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The Basics, Starting Out
Minimum cartridge for 1000 yard elk
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<blockquote data-quote="WyomingShooter" data-source="post: 174238" data-attributes="member: 9529"><p>Specweldtom, Thanks for your posts. Very well stated. Your posts clearly show the difficulty in long range shooting. New shooters can see from your experience that this is not something you just go out and do. It takes years of practice and tremendous expertise and familiarity with your weapon to be somewhat succesfull. You don't just buy a 1000 yard gun and go shoot elk at that range with a cheat sheet. I don't want to deter shooters from getting involved in long range, just the opposite, I just want them to respect that what they are attempting to do is very difficult at best. Good luck with your shooting. Your right on with the spot shot if at all possible and your definition of a long range shooter.</p><p> </p><p>I am I guess what you would call a mid range shooter. Most of my kill shots are between a 1/4 and 1/2 mile which is not considered long range here but most hunters would be pretty impressed with it. I know I will kill the animal before I shoot. I have not missed when I have fired my weapon. To add a little to what you said in one of your posts that is when you become a serious long range shooter. When I make the decision to shoot it is not guesswork. I am going to hit my target or I put myself in a better position to do so. All new hunters I think need to learn the discipline involved.</p><p> </p><p>My primary long range rifle is also a 338-378 shooting the 300's at 3000 fps with H-870 powder. I have 338's built off most of the big cases though. My longest confirmed kill was a large mule deer buck in Montana at a little over 1300 yards under perfect conditions. I look forward to reading more of your posts. I shot a moose in Alaska at a little over 1100 yards not long ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WyomingShooter, post: 174238, member: 9529"] Specweldtom, Thanks for your posts. Very well stated. Your posts clearly show the difficulty in long range shooting. New shooters can see from your experience that this is not something you just go out and do. It takes years of practice and tremendous expertise and familiarity with your weapon to be somewhat succesfull. You don't just buy a 1000 yard gun and go shoot elk at that range with a cheat sheet. I don't want to deter shooters from getting involved in long range, just the opposite, I just want them to respect that what they are attempting to do is very difficult at best. Good luck with your shooting. Your right on with the spot shot if at all possible and your definition of a long range shooter. I am I guess what you would call a mid range shooter. Most of my kill shots are between a 1/4 and 1/2 mile which is not considered long range here but most hunters would be pretty impressed with it. I know I will kill the animal before I shoot. I have not missed when I have fired my weapon. To add a little to what you said in one of your posts that is when you become a serious long range shooter. When I make the decision to shoot it is not guesswork. I am going to hit my target or I put myself in a better position to do so. All new hunters I think need to learn the discipline involved. My primary long range rifle is also a 338-378 shooting the 300's at 3000 fps with H-870 powder. I have 338's built off most of the big cases though. My longest confirmed kill was a large mule deer buck in Montana at a little over 1300 yards under perfect conditions. I look forward to reading more of your posts. I shot a moose in Alaska at a little over 1100 yards not long ago. [/QUOTE]
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