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<blockquote data-quote="keithcandler" data-source="post: 70063" data-attributes="member: 3728"><p>antelope are really easy to kill, you just have to hit them.</p><p>Most of your shots should be 450 or less unless you chase them in a dune buggy or truck in which case your shots will go to 800 yards or more.</p><p></p><p>I shoot the 120g Nosler Ballistic tips at 3900 out of my 7 STW on ranges of 400 and less on small white tailed deer and it flattens the deer right on the spot.</p><p></p><p>You do the numbers on a ballistics program, the 160's do about 3100 in my rifle with a 26" bbl, the 120's are going 3900...that makes up for a lot of BC on SHORT range, the 120 is not a long range bullet. Most of the gimpers that I have had on antelope was due to hitting them low, if you hit them mid section, you will dump them on the spot.</p><p></p><p>Most of the antelope that I killed have with a 6mm Rem shooting the 95g partition. I shot them with the 270 and it massacred the goat. I shot them with two different 25/06's using the 100g Sierra's doing 3300 and it did a great job out to 800. I've also killed quite a few of them with a 223 and 22/250 using std 55g bullets at ranges out to 400. I don't generally miss them due to the wind, I miss them due to shooting over and under them! At times the wind will blow the bullet off an entire body length of the animal or more, but you have to have a little bit of knowledge of your ballistics to shoot in this kind of wind and distance to begin with.</p><p></p><p>You may have to shoot them on the run, in which 200-400 fps will cut the leade considerably.</p><p></p><p>What ever you use, your success will depend on just how far you can practice getting to know your rifle. Also, your optics are critical if you plan on shooting past 400. You need to see your exact bullet impact which will require a muzzle break and high end optics, spotters are about useless.</p><p></p><p>Email me for specifics on what my 7 STW does and good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keithcandler, post: 70063, member: 3728"] antelope are really easy to kill, you just have to hit them. Most of your shots should be 450 or less unless you chase them in a dune buggy or truck in which case your shots will go to 800 yards or more. I shoot the 120g Nosler Ballistic tips at 3900 out of my 7 STW on ranges of 400 and less on small white tailed deer and it flattens the deer right on the spot. You do the numbers on a ballistics program, the 160's do about 3100 in my rifle with a 26" bbl, the 120's are going 3900...that makes up for a lot of BC on SHORT range, the 120 is not a long range bullet. Most of the gimpers that I have had on antelope was due to hitting them low, if you hit them mid section, you will dump them on the spot. Most of the antelope that I killed have with a 6mm Rem shooting the 95g partition. I shot them with the 270 and it massacred the goat. I shot them with two different 25/06's using the 100g Sierra's doing 3300 and it did a great job out to 800. I've also killed quite a few of them with a 223 and 22/250 using std 55g bullets at ranges out to 400. I don't generally miss them due to the wind, I miss them due to shooting over and under them! At times the wind will blow the bullet off an entire body length of the animal or more, but you have to have a little bit of knowledge of your ballistics to shoot in this kind of wind and distance to begin with. You may have to shoot them on the run, in which 200-400 fps will cut the leade considerably. What ever you use, your success will depend on just how far you can practice getting to know your rifle. Also, your optics are critical if you plan on shooting past 400. You need to see your exact bullet impact which will require a muzzle break and high end optics, spotters are about useless. Email me for specifics on what my 7 STW does and good luck! [/QUOTE]
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