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7mm-08 max range on elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 330076" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>BB, Thank you for the cogent reply. This will give the OP something much more to chew on and digest as opposed to real estate speculation in NY. As for "marginal LR" cartridge, I think we're getting into subjective definitions. I find it interesting how some automatically will rate a cartridge as marginal or inferior based soley on the cartridges definintion, in this case the lowly 7-08 and then turn around and add the designation of Rem Mag and we all of a sudden have gone from a 400 yd to a 1000 yd cartridge with about 400 fps jump in velocity with the same bullet. That truely amazes me. The same holds for other calibers.</p><p> </p><p>I expressed to the OP what I though my limits for a particular bullet with a particular MV at a particular elevation would be, unlike some others who just seem to randomly pick some distance out of their backside based on intuition. The OP is free to consider the info provided, then accept or reject the advice. My advice also included the caveaut of a "well placed" bullet to the boiler room which doen't offer a whole lot of resistance to an expanding guilded metal bullet in the thin skined wapiti. The well placed shot is up to the OP.</p><p> </p><p>You do have an interesting way of testing bullets. I dont really think I could draw much of a conclusion with a test like that. Nolser advertises an expanding velocity of 1800 fps for this bullet and from what I've observed with their other bullets, they seem open at advertised velocities and less. So I will stand by my original estimatiom based on the assumed data, which also accounts for energy transfer in deformation. IME, a 7mm 150 g FMJ would need a lot less than 1800 fps to penetrate the boiler room of an elk. And just to make it clear, I stressed to the OP to consider the expanding limitaitions of the bullet.</p><p> </p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 330076, member: 11717"] BB, Thank you for the cogent reply. This will give the OP something much more to chew on and digest as opposed to real estate speculation in NY. As for "marginal LR" cartridge, I think we're getting into subjective definitions. I find it interesting how some automatically will rate a cartridge as marginal or inferior based soley on the cartridges definintion, in this case the lowly 7-08 and then turn around and add the designation of Rem Mag and we all of a sudden have gone from a 400 yd to a 1000 yd cartridge with about 400 fps jump in velocity with the same bullet. That truely amazes me. The same holds for other calibers. I expressed to the OP what I though my limits for a particular bullet with a particular MV at a particular elevation would be, unlike some others who just seem to randomly pick some distance out of their backside based on intuition. The OP is free to consider the info provided, then accept or reject the advice. My advice also included the caveaut of a "well placed" bullet to the boiler room which doen't offer a whole lot of resistance to an expanding guilded metal bullet in the thin skined wapiti. The well placed shot is up to the OP. You do have an interesting way of testing bullets. I dont really think I could draw much of a conclusion with a test like that. Nolser advertises an expanding velocity of 1800 fps for this bullet and from what I've observed with their other bullets, they seem open at advertised velocities and less. So I will stand by my original estimatiom based on the assumed data, which also accounts for energy transfer in deformation. IME, a 7mm 150 g FMJ would need a lot less than 1800 fps to penetrate the boiler room of an elk. And just to make it clear, I stressed to the OP to consider the expanding limitaitions of the bullet. Mark [/QUOTE]
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