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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 93244" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Sounds like a familiar story.</p><p></p><p>You can spend a lot of money and not have a gun that suits your hunting style.</p><p></p><p>First thing I would do is run a ballistic calculator on the 300win BT and get my drops out to 1000 yds. Then I would take my sling swivels off and the scope caps off of the turrets and put them in a dish up on the shelf. Then I would find me three or four nice boxes and put some duct tape on them in about three or four inch squares and go out and shoot at them at ranges out to 1000yds. Hunting season is probabaly over for you so you may as well burn up those BTs. You will not be needing them next season. Better bullets than that for what you are going to do. Dial your scope and shoot at the boxes. Record the scope settings when you start getting hits on a box at a certain range. If you got some varmint gun then shoot it too. If it is windy so much the better. It is hard to gut shot a box and if you should they are easy to track. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Lots of people just shoot rocks and that is fine but you will need the practice of trying to get some kind of groups at those ranges so you will know you can consistently hit a small area. You will probabaly figure out in the first hour that your scope is not mounted properly for long range hunting. Then it will be back to the house and a question posted on the forum on how to shim a scope. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif</p><p></p><p>My point is go burn some bullets at ranges from 500 yds to 1200 yds before burning any money. Learn the very basics of dialing a scope for distance and wind. Learn what you as the person on the trigger can actually accomplish. This will help you figure out exactly what kind of gun suits your personality.</p><p></p><p>Just my opinon but you might not want to drop down to a 270 WSM when you got a fine 300W. You are going the wrong direction in terms of long range killing power.</p><p></p><p>A very fine way to start a new year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 93244, member: 8"] Sounds like a familiar story. You can spend a lot of money and not have a gun that suits your hunting style. First thing I would do is run a ballistic calculator on the 300win BT and get my drops out to 1000 yds. Then I would take my sling swivels off and the scope caps off of the turrets and put them in a dish up on the shelf. Then I would find me three or four nice boxes and put some duct tape on them in about three or four inch squares and go out and shoot at them at ranges out to 1000yds. Hunting season is probabaly over for you so you may as well burn up those BTs. You will not be needing them next season. Better bullets than that for what you are going to do. Dial your scope and shoot at the boxes. Record the scope settings when you start getting hits on a box at a certain range. If you got some varmint gun then shoot it too. If it is windy so much the better. It is hard to gut shot a box and if you should they are easy to track. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Lots of people just shoot rocks and that is fine but you will need the practice of trying to get some kind of groups at those ranges so you will know you can consistently hit a small area. You will probabaly figure out in the first hour that your scope is not mounted properly for long range hunting. Then it will be back to the house and a question posted on the forum on how to shim a scope. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] My point is go burn some bullets at ranges from 500 yds to 1200 yds before burning any money. Learn the very basics of dialing a scope for distance and wind. Learn what you as the person on the trigger can actually accomplish. This will help you figure out exactly what kind of gun suits your personality. Just my opinon but you might not want to drop down to a 270 WSM when you got a fine 300W. You are going the wrong direction in terms of long range killing power. A very fine way to start a new year. [/QUOTE]
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