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Is 450 yards Long Range? - Bear Down!
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1624234" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>I don't want to take away from the celebration of a great shot on a fantastic bear, but the title of the thread has brought into the discussion, what is long range?. </p><p></p><p>Long range is a personal thing. It is different for everyone. Before I started shooting long range, I considered 300y to be a very long shot. I now feels like a chip shot due to better optics and greater knowledge etc. My ability has increased greatly over the years. We have taken several animals give or take 1000y and our longest is 1280y. With that said I still consider 300y a long shot. To me this is the point that you can't just throw up the rifle and bang the shot. 300y is the point that knowledge of your equipment and shooter ability truly make or break the shot.</p><p></p><p>Where the line is drawn for max hunting range is also personal. There is not a wrong answer here either. My personal hunting range has shortened over the years. I think because the more time I spend shooting at long range in our mountainous terrain the more I realize that I really do not know what the wind is doing over there, let alone half way there when the bullet is 1000 feet above the ground shooting across the canyon. I personally feel like I have pretty good control of the situation out to about 700y. We have never had one go wrong beyond that range, thankfully, but I feel like the more animals that I shoot beyond that the higher the odds get that I will have a train wreck, at the expense of the animal. It used to be about trying to see how far we could take a big game animal. I have no problem with guys who are on that quest and encourage them. I will continue to hunt rocks as far as I can get a range on them.</p><p></p><p>Long way of saying, what ever your long range is, is long range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1624234, member: 7999"] I don't want to take away from the celebration of a great shot on a fantastic bear, but the title of the thread has brought into the discussion, what is long range?. Long range is a personal thing. It is different for everyone. Before I started shooting long range, I considered 300y to be a very long shot. I now feels like a chip shot due to better optics and greater knowledge etc. My ability has increased greatly over the years. We have taken several animals give or take 1000y and our longest is 1280y. With that said I still consider 300y a long shot. To me this is the point that you can't just throw up the rifle and bang the shot. 300y is the point that knowledge of your equipment and shooter ability truly make or break the shot. Where the line is drawn for max hunting range is also personal. There is not a wrong answer here either. My personal hunting range has shortened over the years. I think because the more time I spend shooting at long range in our mountainous terrain the more I realize that I really do not know what the wind is doing over there, let alone half way there when the bullet is 1000 feet above the ground shooting across the canyon. I personally feel like I have pretty good control of the situation out to about 700y. We have never had one go wrong beyond that range, thankfully, but I feel like the more animals that I shoot beyond that the higher the odds get that I will have a train wreck, at the expense of the animal. It used to be about trying to see how far we could take a big game animal. I have no problem with guys who are on that quest and encourage them. I will continue to hunt rocks as far as I can get a range on them. Long way of saying, what ever your long range is, is long range. [/QUOTE]
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