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<blockquote data-quote="LouBoyd" data-source="post: 407303" data-attributes="member: 9253"><p>I certainly agree that hunting is not target shooting. The objective is quickly killing and recovering an animal. You can spend a fortune on a top quality rifle, top quality scope, and precision hand loaded ammo but there is still variable wind to deal with. You can't always see downrange mirage or plant movement to estimate crosswinds and unlike target shooting you don't have the luxury of wind flags and sighters. Missing game isn't the problem. Any long range hunter will wound game on occasion. Fast follow up shots are sometimes a necessity to guarantee a quick kill and they may be at a moving target. </p><p></p><p>With that in mind I've concluded this should be my "hunting gun" for deer at 500 to 1000 yards. Tracers allow easily walking rounds across the target. There is no problem with cold vs warm barrel. Not even a problem with range or wind estimation or if the animal runs while the first shot is in the air. Two or three hits with tracers is as effective as expanding premium hunting ammo and won't tear up as much meat. It might take a dozen or more rounds but the ammo is relatively inexpensive and a quick kill is virtually guaranteed unless the animal can hide. </p><p> </p><p><img src="http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w108/ubvri/Ballistics/dsc00147.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p> </p><p>I hope you guys recognize satire when you see it. I've not used the Browning 1919 for hunting and don't plan to. Would it work? I expect ti would as reliably as other "long range" rifles. Some game wardens might not be amused. The real solution is only to take shots where the probability of anything other than a clean first shot kill is eliminated. But that is not "longrangehunting".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LouBoyd, post: 407303, member: 9253"] I certainly agree that hunting is not target shooting. The objective is quickly killing and recovering an animal. You can spend a fortune on a top quality rifle, top quality scope, and precision hand loaded ammo but there is still variable wind to deal with. You can't always see downrange mirage or plant movement to estimate crosswinds and unlike target shooting you don't have the luxury of wind flags and sighters. Missing game isn't the problem. Any long range hunter will wound game on occasion. Fast follow up shots are sometimes a necessity to guarantee a quick kill and they may be at a moving target. With that in mind I've concluded this should be my "hunting gun" for deer at 500 to 1000 yards. Tracers allow easily walking rounds across the target. There is no problem with cold vs warm barrel. Not even a problem with range or wind estimation or if the animal runs while the first shot is in the air. Two or three hits with tracers is as effective as expanding premium hunting ammo and won't tear up as much meat. It might take a dozen or more rounds but the ammo is relatively inexpensive and a quick kill is virtually guaranteed unless the animal can hide. [IMG]http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w108/ubvri/Ballistics/dsc00147.jpg[/IMG] I hope you guys recognize satire when you see it. I've not used the Browning 1919 for hunting and don't plan to. Would it work? I expect ti would as reliably as other "long range" rifles. Some game wardens might not be amused. The real solution is only to take shots where the probability of anything other than a clean first shot kill is eliminated. But that is not "longrangehunting". [/QUOTE]
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