800 yard rifle

[Rum Man]

Take a deep breath...relax and get to shooting that 300 win. !
Save all your money for powder , bullets ext and PRACTICE, PRACTICE , PRACTICE and then do it more .

All the bells and Whistles out there wont do you any good if you cant shoot .

Get behind that Rifle and get to work . This long range shooting is a Blast but you have to be dedicated!

Best of Luck to you !

Rum Man

 

[teesquare]

I practice at 1000 yards - regularly. Because I only want to have to shoot an Elk at a max. distance of 500 yards. If I can't stalk in to 500 yards - it just was not meant to be.

 

[284wins]

Im a 7mm rem mag fan, less kick and aa effetive on game. Work load with 160gr or 175gr bullet and nothing will stay up after the shot.

Im practicing in f-class with my 308 up to 600yds and feel confident up to that distance. The key is practicing under any condition.

300win is a good option to, just like more the 7mm round.

 

[Rum Man]

After reading your post twice I see you dont have time to reload ...looks like to me that's the first change I would make !

That 300 win 215 gr berger and H-1000 seems to be the Cats Meow for the caliber and for hunting deer /Elk .

As stated above the Scope would be a great purchase!
I took my Last Elk at 1244 yards using Burris Xtr 5 x 25 x50 and for a price around $700.00 it's a great Scope !

Rum Man

 

[Chas1]

Go with the 300wm. If it were me, I would spend the money there. Bedding, scope, trigger. You can make large strides with what you have

+1 300WM is more than enough. Have some fun and improve the one you already have.

 

[TBell]

If you can't shoot past 500yds with confidence then don't shoot at game past that.

I think that is what he said.

 

[Ol' Red]

I don't want to just repeat what has already been said, but .300 WM will serve you well. Tweek yours and spend all the time you can at the range. I would also find the time to learn to reload.

 

[Capt RB]

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[1pocket]

my grandfather taught me to hunt in the 1950's and always told me if what i was aiming at exceeded 200-300 yards in distance i was not stalking properly. he spent a lot of time hunting in africa where he said most shots were '''well''' under 200 yards and in many cases for really large dangerous animals under 50 yards.

since i learned to hunt i seldom ever shoot anything at a distance longer than 200-250 yards. if what i want is 400 yards or longer i will work to get closer rather than take a shot.

 

[Hoppsing55]

Ditto on what Rum Man said above. Practice, and dedication is the key. The 300 win mag is a great cartridge, and will do everything you are asking of it. The Ballistics of shooting are pretty well defined. X velocity - specific BC bullet - in a know environment, will travel a well known path. Learn to read the wind and you will be accuratley shooting at distances you never thought possible. Good luck!

 

[FEENIX]

After reading your post twice I see you dont have time to reload ...looks like to me that's the first change I would make !

That 300 win 215 gr berger and H-1000 seems to be the Cats Meow for the caliber and for hunting deer /Elk .

As stated above the Scope would be a great purchase!
I took my Last Elk at 1244 yards using Burris Xtr 5 x 25 x50 and for a price around $700.00 it's a great Scope !

Rum Man

Perhaps I am wrong, but I took it that he does handload but wants factory ammo availability options.

Sure I could step up to the 338 calibers but sticking with 300 WM I already have components to load and if I need factory ammo it's relatively available.

I agree; loading the .300 WM with 215 Berger is golden. However, the OP lives in the golden state (sorry, @KSB) unless he hunts where lead bullets are allowed.

 

[highfinblue]

my grandfather taught me to hunt in the 1950's and always told me if what i was aiming at exceeded 200-300 yards in distance i was not stalking properly. he spent a lot of time hunting in africa where he said most shots were '''well''' under 200 yards and in many cases for really large dangerous animals under 50 yards.

since i learned to hunt i seldom ever shoot anything at a distance longer than 200-250 yards. if what i want is 400 yards or longer i will work to get closer rather than take a shot.

that's workable in most cases, but where I elk hunt the oak brush is so thick you would rarely if ever kill a bull trying to sneak on them as you can barely see ten yards in most places, but you can set on one side of a canyon and shoot across, 500 to 1000 yards and kill a bull most years

 

[stevencraig]

Drop 300win mag, build 300 wby and you will never pick the win mag up again

 

[FEENIX]

my grandfather taught me to hunt in the 1950's and always told me if what i was aiming at exceeded 200-300 yards in distance i was not stalking properly. he spent a lot of time hunting in africa where he said most shots were '''well''' under 200 yards and in many cases for really large dangerous animals under 50 yards.

since i learned to hunt i seldom ever shoot anything at a distance longer than 200-250 yards. if what i want is 400 yards or longer i will work to get closer rather than take a shot.

Good on you! However, let us not forget why @Len Backus started LRH in the first place.