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Anyone using light monos in a 300 RUM?
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<blockquote data-quote="Quintus" data-source="post: 1867099" data-attributes="member: 67552"><p>I hunted in the early 90s out in VA on private land around Iron Gate and Goshen and the back side of the George Washington forest. We had a few places out there where 600 yards was a possibility. Back then you got 3 deer, 3 turkeys, and a bear tag for 12$ as a resident. We would wait for our bears from the far side of the corn field in the evenings as they came off the ridge and crossed the Cow Pasture river. Back then they thought we were irresponsible for setting up for a 400 yard shot. Funny how times change. My first bear was out there at that distance with a 165 grain Sierra Gameking loaded by a buddy at an estimated 3300FPS. I was shooting a new 700 Classic in 300Wby. It was still too much velocity at 400 for that bullet and it flipped a 280 pound bear and made a mess. He barely made any effort to get back up and was out in 20 seconds so I guess it worked, but it was Partitions after that from a .243.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quintus, post: 1867099, member: 67552"] I hunted in the early 90s out in VA on private land around Iron Gate and Goshen and the back side of the George Washington forest. We had a few places out there where 600 yards was a possibility. Back then you got 3 deer, 3 turkeys, and a bear tag for 12$ as a resident. We would wait for our bears from the far side of the corn field in the evenings as they came off the ridge and crossed the Cow Pasture river. Back then they thought we were irresponsible for setting up for a 400 yard shot. Funny how times change. My first bear was out there at that distance with a 165 grain Sierra Gameking loaded by a buddy at an estimated 3300FPS. I was shooting a new 700 Classic in 300Wby. It was still too much velocity at 400 for that bullet and it flipped a 280 pound bear and made a mess. He barely made any effort to get back up and was out in 20 seconds so I guess it worked, but it was Partitions after that from a .243. [/QUOTE]
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