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<blockquote data-quote="Oliveralan" data-source="post: 361868" data-attributes="member: 20245"><p>Testing at 100yards for a load you plan to shoot animals with 6" vitals at 900yrds is bad. Go put some paper plates at 900 yards, if you can wack them 9/10 shots in the flat center part, your good to go on coues deer at that distance. Otherwise, it's seriously not a good idea just to take pot shots at them at that kind of range.</p><p> </p><p>Hitting the vitals at 450 yards cold bore is a very good shot, but now doubling that distance.... i would really watch out. </p><p> </p><p>You said if you miss you'll just adjust for wind, well what if the wind blow the bullet back into the guts and you tear them apart? then you've just wounded a buck that will most definetely not stay around and run off to die a horrid death. </p><p> </p><p>Sub MOA at 100 should be good enough for 6" vitals at 900yards? im sorry but im not catching on this logic. shoot half moa after half moa at 300 yards and maybe you'll have a chance at making a good shot, also have to account for a lot of stuff that screws with your bullet once you shoot that far (dont feel like listing all the factors...) same reason a .25moa gun at 100 is never, or extremely rarely a .25moa gun at 1000 (except on the internet <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />).</p><p> </p><p>I think you should practice and study a bit more before you attempt to shoot a coues at that kind of range, but that's just my opinion from what you've said so far. There are only a handful of people on this site who can make shots like that, and they use thousands of dollars worth of equipment, practice almost daily, and have intimate understanding of how their rifle and load is effected by wind, temperature, pressure, cold bore vs fouled/hot bore etc...</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p>Oliver</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oliveralan, post: 361868, member: 20245"] Testing at 100yards for a load you plan to shoot animals with 6" vitals at 900yrds is bad. Go put some paper plates at 900 yards, if you can wack them 9/10 shots in the flat center part, your good to go on coues deer at that distance. Otherwise, it's seriously not a good idea just to take pot shots at them at that kind of range. Hitting the vitals at 450 yards cold bore is a very good shot, but now doubling that distance.... i would really watch out. You said if you miss you'll just adjust for wind, well what if the wind blow the bullet back into the guts and you tear them apart? then you've just wounded a buck that will most definetely not stay around and run off to die a horrid death. Sub MOA at 100 should be good enough for 6" vitals at 900yards? im sorry but im not catching on this logic. shoot half moa after half moa at 300 yards and maybe you'll have a chance at making a good shot, also have to account for a lot of stuff that screws with your bullet once you shoot that far (dont feel like listing all the factors...) same reason a .25moa gun at 100 is never, or extremely rarely a .25moa gun at 1000 (except on the internet :D). I think you should practice and study a bit more before you attempt to shoot a coues at that kind of range, but that's just my opinion from what you've said so far. There are only a handful of people on this site who can make shots like that, and they use thousands of dollars worth of equipment, practice almost daily, and have intimate understanding of how their rifle and load is effected by wind, temperature, pressure, cold bore vs fouled/hot bore etc... Hope this helps, Oliver [/QUOTE]
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