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308 Win - Long range hunting - What am I missing?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 1282518" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>You can with quite a bit of altitude. In my ballistics app, a 215 Berger @ 2600 fps will be 1701 fps (with 50 degree temp) at 1000 yards from the spot I shot my elk this past season.</p><p></p><p>If the .300 WinMag will push that same bullet 400 fps faster than the .308 and it will lose approx 1 fps second per yard, then theoretically the .300 mag will have the same terminal performance 400 yards further than the .308...and the opposite vise versa. The reason I mention that is I know guys who say they would take a 1200 yard shot at a deer with their .300 but would not take an 800 yard shot with a .308. It's just a numbers game. Think of the cartridge as the engine that provides thrust to get the bullet moving and the rifle as the launch pad...neither of which matter once the bullet is in the air.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 1282518, member: 8873"] You can with quite a bit of altitude. In my ballistics app, a 215 Berger @ 2600 fps will be 1701 fps (with 50 degree temp) at 1000 yards from the spot I shot my elk this past season. If the .300 WinMag will push that same bullet 400 fps faster than the .308 and it will lose approx 1 fps second per yard, then theoretically the .300 mag will have the same terminal performance 400 yards further than the .308...and the opposite vise versa. The reason I mention that is I know guys who say they would take a 1200 yard shot at a deer with their .300 but would not take an 800 yard shot with a .308. It's just a numbers game. Think of the cartridge as the engine that provides thrust to get the bullet moving and the rifle as the launch pad...neither of which matter once the bullet is in the air. [/QUOTE]
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