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Old 10-21-2007, 06:32 AM
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blackheel
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 365
Default RE: Very interesting

I think one thing that is being overlooked too is foot pounds of energy at 300 yds. I just ran the ballistics on the 300 grain SST and at 300 yards (muzzle velocity 1800 fps) is 845. I've always been told to use 1000 fps for deer. I did take a caribou with an Encore at 225 yards with a 300 grain SST with 110 grains of T7 this summer. With the crosswind, I probably had 12-15" of bullet drift. I held just over the top of the back and hit about 8" down from the spine. Hit the caribou in the lungs, great passthru shot but had it been a whitetail, it would have been gut shot!
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