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New 300 WM —How to find “THE”bullet
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<blockquote data-quote="Gcan" data-source="post: 1622560" data-attributes="member: 102867"><p>Selecting a bullet and determining a max effective distance is a process not an answer for me. There are bullets that expand well at lower velocities or on smaller animals (1000yds) that might not be my first choice for short range or for larger animals at LR. There are bullets your gun will like more than others regardless of what you want to shoot.</p><p></p><p>In addition to the range equipment, a solid hi quality range finder that works 100% of the time on anything you can see through a scope, a hand held ballistics calculator and a Kestrel or an all in one SIG 2400 are pretty useful. </p><p>I found a Cosign indicator (manual or digital) handy too. A 20 degree +/- angles at 800-1000 on an animal is far more common than at the range. I practiced shooting up and down.</p><p> </p><p>Assume you use a hammer. The 300WM is a killer at 1000 plus. That doesn't make the shooter or gun a killer at 1000 plus. I Developed a load and shot in a bunch of conditions until I could not consistently hit a kill zone for the animal I'd hunt. For elk sized animals in most conditions (up down & 10mph winds) I shot a 12" plate. I moved it out 25-50 yards at a time until the majority of my hits started landing at the edges. Then I made cold bore shots at that distance. When I couldn't hit the plate every time cold bore I backed up 50 or so That became my max range for that load/rifle/shooter combo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gcan, post: 1622560, member: 102867"] Selecting a bullet and determining a max effective distance is a process not an answer for me. There are bullets that expand well at lower velocities or on smaller animals (1000yds) that might not be my first choice for short range or for larger animals at LR. There are bullets your gun will like more than others regardless of what you want to shoot. In addition to the range equipment, a solid hi quality range finder that works 100% of the time on anything you can see through a scope, a hand held ballistics calculator and a Kestrel or an all in one SIG 2400 are pretty useful. I found a Cosign indicator (manual or digital) handy too. A 20 degree +/- angles at 800-1000 on an animal is far more common than at the range. I practiced shooting up and down. Assume you use a hammer. The 300WM is a killer at 1000 plus. That doesn’t make the shooter or gun a killer at 1000 plus. I Developed a load and shot in a bunch of conditions until I could not consistently hit a kill zone for the animal I’d hunt. For elk sized animals in most conditions (up down & 10mph winds) I shot a 12” plate. I moved it out 25-50 yards at a time until the majority of my hits started landing at the edges. Then I made cold bore shots at that distance. When I couldn’t hit the plate every time cold bore I backed up 50 or so That became my max range for that load/rifle/shooter combo. [/QUOTE]
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