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<blockquote data-quote="RDM416" data-source="post: 404870" data-attributes="member: 3745"><p>Great advise from Long Time Long Ranger..... One thing all of us "long range hunters" need to consider is just HOW FAR do YOU intend to shoot. </p><p></p><p>It is cool to talk about shooting a mile, and fun to mess around and plink a gong at a mile, but it is whole different ball game to to drop a one shot kill round into a critter across two canyons at a mile. </p><p></p><p>Many of us may get proficient at 1000 yards and think, hey why not a mile, it is only another 760 yards!! Once you get out there to 1000 yards each 100 additional yards is almost like adding the skill and technique it took to to get to 1000.....</p><p></p><p>I have those long range hammers...... up to and including a 50BMG improved. LTLR could probably take one of them and kill a critter at a mile. For me, it is 1000 yards. Anything inside that is in trouble (depending on conditions of course), but I am a lot of experience away from a critter shot at a mile. </p><p></p><p>So..... Like LTLR said, if you are really wanting to do a mile for hunting purposes, get yourself one of the big long range hammers. But if you really just want to shoot critters out to 800 or 1000 and maybe plink some steel at a mile, a much less intense (and lighter weight) rifle will do.... such as the ultra mag, Lapua and many others in that size range. Just my opinion for what it is worth......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RDM416, post: 404870, member: 3745"] Great advise from Long Time Long Ranger..... One thing all of us "long range hunters" need to consider is just HOW FAR do YOU intend to shoot. It is cool to talk about shooting a mile, and fun to mess around and plink a gong at a mile, but it is whole different ball game to to drop a one shot kill round into a critter across two canyons at a mile. Many of us may get proficient at 1000 yards and think, hey why not a mile, it is only another 760 yards!! Once you get out there to 1000 yards each 100 additional yards is almost like adding the skill and technique it took to to get to 1000..... I have those long range hammers...... up to and including a 50BMG improved. LTLR could probably take one of them and kill a critter at a mile. For me, it is 1000 yards. Anything inside that is in trouble (depending on conditions of course), but I am a lot of experience away from a critter shot at a mile. So..... Like LTLR said, if you are really wanting to do a mile for hunting purposes, get yourself one of the big long range hammers. But if you really just want to shoot critters out to 800 or 1000 and maybe plink some steel at a mile, a much less intense (and lighter weight) rifle will do.... such as the ultra mag, Lapua and many others in that size range. Just my opinion for what it is worth...... [/QUOTE]
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