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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1227468" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>ATH sez, "...when I can't (physically handle it) it will be a smaller round at shorter ranges."</p><p></p><p>Well, I'm 73 and still backpack hunt because I stay in shape for it as well as high altitude backpacking and skiing.</p><p></p><p>But, instead of carrying my .300 Win mag Browning A-Bolt and Burris Black diamond scope as I have done, this year I'm carrying a 6.5 Creedmoor Ruger American Predator and a SWFA 5-15 42 mil./mil. scope. (For mule deer and anterless elk.)</p><p></p><p>So now I'm thinking, since this rifle is so accurate, that I may later on put a Proof Research carbon fiber wrapped barrel on it. And, if available by then, a carbon fiber stock.</p><p></p><p>In any case I have gone more than one pound lighter than my Browning A-Bolt and still have the same trajectory. But with 143 gr. ELD-X bullets I'll limit my range to 600 yards.</p><p></p><p>** I have 10x Bushnell Fusion ! Mile laser range finding binoculars to assist me in accurate distance measurement.</p><p> But the "ballistic drop info" I've programmed into them from Bushnell's online charts is a bit off so I've had Vortex print me a "Drop Disc" for my ocular scope cap for quick reference. It has the <em>true</em> ballistics in it.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1227468, member: 54178"] ATH sez, "...when I can't (physically handle it) it will be a smaller round at shorter ranges." Well, I'm 73 and still backpack hunt because I stay in shape for it as well as high altitude backpacking and skiing. But, instead of carrying my .300 Win mag Browning A-Bolt and Burris Black diamond scope as I have done, this year I'm carrying a 6.5 Creedmoor Ruger American Predator and a SWFA 5-15 42 mil./mil. scope. (For mule deer and anterless elk.) So now I'm thinking, since this rifle is so accurate, that I may later on put a Proof Research carbon fiber wrapped barrel on it. And, if available by then, a carbon fiber stock. In any case I have gone more than one pound lighter than my Browning A-Bolt and still have the same trajectory. But with 143 gr. ELD-X bullets I'll limit my range to 600 yards. ** I have 10x Bushnell Fusion ! Mile laser range finding binoculars to assist me in accurate distance measurement. But the "ballistic drop info" I've programmed into them from Bushnell's online charts is a bit off so I've had Vortex print me a "Drop Disc" for my ocular scope cap for quick reference. It has the [I]true[/I] ballistics in it. Eric B. [/QUOTE]
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