Originally Posted by
mountaineer magic
I know what you mean. Couple years ago I got into trying to shoot an axe blade so that the round ball split and broke clays set on each side of the axe. I had a lot of fun. Took me quite a bit of practice but once I finally done it at 50 yards I lost interest. I should try it again. I would love to have some silhouettes to practice shooting. Right now by big thing is getting good enough to take a deer at 300 yards
Why are you so concerned with taking a deer at 300 yds with a MLer? And even if you somehow possibly can get one at that range and not be 275 or 320, why?
It is possible to do, but make sure you have enough Foot Pounds of energy befor you do so. I like to have at least 800ft lbs of energy at any distance. If possible up you Powder Load to the Max that your MLer likes and groups well with. I would go with at least a 120gr charge. But befor the shot is taken, practice, practice and practice more at 300. There's so much that can go wrong at that long of a shot with a MLer. I get shots at 160-175 and I get worried, even though the deer is standing still feeding, if he takes just one step befor the shot gets there it can be a bad thing. I say this because on some of the shots I have taken out to 175+yds, after the shot I have actually been able to see the bullet on it's path to the deer and actually hit them after the shot.
A MLer is still just a MLer, sure it can take animals out to 300yds, for me 200 would be my max, and that's a dang good shot in anyones book with a MLer.
(BP)