go beyond a grand for either I would consider something along the lines of a 300 RUM. [/QUOTE]
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