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Is this a good 800 yard deer Rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 71944" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Dakor,</p><p></p><p>Will you be able to hit a deer at 800 yards? Should not be a problem with an accurate drop system.</p><p></p><p>Will you have the power to kill a deer at 800 yards? certainly</p><p></p><p>Will you be marginal in some areas and shot angles? yes</p><p></p><p>The biggest question for me would be how large are the deer you are hunting? I would feel totally confident taking a shot at 800 yards with your set up on Texas whitetails which don't go much over 120 lbs. As well, I would also feel confident taking such a shot on any pronghorn that walked.</p><p></p><p>But...</p><p></p><p>Up here in Montana and the rest of the northern states and Canada, the whitetail are a different story all together. A mature buck weighing over 200 lbs is common. I have shot several that topped 300 lbs so I would say that for northern whitetail and Mule deer that have the potential to weight +300 lbs and have much heavier bone structure then the lighter southern whitetails, this type of shot with this round may not be the best idea. With a chest shot it would certainly work but there are much better rounds out there that have no question of their efficency at long range.</p><p></p><p>Now to change the equation a bit. If you loaded up some of Richard Graves 110 gr Bonded Core ULD FBHP bullets and got this same level of accuracy or even 1/2 moa grouping, then I would say go for it as this bullet is designed for just such work.</p><p></p><p>Good Shooting!!</p><p></p><p>Kirby Allen(50)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 71944, member: 10"] Dakor, Will you be able to hit a deer at 800 yards? Should not be a problem with an accurate drop system. Will you have the power to kill a deer at 800 yards? certainly Will you be marginal in some areas and shot angles? yes The biggest question for me would be how large are the deer you are hunting? I would feel totally confident taking a shot at 800 yards with your set up on Texas whitetails which don't go much over 120 lbs. As well, I would also feel confident taking such a shot on any pronghorn that walked. But... Up here in Montana and the rest of the northern states and Canada, the whitetail are a different story all together. A mature buck weighing over 200 lbs is common. I have shot several that topped 300 lbs so I would say that for northern whitetail and Mule deer that have the potential to weight +300 lbs and have much heavier bone structure then the lighter southern whitetails, this type of shot with this round may not be the best idea. With a chest shot it would certainly work but there are much better rounds out there that have no question of their efficency at long range. Now to change the equation a bit. If you loaded up some of Richard Graves 110 gr Bonded Core ULD FBHP bullets and got this same level of accuracy or even 1/2 moa grouping, then I would say go for it as this bullet is designed for just such work. Good Shooting!! Kirby Allen(50) [/QUOTE]
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