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Extreme Long Range Hunting & Shooting (ELR)
Minimum Velocity needed for hunting games at extreme distances
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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 1329806" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>I have dropped elk with a 300 SMK from my Edge down to a velocity of just a little over 1800 fps. DRT with a shoulder shot, found a perfectly mushroomed bullet under the hide on the off side. I have killed a mature whitetail buck at a distance where the impact velocity was around 1350 fps. Went through both shoulders and exited, another DRT. I was pretty confident in the shot, it may have even been a bit careless.</p><p>My opinion is this: I would not hit an elk at a velocity under 1600 with that bullet. I think this is stretching the limits of expansion. If I were in a place that I worried about that deer running off and potentially getting away, I wouldn't have taken that shot. I shoot for shoulders and try to take animals down immediately (for my own reasons).</p><p>Also, and I'm sure you already know this, make sure the tips are open and free of debris.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 1329806, member: 8873"] I have dropped elk with a 300 SMK from my Edge down to a velocity of just a little over 1800 fps. DRT with a shoulder shot, found a perfectly mushroomed bullet under the hide on the off side. I have killed a mature whitetail buck at a distance where the impact velocity was around 1350 fps. Went through both shoulders and exited, another DRT. I was pretty confident in the shot, it may have even been a bit careless. My opinion is this: I would not hit an elk at a velocity under 1600 with that bullet. I think this is stretching the limits of expansion. If I were in a place that I worried about that deer running off and potentially getting away, I wouldn't have taken that shot. I shoot for shoulders and try to take animals down immediately (for my own reasons). Also, and I'm sure you already know this, make sure the tips are open and free of debris. [/QUOTE]
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