ORIGINAL: ddear
ORIGINAL: Buckshot
Anyone here realize that a 7mm rem mag will drop over 28' at 1000 yards?
That is a very important point and one that many who are condemning this hunter fail to consider. I do not know the exact heigth of a deers vital zone above the ground, but for the sake of discussion lets say it ranges from 36" to 48 ". Therefore, the bullet form every normal hunting rifle , that was fired on level ground would contact the ground within 600 yds or less. The hunter in question fired into an orchard ,and the house and car were not visible from where the hunter was located, He ws firing up hill from a valley into the orchard. Based on the facts ,as reported in the papers, the hunter in question had no way of knowing that the bullet he fired would travel 0.5 miles. .
the hunter had no way of knowing the bullet would travel 0.5 miles----B.S.
Just read this off of a Remington .308 ammo box---"Know your target and what is beyond it"
and if he was firing uphill--then, it stands to reason he's not holding the gun level--so what does 600 yds have to do with anything?
who cares what the drop rate was---if you didn't have a solid backstop---you didn't --shame on you