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.308 long range capability
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<blockquote data-quote="groper" data-source="post: 403677" data-attributes="member: 12550"><p>based on what ive shot at the range and in the field, 800m is about right for an effective range. Beyond this, the 308win can still kill for sure, but the ability to make first shot accurate kills starts to diminish rapidly. Windage adjustments become extreme and the retained energy is low past 800m. </p><p></p><p>Personally, i would not try to engage an animal past 800m with my 308. I have already tried an 850yd shot on a feral pig but i missed, i still to this day cannot work out what i did wrong with that shot, my best guess is that the velocity of that particular round was below what it should have been perhaps due to a reloading mistake as i spotted the impact on the ground directly in front of him.</p><p></p><p>My goal for my 308 is make a clean kill @ 800. Beyond this, ill be using my bigger rifles.</p><p>Hope that helps?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="groper, post: 403677, member: 12550"] based on what ive shot at the range and in the field, 800m is about right for an effective range. Beyond this, the 308win can still kill for sure, but the ability to make first shot accurate kills starts to diminish rapidly. Windage adjustments become extreme and the retained energy is low past 800m. Personally, i would not try to engage an animal past 800m with my 308. I have already tried an 850yd shot on a feral pig but i missed, i still to this day cannot work out what i did wrong with that shot, my best guess is that the velocity of that particular round was below what it should have been perhaps due to a reloading mistake as i spotted the impact on the ground directly in front of him. My goal for my 308 is make a clean kill @ 800. Beyond this, ill be using my bigger rifles. Hope that helps? [/QUOTE]
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