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Yet another caliber comparison. 300Win Mag or 7mm rem mag
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<blockquote data-quote="mace" data-source="post: 1929554" data-attributes="member: 31432"><p>Check the Muzzle Energy of the caliber and bullet combination to see how much energy (ME) it produces at your maximum confident shooting range. You can determine this with ballistic tables from various apps for your smart phone. Like much of this there are various theories on what kind of energy you need to put down an animal weighing up to 1200 lbs, assuming a heart lung shot. My experience and those of many other hunters I respect is; 1000 Foot Pounds of energy for large buck deer and any large male elk you shoot will weigh at least twice as much as that trophy deer. A good sized moose, figure about three times more than that large trophy deer and I am talking about Western Mule Deer,not the tiny little deer I have hunted in some eastern states. </p><p></p><p>That being said your max range for large deer with the 7 MM Rem Mag with the right bullet is 750 yards for Deer. That same cartridge peters out at about 400 yards for the large Elk. </p><p></p><p>Looking at the 300 WM for Deer, again with the right bullet and conditions you are good for 800 yards. For large Bull Elk you can make 450 to 500 with all conditions being right.</p><p></p><p>I have shot many deer, quite a few elk and one moose with the above criteria in mind. For longer shots with my .338 Lapua and 300 grain bullets I have operated successfully at 850 according to my range finder. Last fall I drew down on at huge 6x6 Elk with a herd of cows along with him at 991 yards. I was so wanting to pull that trigger but the **** wind was blowing 15-20 mph according to my Kestrel. I wanted to make that shot so, so bad and had a firing solution I thought would work. About then the wind got really serious and the snow was starting to fall with very big flakes. I turned the Jeep around and got the hell out of there, didn't take the shot because the conditions were horrible and I would have probably hit one of the cows. I still think about that shot however....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mace, post: 1929554, member: 31432"] Check the Muzzle Energy of the caliber and bullet combination to see how much energy (ME) it produces at your maximum confident shooting range. You can determine this with ballistic tables from various apps for your smart phone. Like much of this there are various theories on what kind of energy you need to put down an animal weighing up to 1200 lbs, assuming a heart lung shot. My experience and those of many other hunters I respect is; 1000 Foot Pounds of energy for large buck deer and any large male elk you shoot will weigh at least twice as much as that trophy deer. A good sized moose, figure about three times more than that large trophy deer and I am talking about Western Mule Deer,not the tiny little deer I have hunted in some eastern states. That being said your max range for large deer with the 7 MM Rem Mag with the right bullet is 750 yards for Deer. That same cartridge peters out at about 400 yards for the large Elk. Looking at the 300 WM for Deer, again with the right bullet and conditions you are good for 800 yards. For large Bull Elk you can make 450 to 500 with all conditions being right. I have shot many deer, quite a few elk and one moose with the above criteria in mind. For longer shots with my .338 Lapua and 300 grain bullets I have operated successfully at 850 according to my range finder. Last fall I drew down on at huge 6x6 Elk with a herd of cows along with him at 991 yards. I was so wanting to pull that trigger but the **** wind was blowing 15-20 mph according to my Kestrel. I wanted to make that shot so, so bad and had a firing solution I thought would work. About then the wind got really serious and the snow was starting to fall with very big flakes. I turned the Jeep around and got the hell out of there, didn't take the shot because the conditions were horrible and I would have probably hit one of the cows. I still think about that shot however.... [/QUOTE]
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