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<blockquote data-quote="MMERSS" data-source="post: 814308" data-attributes="member: 63748"><p>Benchracer,</p><p></p><p>I'm in each of your camps both at the same time..... but only part way. Shot placement is king. True. But how much of this "shot placement" do we really own? For the purposes of long range hunting or even target shooting at that matter one can only predict Mother Nature and the required ballistics corrections to certain degrees. One doesn't have to look too far to find some facts behind this statement. Take a look at the post by Clayne B and the cold bore challenge. Do you think he is not doing everything he can to send his shots to hit his intended target….every time? Is he hitting his target every time? One can only control shot placement so much…Mother Nature is the king here. To varying degrees it's up to her in the long range game.</p><p> </p><p> This is where go big comes into camp. When Mother Nature doesn't cooperate with your firing solution a well intended "shot placement" shot connects fur in an unwanted location. Going big tends to help alleviate problems associated with the unfortunate but realistic "bad fur shot placement."</p><p> </p><p> I will leave with this. I assisted new long range hunters last year harvesting three elk and three deer with an average range over 800 yards. There were varying degrees of wind on all the shots. Only two of the six animals were shot with "king of shot placement." The other four were hit on the edge of the vitals. All animals were recovered only 10s of yards from where each was shot. I don't choose to coach shooters to select a large magnum such as one pushing the 300gr 338 because its Go Big or Go Home……It's because you have a better chance of recovering an animal when "king of shot placement" turns out to not even be in the castle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MMERSS, post: 814308, member: 63748"] Benchracer, I'm in each of your camps both at the same time..... but only part way. Shot placement is king. True. But how much of this "shot placement" do we really own? For the purposes of long range hunting or even target shooting at that matter one can only predict Mother Nature and the required ballistics corrections to certain degrees. One doesn't have to look too far to find some facts behind this statement. Take a look at the post by Clayne B and the cold bore challenge. Do you think he is not doing everything he can to send his shots to hit his intended target….every time? Is he hitting his target every time? One can only control shot placement so much…Mother Nature is the king here. To varying degrees it’s up to her in the long range game. This is where go big comes into camp. When Mother Nature doesn’t cooperate with your firing solution a well intended “shot placement” shot connects fur in an unwanted location. Going big tends to help alleviate problems associated with the unfortunate but realistic “bad fur shot placement.” I will leave with this. I assisted new long range hunters last year harvesting three elk and three deer with an average range over 800 yards. There were varying degrees of wind on all the shots. Only two of the six animals were shot with “king of shot placement.” The other four were hit on the edge of the vitals. All animals were recovered only 10s of yards from where each was shot. I don’t choose to coach shooters to select a large magnum such as one pushing the 300gr 338 because its Go Big or Go Home……It’s because you have a better chance of recovering an animal when “king of shot placement” turns out to not even be in the castle. [/QUOTE]
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