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<blockquote data-quote="diriel" data-source="post: 546726" data-attributes="member: 26983"><p>Honestly, for the 308 I would limit the range of shots to about 500 yards or closer sir. Save the 600 yard shots for the 06. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.jbmballistics.com/ballistics/calculators/calculators.shtml" target="_blank">JBM - Calculations</a></p><p></p><p>I would honestly advise you play with what I linked above. I am kind of conservative in my hunting practices. I prefer my minimum impact velocities to be close to 2000 FPS, and energy to be 1000 ft.lbs. or better. The reason is, very much below 2000 fps I have noticed over the years you tend to get very erratic expansion, unless of course you are using something like the DGX from Hornady that will tend to expand at some pretty low velocities. I do realise that some folks will disagree with my 2000/1000 rule, but it has worked extremely well for me these last few years. Honestly, a very good friend who is a hunting *NUT* clued me in on this "rule of thumb", it has worked for him in Alaska, and Africa, and many points in between. I know for a solid fact there are some full on NutCase Hunters here in these forums <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> who can chime in if I am in anyway off base.</p><p></p><p>One of the nicer solutions to a relatively lowish recoil 600 yard rifles is the 7mm Saum using the 162gr Hornady Amax. You may shiver at using an Amax for hunting, but the 7mm - 162gr Amax, and the .308 - 208 gr Amax are **** good game takers. With a very realistic velocity of 2900 fps on a 162 grain Amax out of a 7mm SAUM you are staring at 2000 + FPS on target @ 600 yards, and about 1500 Ft.Lbs of energy, which is to say BAM!! ****... i got myself into thinking 7mm SAUM build /grumble.... Grrr! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Have Fun,</p><p>Gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diriel, post: 546726, member: 26983"] Honestly, for the 308 I would limit the range of shots to about 500 yards or closer sir. Save the 600 yard shots for the 06. [url=http://www.jbmballistics.com/ballistics/calculators/calculators.shtml]JBM - Calculations[/url] I would honestly advise you play with what I linked above. I am kind of conservative in my hunting practices. I prefer my minimum impact velocities to be close to 2000 FPS, and energy to be 1000 ft.lbs. or better. The reason is, very much below 2000 fps I have noticed over the years you tend to get very erratic expansion, unless of course you are using something like the DGX from Hornady that will tend to expand at some pretty low velocities. I do realise that some folks will disagree with my 2000/1000 rule, but it has worked extremely well for me these last few years. Honestly, a very good friend who is a hunting *NUT* clued me in on this "rule of thumb", it has worked for him in Alaska, and Africa, and many points in between. I know for a solid fact there are some full on NutCase Hunters here in these forums :) who can chime in if I am in anyway off base. One of the nicer solutions to a relatively lowish recoil 600 yard rifles is the 7mm Saum using the 162gr Hornady Amax. You may shiver at using an Amax for hunting, but the 7mm - 162gr Amax, and the .308 - 208 gr Amax are **** good game takers. With a very realistic velocity of 2900 fps on a 162 grain Amax out of a 7mm SAUM you are staring at 2000 + FPS on target @ 600 yards, and about 1500 Ft.Lbs of energy, which is to say BAM!! ****... i got myself into thinking 7mm SAUM build /grumble.... Grrr! :D Have Fun, Gary [/QUOTE]
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