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After seeing some of the pictures posted on here of the mountains and the open very large open farm fields, and bogs. What calibers are you using for them long shots?
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I hunt the open prairies of Wyoming and the Black Hills area around Sundance with the .240 Weatherby. I also use a 7.82 Patriot in the timber for elk and deer. I just recently purchased a Remington .280 Mountain Rifle that may see some action!
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6.5x284 with 140 AMAX, which is the important part of the equation...though my average shot could be easily taken care of via a Wally World special rifle with cheap 4X scope and normal factory loads.
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Mostly, I use a .270 for everything but elk and Coues whitetails. Elk are hunted with the .338 Howell or the .300 Win Mag, while the whitetail rifle is a .257 AI, although the .270 gets to go when nostalgia rears its seductive head.
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h d - For the scenario you asked about I like my (older) 700 Synthetic, 7mm Rem Mag. For WT I use Hornady 139 BTSP at 3300 fos (umm FPS ) ,graphed. Even at close range those bullets DON'T zephyr. I have others to choose but for known open territory I really like the 7RM Good Luck Jerry
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Mountains here in the west. Western plains for pronghorn.
Shots of 500 yards are quite possible.
I use 7mm rem mag and 7 ultra mag rifles but would do just as well with .300 win or ultra mag.
Been thinking of building a 6.5x284 Norma just for deer and antelope.
Friend runs .257 Weatherby mag,.264 Win mag and 7 ultra.
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I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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Not really long shots by some folk's standards, but:
Cartridges with my longest shots to date: .280 Rem/140g Nosler AccuBond, 373 yards, doe antelope 7mm RM/160g Speer Grand Slam, 411 yards, 6x5 bull elk .300WM/180g Barnes MRX, 400 yards, cow elk .338WM/225g Nosler AccuBond, 487 yards, cow elk
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Judging wind is always the issue for me, a near by draw or a shot across a canyon can really mess up a long shot. So I take 100gr and up in the rifle giving me the least wind drift downrange in my safe (obviously must be accurate).
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7mm Rem Magnificent and 7mm08
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No plains here in PA or NY, but for the last 35+ years a 270 has been my go to gun for the fields and mountains....
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My farmland is in ND. It's rolling prairie and grain fields interrupted by shelterbelts and empty farmyards. My longest shot at a deer (it was successful) was 265 yards according to my Leica laser rangefinder. My closest could have been measured in feet, because it was less than 10 yards. I've not seen many deer bedded in 4" high stubble. They often feed on grain spilled by harvesting equipment at sundown, though.
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Brush covered mountains and narrow hollows here. I use a .243, 7mm-08, 30-06, and 350 mag so far. I've been given a 300 Savage and a 308 to add to the mix.
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Not really long shots by some folk's standards, but:
Cartridges with my longest shots to date: .280 Rem/140g Nosler AccuBond, 373 yards, doe antelope 7mm RM/160g Speer Grand Slam, 411 yards, 6x5 bull elk .300WM/180g Barnes MRX, 400 yards, cow elk .338WM/225g Nosler AccuBond, 487 yards, cow elk
?? CH : in each case, were those shot with : Max PBR Sight-In + Holdover, A Ballistic Reticle, or Turret Twisting from LRF ?? Curious
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Been the magnum route. Now it's mostly deer inside of 350 yards. 270Win w/ 130gr TTSX.
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I hunt big ag fields in north MO, and I used a 300wm for a long time. Now I use a .257 Roberts. Both rifles have dropped deer past 370 yards.
Past 300 yards, you need a range finder and a way to compensate for drop and windage with whatever cartridge you are using....Well with a 257 Wby that may move to 400 yards.
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I hunt the wide open spaces of Saskatchewan. I don't shoot at extreme ranges. So my usual pick has been a .308, but I have also used a 25-06, .243, 7x64, 7x57, 30-06, etc. for deer, elk, pronghorn, etc. They all work if you don't shoot beyond 300 yards.
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PA farm land Whitetails .308Win
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Big AG fields in northern Michigan. 280 Rem with 160gr Accubonds, 270 WSM with 130 Partitians.
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