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Best Cartridge for out to 500 yds???
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 317824" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>You need two rifles because bench rest and hunting require two completely different rifles. Benchrest is a heavy rifle with long barrel life for repeated shots. Hunting is a light rifle with best big game performance. Of the ones you mentioned I like the 308 because of repeated shooting at the bench but it would be a poor choice for long range big game hunting because of the very low velocity with quality big game bullets. The 7mm rem mag is a good choice but then it would not be the best at either the bench or LR hunting. In a light hunting rifle it kicks to hard for repeated bench work and barrel life suffers with repeated shots at the bench. Good accurate LR hunter for up to caribou size critters though. 7mm ultramag is not a consideration at all. Good long range hunter though but horrific barrel life.</p><p></p><p>I would get a 308 for the bench and a 257 weatherby for big game out to 500 yards. </p><p></p><p>My MK 5 257 wby with a 26" barrel groups a 100 grain barnes TSX at 3765 fps into 1" groups at 400 yards. Shots out to 500 yards are basically point blank shooting and trivial. Last week my son shot a nice pronghorn at 512 yards through both front shoulders and I don't think the bullet slowed down that much. I shot a cow elk through both shoulders with it at a 1/4 mile and the bullet kept going somewhere leaving a devastated front of an elk. </p><p></p><p>This rifle has a 430 yard zero and is 7 inches low at 500. I think it peaks out at around 6" high around 300 yards. This rifle has very little recoil, will destroy game out to 500 yards, and shoot incredibly flat to make 500 yard shots trivial.</p><p></p><p>You can shoot a 300 ultramag with a 130 barnes tsx at 3900 fps and even get better at 500 yards but all that powder, noise and recoil are not needed in a short range 500 yard rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 317824, member: 505"] You need two rifles because bench rest and hunting require two completely different rifles. Benchrest is a heavy rifle with long barrel life for repeated shots. Hunting is a light rifle with best big game performance. Of the ones you mentioned I like the 308 because of repeated shooting at the bench but it would be a poor choice for long range big game hunting because of the very low velocity with quality big game bullets. The 7mm rem mag is a good choice but then it would not be the best at either the bench or LR hunting. In a light hunting rifle it kicks to hard for repeated bench work and barrel life suffers with repeated shots at the bench. Good accurate LR hunter for up to caribou size critters though. 7mm ultramag is not a consideration at all. Good long range hunter though but horrific barrel life. I would get a 308 for the bench and a 257 weatherby for big game out to 500 yards. My MK 5 257 wby with a 26" barrel groups a 100 grain barnes TSX at 3765 fps into 1" groups at 400 yards. Shots out to 500 yards are basically point blank shooting and trivial. Last week my son shot a nice pronghorn at 512 yards through both front shoulders and I don't think the bullet slowed down that much. I shot a cow elk through both shoulders with it at a 1/4 mile and the bullet kept going somewhere leaving a devastated front of an elk. This rifle has a 430 yard zero and is 7 inches low at 500. I think it peaks out at around 6" high around 300 yards. This rifle has very little recoil, will destroy game out to 500 yards, and shoot incredibly flat to make 500 yard shots trivial. You can shoot a 300 ultramag with a 130 barnes tsx at 3900 fps and even get better at 500 yards but all that powder, noise and recoil are not needed in a short range 500 yard rifle. [/QUOTE]
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