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Best LRH caliber to start with?
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<blockquote data-quote="ptsdvet" data-source="post: 737966" data-attributes="member: 56222"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I first thought of a long range gun in Viet Nam 68/69 I read everything and there were no fat mag. save, the oddball 33 Jeffery i.e. the 338 Rem. ultra mag. So the question is not just what will shoot flat at 600 yards but what will put an elk down at that range. That brings the question of bullet weight that will maintain velocity, down range. This asks the question of powder used to achieve that goal. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">For flat long range good velocity, that does not loose velocity and has a great ballistic Coef. A 6.5 X 284 is a champ! , 51.5 grs + 4831sc 140 BC over 580 = 3000 fps but Elk are big boned.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">After months of studying there was one gun that at 600 yards would knock down an elk penetrating the bones. That is a 300 Win Mag. loaded with 76 grs. 4831 200 gr. BC over 600 real close 3000fps depending on barrel length.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">My thoughts on this is based on experience as a guide and life in Alaska killing Moose when i wanted a light gun. I studied until the facts were plane a 6.5 caliber is the cats meow.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Not everyone will shoot a 300 or 338 and a old fasion 30/06 will do a great job work on getting cloeser. nam vet</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ptsdvet, post: 737966, member: 56222"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]I first thought of a long range gun in Viet Nam 68/69 I read everything and there were no fat mag. save, the oddball 33 Jeffery i.e. the 338 Rem. ultra mag. So the question is not just what will shoot flat at 600 yards but what will put an elk down at that range. That brings the question of bullet weight that will maintain velocity, down range. This asks the question of powder used to achieve that goal. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]For flat long range good velocity, that does not loose velocity and has a great ballistic Coef. A 6.5 X 284 is a champ! , 51.5 grs + 4831sc 140 BC over 580 = 3000 fps but Elk are big boned.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]After months of studying there was one gun that at 600 yards would knock down an elk penetrating the bones. That is a 300 Win Mag. loaded with 76 grs. 4831 200 gr. BC over 600 real close 3000fps depending on barrel length.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]My thoughts on this is based on experience as a guide and life in Alaska killing Moose when i wanted a light gun. I studied until the facts were plane a 6.5 caliber is the cats meow.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Arial]Not everyone will shoot a 300 or 338 and a old fasion 30/06 will do a great job work on getting cloeser. nam vet[/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=Arial Black][SIZE=5] [/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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