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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1053032" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>If all you want is for 500 yards, possibly 700 yards, the 7mm RemMag will do everything and more, that you're asking of it. A lot of people aren't familiar with how far cartridges can affectively shoot because they might have been surrounded by over-gunned people who's views might have taught them that you need a .300 RUM to shoot 1000 yards, when in reality, even the significantly smaller (compared to a RUM caliber) 7mm RemMag will effectively shoot to 1000 yards with no problem. The .300WM is another great caliber.</p><p> </p><p>Honestly the 7mm RemMag will be more than enough to 500 and be virtually flat shooting out to 300 yards, with a 25 yard zero. Sounds stupid to have a 25 yard zero, but an engineering buddy of mine did some thinking one day and tried it, and it worked with his 243. I crunched the numbers with my 7mm RemMag, and with a 25 yard zero, I am shooting 3.8" high at 150 (which is still easily within the vitals of anything coyote-sized or larger), and it only drops 0.3" at 300 yards. That's about at flat as you can get. At your max yardage of 500, it only drops 23.2"....Which is only 4.4 MOA, or 1.3 Mils.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1053032, member: 12995"] If all you want is for 500 yards, possibly 700 yards, the 7mm RemMag will do everything and more, that you're asking of it. A lot of people aren't familiar with how far cartridges can affectively shoot because they might have been surrounded by over-gunned people who's views might have taught them that you need a .300 RUM to shoot 1000 yards, when in reality, even the significantly smaller (compared to a RUM caliber) 7mm RemMag will effectively shoot to 1000 yards with no problem. The .300WM is another great caliber. Honestly the 7mm RemMag will be more than enough to 500 and be virtually flat shooting out to 300 yards, with a 25 yard zero. Sounds stupid to have a 25 yard zero, but an engineering buddy of mine did some thinking one day and tried it, and it worked with his 243. I crunched the numbers with my 7mm RemMag, and with a 25 yard zero, I am shooting 3.8" high at 150 (which is still easily within the vitals of anything coyote-sized or larger), and it only drops 0.3" at 300 yards. That's about at flat as you can get. At your max yardage of 500, it only drops 23.2"....Which is only 4.4 MOA, or 1.3 Mils. [/QUOTE]
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