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<blockquote data-quote="D.ID" data-source="post: 779149" data-attributes="member: 14340"><p>small Smk work great for varmints, I use large smk on elk and dear with great effect. Not marketed as a hunting bullet and not intended as a controlled expansion bullet. They can frag out or pencil threw depending on impact velocity and target density but they work great if you use them appropriately (appropriate is dependent on intended result).</p><p>.</p><p>The 69 will stabilize and the 77 should stabilize in a 1in9 twist.</p><p>of course the v-maxes will work and do not get me wrong, most bullets will work. It's just some better and easier than others. High bc is what you want to fight that wind and drag out that velocity.</p><p>I would probably opt for a bdc reticle for speed of use out to about 500 but after that dialing in is where it's at. Max range will depend on conditions and if you, your optics and your rifle can work together well enough you can reach out into the abyss. I have nailed coyotes past seven hundred with mine and I do not even work with my 223 very much, seen guys do it at over a grand but consider it more than a little exceptional and pretty lucky at that range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.ID, post: 779149, member: 14340"] small Smk work great for varmints, I use large smk on elk and dear with great effect. Not marketed as a hunting bullet and not intended as a controlled expansion bullet. They can frag out or pencil threw depending on impact velocity and target density but they work great if you use them appropriately (appropriate is dependent on intended result). . The 69 will stabilize and the 77 should stabilize in a 1in9 twist. of course the v-maxes will work and do not get me wrong, most bullets will work. It's just some better and easier than others. High bc is what you want to fight that wind and drag out that velocity. I would probably opt for a bdc reticle for speed of use out to about 500 but after that dialing in is where it's at. Max range will depend on conditions and if you, your optics and your rifle can work together well enough you can reach out into the abyss. I have nailed coyotes past seven hundred with mine and I do not even work with my 223 very much, seen guys do it at over a grand but consider it more than a little exceptional and pretty lucky at that range. [/QUOTE]
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