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Can light weight and long range go together?
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1161235" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>First off having had a great deal of orthopedic work over the last year with some more on the schedule for this year let me say that if you are willing to work through the pain and do all your rehab like they tell you to, there is good quality of life to follow an ankle overhaul. I had to have a complete reconstruction of my right ankle basically meaning every tendon and ligament in it had to be repaired, reinforced, or replaced with a couple of newly manufactured one's installed for better stability long term. A year later almost to the day I was at 9,000' in North Central NM helping Mario pack out his elk.</p><p></p><p>It can be done!</p><p></p><p>As for rifles all else being equal heavier is steadier and steadier is more accurate. It takes energy to induce accuracy errors and it just takes more energy to move a heavier object than a light one.</p><p></p><p>That being said if you don't go lighter than 8-9lbs and you are good at your marksmanship fundamentals you can get good accuracy out of a lighter rig just not as good as you'd get out of the same set up a little heavier.</p><p></p><p>Caliber wise I'd say the 6mm can get the job done but I'd at least step it up to a 6.5mm or even 7mm. I've shot a lot of deer and antelope and antelope don't go down easily unless you spine them. A little heavier bullet gives you a little more energy and better ballistic coefficients and all of that adds up when you start stretching beyond 400yds.</p><p></p><p>If it were me for the same application I'd probably look to the .260 Rem or 6.5x55.</p><p></p><p>Some suggest the 300wm and truthfully the .300wm is never the wrong answer but if you are wanting to stick to a lower recoiling round with good terminal ballistics then the 6.5's are really unbeatable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1161235, member: 30902"] First off having had a great deal of orthopedic work over the last year with some more on the schedule for this year let me say that if you are willing to work through the pain and do all your rehab like they tell you to, there is good quality of life to follow an ankle overhaul. I had to have a complete reconstruction of my right ankle basically meaning every tendon and ligament in it had to be repaired, reinforced, or replaced with a couple of newly manufactured one's installed for better stability long term. A year later almost to the day I was at 9,000' in North Central NM helping Mario pack out his elk. It can be done! As for rifles all else being equal heavier is steadier and steadier is more accurate. It takes energy to induce accuracy errors and it just takes more energy to move a heavier object than a light one. That being said if you don't go lighter than 8-9lbs and you are good at your marksmanship fundamentals you can get good accuracy out of a lighter rig just not as good as you'd get out of the same set up a little heavier. Caliber wise I'd say the 6mm can get the job done but I'd at least step it up to a 6.5mm or even 7mm. I've shot a lot of deer and antelope and antelope don't go down easily unless you spine them. A little heavier bullet gives you a little more energy and better ballistic coefficients and all of that adds up when you start stretching beyond 400yds. If it were me for the same application I'd probably look to the .260 Rem or 6.5x55. Some suggest the 300wm and truthfully the .300wm is never the wrong answer but if you are wanting to stick to a lower recoiling round with good terminal ballistics then the 6.5's are really unbeatable. [/QUOTE]
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