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The Basics, Starting Out
New guy with a long range question
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 439331" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>If you are hunting elk out to 700 yards then a remington in 300 or 338 RUM would get you there easily. With a little work they are usually plenty accurate enough for that range and you have adequate rifle for elk. Get a scope with ranging reticles or a mil dot and you can easily make dead on hits to 700 yards on game without touching the clicks. If you like the 700-800 yard ball game and want to go 1000+ yards then like said above the cost gets higher. Your same rifle may work but everything else changes to above mentioned. My off the shelf Rem 700 in 338 RUM will easily take an elk at 1000 yards. If the off the shelf rifle you choose doesn't have the accuracy to go that far then you have an excellent action to rebarrel into something that will get there. That is one of my reasons for the 300 or 338 RUM to begin with because you have the long action you need for a big long range gun without much modification. Plus, like I said, it may work fine to begin with and you have plenty of gun for elk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 439331, member: 505"] If you are hunting elk out to 700 yards then a remington in 300 or 338 RUM would get you there easily. With a little work they are usually plenty accurate enough for that range and you have adequate rifle for elk. Get a scope with ranging reticles or a mil dot and you can easily make dead on hits to 700 yards on game without touching the clicks. If you like the 700-800 yard ball game and want to go 1000+ yards then like said above the cost gets higher. Your same rifle may work but everything else changes to above mentioned. My off the shelf Rem 700 in 338 RUM will easily take an elk at 1000 yards. If the off the shelf rifle you choose doesn't have the accuracy to go that far then you have an excellent action to rebarrel into something that will get there. That is one of my reasons for the 300 or 338 RUM to begin with because you have the long action you need for a big long range gun without much modification. Plus, like I said, it may work fine to begin with and you have plenty of gun for elk. [/QUOTE]
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