What are your longer shots on game animals?
GreggH
here are a few i remember longest was a doe antelope 750 yards Wyoming , 720 yards 10 pt. whitetail buck Montana , 650 yards buck antelope Wyoming , 460 yards buck antelope Wyoming , 420 yards buck Mule deer Montana, all shot with my 257 Weatherby mag. on the 1st shot laying down with a bi-pod . killed many animals 300 - 400 yds. with this same cartridge . 100 grain bullet velocity 3680 - 3800 fps. none were standard barrels some were Lilja barrels some were Brux barrels , barrel lengths were 26 ,27 or 28 inch.
the biggest horned whitetail buck i ever shot with this same cartridge the 257 Weatherby mag. and scored non-typical 201 B.C. dressed 217 lbs. shot this big buck at 30 feet bang flop .
