ORIGINAL: HuntAway
If all the stars aligned and everything was perfect. There is still plenty of energy at 300 yds to do a deer with chapmans load.
However, 300 yd is a longgggggggggg ways out there for a bullet that takes better than 1/2a second to get there.
P.S. That is my moose load.
I think 300 is way beyond most inline MLer on this board. A Savage shooting Smokeless with a 2700 fps and Barnes Origonal with a Crushed Rib sabot took this doe at 293 yards:
http://dougva.proboards34.com/index.cgi?board=Savage&action=display&thre ad=1198274725
so it is possible, IF YOU KNOW YOUR GUN, YOUR LOAD, YOU PRACTICE to 300 and YOUR an excellent marksman. Some can shoot up to 150 with no problems, with their 100 yard sighed in guns. Anything over 150 is a lot of practice and knowledge of bullet, load and excellent conditions. I am NOT recommending people shoot that far, I am only pointing out that I have seen evidence of folks shooting that far and had excellent results AGAIN with the right load. Chap