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270 Allen magnum and a 195 gr. wildcat bullet = dead Blacktail at 892 yards� Ok not really that simple it takes lots of practice and very good equipment do this. First you need a fine rifle capable of extreme accuracy (and the skill to use it) at long range�s Kirby Allen builds such rifles, you also need a good range finder I use an swarovski, also a good weather meter I use the Kestrel 4000, and a extremely good Ballistic calculator the Exbal is about the best and I have that in a Dell axim, a scope level, also a good angle gauge on your rifle is needed. As I would be taking this shot at a 15% angle.

Anyways after spotting this Buck on the side of a very steep hill covered with fir reprod and brush I determined it was a shooter So I ranged it and feed all the info from the Kestrel and the Swarovski and angle gauge into Exbal it gave me a correction of 16.25 MOA and for 892 yards.

I made the correction on the 5.5-22x56 nightforce scope set up in my rest the one in the picture and rear bag and went prone in the dirt. My lovely wife was my spotter and about the time I was ready to shoot it starts raining hard about 500 yards on out. (Oh I forgot to mention there was no wind at all dead calm) rain isn�t that big of a deal just cuts down on visibility a bit so I send the big 195 wildcat on its way I see the deer react to the hit and down it went then a big crrrrwoop came back.

I left my wife were I shot from and went to were thought I needed to be to find the Buck and was only about 20 yards off from were I thought it was. The hit was perfect right tight behind the shoulder and double lung shot.

shot from the red arrow.

the Buck and rifle

my ugly mug.

my buddy he help get it out a big thanks to him

Good job, nice deer!

Good shooting.
Nice buck too.

You obviously have the knowledge, tools, and the skills to pull it off. Hats off to you on a fine job.

Very cool great what practice and good components can do for you.

Very Nice

nice shooting

Very nice!

Thanks for the kind words everyone... the Buck was standing here when it was killed.

the culmination of many years experience and hours of practice I am sure, way to go on a job well done.
hopefully I have a similar tale in 2 weeks when I take on elk in steep country.
my hat is off to you, congrats

Nice buck and good shooting.

Very NICE! Its nice when everything comes together. I ran a similar situation last year on the local websight I am sure you could think of the one. I got a bunch of high and mighties telling me how its not work or "hunting". Those are the guys that dont get out of the truck and shoot off the mirror. Good job I KNOW what it takes to pull that off. Great work. And Great buck.

Jason

Holy sczhit! Nice shootin' - and nice buck.....

Very cool, congrats on a great shot on a great deer.

Thanks guy�s� lucky for me I live were I hunt most of the time, and I can practice and shoot all I want. It�s kind of a full time job just keeping the predators thinned down so I get lots of practice doing that�

Entrance hole, exit hole data, how much blown apart etc... I'm still holding out wanting to run 180/200 wildcats in my 7x300 wtby. But he gives no BC data or how the bullets work. I don't like big holes...

Jeff

Jeff

This was the first big game animal that I took with the 270AM and the 195�s so can�t give a whole lot of info on how they work other than they are extremely accurate, but I can tell you how it did this time.

The entrance hole was very small about the size of a 30 cal or a little smaller lets say 7mm. The bullet went in right behind the front shoulder without hitting the shoulder bone got one rib went through both lungs hit a rib on the way out exit hole of about one inch. Very little blood shot meat.

I�m shooting the 195�s at a muzzle velocity of 3080 fps and at 892 yards it still has velocity of 2103fps and 1914lbs of energy.

So far I�m happy with them as I don�t like big holes either or blood shot meat.

Just wanted to tell you your rifle is backwards....

LOL I know that it would make it a lot easer if it weren�t wrong handed, stuff cost more and is harder to find.

Thanks... I know the websight.