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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote_Hunter" data-source="post: 1807241" data-attributes="member: 110773"><p>Don A Parsons -</p><p></p><p>Good post! People often get wrapped up chasing the latest and greatest (whatever that is) and forget about the practical side of things.</p><p></p><p>This forum is dedicated to long range hunting but what is 'long range'? In 38 years of hunting my longest shot on edibles has been 487 yards. The vast majority of hunting shots are under 300. a range many consider 'long'. A .308 would have sufficed for that 487 yard shot, a cow elk standing broadside.</p><p></p><p>There was a time when I considered 500 yards a very long shot. Nowadays my favorite targets are clay pigeons on the 600 yard berm. While I don't hit them every time, I hit them often enough to keep me interested and have had hot rates of 80% with my custom, heavy barrel 6.5-06AI and 40% with my factory sporters. For a lot of reasons, my .257 Roberts is my favorite rifle - including light recoil, accuracy, and ease and economy of reloading. As I get older I appreciate light kickers more and more. A couple of years ago I picked up a .243 Win and more recently a 6.5CM for the same. Both will do almost everything I need doing.</p><p></p><p>A lot of other options are in the safe, including a variety of centerfire bolts, levers, handguns and rimfires of various types. Some of the most fun I have is with the rimfires - low recoil, cheap to shoot and just as challenging with the right targets at the right range.</p><p></p><p>My reloading room houses literally thousands of dollars worth of bullets, powder and primer as I reload for 17 rifle and 7 pistol cartridges. My favorite cartridge to reload? The .308 Win.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote_Hunter, post: 1807241, member: 110773"] Don A Parsons - Good post! People often get wrapped up chasing the latest and greatest (whatever that is) and forget about the practical side of things. This forum is dedicated to long range hunting but what is 'long range'? In 38 years of hunting my longest shot on edibles has been 487 yards. The vast majority of hunting shots are under 300. a range many consider 'long'. A .308 would have sufficed for that 487 yard shot, a cow elk standing broadside. There was a time when I considered 500 yards a very long shot. Nowadays my favorite targets are clay pigeons on the 600 yard berm. While I don't hit them every time, I hit them often enough to keep me interested and have had hot rates of 80% with my custom, heavy barrel 6.5-06AI and 40% with my factory sporters. For a lot of reasons, my .257 Roberts is my favorite rifle - including light recoil, accuracy, and ease and economy of reloading. As I get older I appreciate light kickers more and more. A couple of years ago I picked up a .243 Win and more recently a 6.5CM for the same. Both will do almost everything I need doing. A lot of other options are in the safe, including a variety of centerfire bolts, levers, handguns and rimfires of various types. Some of the most fun I have is with the rimfires - low recoil, cheap to shoot and just as challenging with the right targets at the right range. My reloading room houses literally thousands of dollars worth of bullets, powder and primer as I reload for 17 rifle and 7 pistol cartridges. My favorite cartridge to reload? The .308 Win. [/QUOTE]
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