by wildcatter » Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:30 am
Yup, while the cats away the mice will play. And have a great time MB, suggestion, if you sight in for actual Point blanc ranges a 300yd shot is no-thing and all those years as a Professional Hunter, I always said.."I can get within 300yds of any animal on the earth" and I did, even too bagging the #2 & #10 world record Dall Rams (both on the same hunt), which are tough to get closer than 300yds to (I was the meat packer at that time, but functioning as the guide on those particular days, so my name isn't actually in the Books, but I did do it and the customers were exceedingly happy and the registered Guide got the accolades in the Boone & Crockett. Both were sized, well over the 40" range!). At that range you still have enough on the bullet to decide any issue. I have customers that have killed big Elk bulls at nearly 450yds and a friend got a 500+lb Caribou at 600+yds this year (he was using a 230gr Hornady Flat Point FMJ at much higher speeds than some here are used to and should not try to duplicate, as he is a true Ballistics Expert, but his MV numbers were in the 2800fps area - A lung shot that took out ribs on both sides and exited the animal, it went less than 50yds before it went down.). Our normal numbers aren't all that good at those ranges but then again the numbers do not tell the whole story. A well constructed bullet at our initial speeds just has great Terminal Effects at about any range you want to shoot at. I am often asked what is the effective range, I usually answer the question by asking what is the range? With the laser range finders and the portable Ballistic Calculators we now have, all that is necessary to kill the target is to crank the sights to agree to the solution and then to get your knife out!!! GO GET'EM CHAMP!!!! ..""It's day-light in the Swamps and were out of meat and the Kids are ah crying""..
Safety First..t