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<blockquote data-quote="devildoc" data-source="post: 178074" data-attributes="member: 5615"><p>I consider 1600ft/lbs on the light side for elk, though adequate, though with the bullet/muzzle velocity you gave I'd expect it to be closer to 1300ft/lbs, but I could be wrong there. Not to mention your wind drift is gonna be 5-7' with a 10mph crosswind, and elk country is darn hard to read the wind in. If you're good enough to put one in 1MOA at that range in elk country it is certainly doable, but like I said, it's pushin' the limits of the platform. I'm sure that it's way beyond my capability, though that isn't saying much. But I suspect that only a handfull of people here could confidently take that shot in anything but perfect conditions which don't happen very often in elk country. Now go up to a bigger platform like a .50 or even one of the .338 AM's with 300's and you'd probably be comfortably within the capability of the platform and then it's just a matter of the nut-behind-the butt. JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="devildoc, post: 178074, member: 5615"] I consider 1600ft/lbs on the light side for elk, though adequate, though with the bullet/muzzle velocity you gave I'd expect it to be closer to 1300ft/lbs, but I could be wrong there. Not to mention your wind drift is gonna be 5-7' with a 10mph crosswind, and elk country is darn hard to read the wind in. If you're good enough to put one in 1MOA at that range in elk country it is certainly doable, but like I said, it's pushin' the limits of the platform. I'm sure that it's way beyond my capability, though that isn't saying much. But I suspect that only a handfull of people here could confidently take that shot in anything but perfect conditions which don't happen very often in elk country. Now go up to a bigger platform like a .50 or even one of the .338 AM's with 300's and you'd probably be comfortably within the capability of the platform and then it's just a matter of the nut-behind-the butt. JMO [/QUOTE]
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