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<blockquote data-quote="DawntoDusk" data-source="post: 1601191" data-attributes="member: 48243"><p>I got lucky with only three or four different types of ammo before the HSM panned out. As far as shooting long distance, it's more about need than want. I hunt in the west in mostly open country and little cover. We have a draw system and a one animal per season limit, if you happen to get drawn. Sometimes you go years without a deer or elk tag. So when the tag comes in you have to be prepared to take whatever good shot that presents itself. Many times that shot is well over 200 yards. My larger caliber rifles are zeroed at 300 yards. I always want to get as close as possible but sometimes that's just impossible to do in the open. Longer shots is just how it has to be done for many people. We are not just flinging lead down range at game animals. It takes practice, good equipment, favorable conditions, and fully developed ballistics solutions for the distances you want to shoot at. With all that being said, I don't personally know anyone who shoots at game animals at 600-1000 yards. We are capable, the rifles/scopes are capable, but the conditions and other variables, like common sense, and canyons... lol, usually prevent such shots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DawntoDusk, post: 1601191, member: 48243"] I got lucky with only three or four different types of ammo before the HSM panned out. As far as shooting long distance, it's more about need than want. I hunt in the west in mostly open country and little cover. We have a draw system and a one animal per season limit, if you happen to get drawn. Sometimes you go years without a deer or elk tag. So when the tag comes in you have to be prepared to take whatever good shot that presents itself. Many times that shot is well over 200 yards. My larger caliber rifles are zeroed at 300 yards. I always want to get as close as possible but sometimes that's just impossible to do in the open. Longer shots is just how it has to be done for many people. We are not just flinging lead down range at game animals. It takes practice, good equipment, favorable conditions, and fully developed ballistics solutions for the distances you want to shoot at. With all that being said, I don't personally know anyone who shoots at game animals at 600-1000 yards. We are capable, the rifles/scopes are capable, but the conditions and other variables, like common sense, and canyons... lol, usually prevent such shots. [/QUOTE]
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