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What caliber to shoot 140 - 142 grain bullets 3300 fps or more?
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote_Hunter" data-source="post: 1825055" data-attributes="member: 110773"><p>You want to shoot antelope to elk at ranges "to 500 yards". First thing is you don't need 3300fps to do that. Second, be sure to choose a bullet that won't turn to shrapnel and give shallow penetration at closer ranges. I've taken elk at ranges as short as 25 yards and had a buddy take one under the same pine tree. Most (by far) have been under 300 yards.</p><p></p><p>Shot an elk with my 7mm RM and a 140g North Fork bullet (3214fps M.V.) at 400 yards and had a through-and-through. Shot another at 411 with buddy's 7mm RM and a 160g Speer Grand Slam </p><p>(pretty low B.C. and around 2950fps M.V.) with 4 steps and down results. I'd use either load at 500 yards or 5 yards. Cup-and-core bullets, not so much. Nosler AccuBond or Partition, Swift Scirocco II or A-Frame, Barnes TTSX or LRX, no problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote_Hunter, post: 1825055, member: 110773"] You want to shoot antelope to elk at ranges "to 500 yards". First thing is you don't need 3300fps to do that. Second, be sure to choose a bullet that won't turn to shrapnel and give shallow penetration at closer ranges. I've taken elk at ranges as short as 25 yards and had a buddy take one under the same pine tree. Most (by far) have been under 300 yards. Shot an elk with my 7mm RM and a 140g North Fork bullet (3214fps M.V.) at 400 yards and had a through-and-through. Shot another at 411 with buddy's 7mm RM and a 160g Speer Grand Slam (pretty low B.C. and around 2950fps M.V.) with 4 steps and down results. I'd use either load at 500 yards or 5 yards. Cup-and-core bullets, not so much. Nosler AccuBond or Partition, Swift Scirocco II or A-Frame, Barnes TTSX or LRX, no problem. [/QUOTE]
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