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A Baffling Buffet of Bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="30-GT" data-source="post: 3033978" data-attributes="member: 128976"><p>I wouldn't say that I'm hell bent but I'll give a little back story of why I have chosen a 7mm08 and my wanting to use a copper mono at 400yards. In 2012 I bought some land in the middle of nowhere. When my kids started hunting I was looking for a caliber they could handle at 10yrs old for WT and such but could potentially hunt elk with later in life if they wanted. The 7mm08 seemed to a good choice. If we are out at the ranch it's a 4hr round trip to get some bullets if you forget to bring any. So I bought them the same caliber and now one for me. Shot Hornady SST's for a long time. Then one day watching a Steven Rinella show where they cooked a deer heart. I decided to try it. But those SST's sling lead everywhere. Not particularly interested in eating any lead so I changed over to the GMX's. They work good 200yrd or so, our stand setups are 100 to 150 yards. I put up a new stand and started seeing deer out to 600yards at that spot. I'm not going to shoot that far. If I see them I will easily be able to get out of the stand and close the distance somewhere between 200 and 400yrds. The things we do for a deer!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="30-GT, post: 3033978, member: 128976"] I wouldn't say that I'm hell bent but I'll give a little back story of why I have chosen a 7mm08 and my wanting to use a copper mono at 400yards. In 2012 I bought some land in the middle of nowhere. When my kids started hunting I was looking for a caliber they could handle at 10yrs old for WT and such but could potentially hunt elk with later in life if they wanted. The 7mm08 seemed to a good choice. If we are out at the ranch it's a 4hr round trip to get some bullets if you forget to bring any. So I bought them the same caliber and now one for me. Shot Hornady SST's for a long time. Then one day watching a Steven Rinella show where they cooked a deer heart. I decided to try it. But those SST's sling lead everywhere. Not particularly interested in eating any lead so I changed over to the GMX's. They work good 200yrd or so, our stand setups are 100 to 150 yards. I put up a new stand and started seeing deer out to 600yards at that spot. I'm not going to shoot that far. If I see them I will easily be able to get out of the stand and close the distance somewhere between 200 and 400yrds. The things we do for a deer! [/QUOTE]
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