We have ben having a decussion about elk loads....how far would you take a shot at an elk with a 30-06? What to you think about a 300-350 yard shoulder hold???
Thanks J

no problem, if you feel comfortable shooting at those ranges the 06 will work for you without a dout, i shot my last moose with the 06 and it ranged at about 400yrds. i say go for it

I would say as long as you can hit a pie plate 10 out of 10 times at that distance and still retain 1,000 foot pounds of energy. Please practice shooting after you have ran a ways, so you can work on your breathing at those long ranges.

The 30-06 will kill elk farther than most pepole can shoot efectivly,first rifle was 30-06 Rem Modle 7600,it killed elk as long as I did my part.
BBJ

It runs out of energy beyond where you run out of accuracy.

I'm sure Federal and other ammo mfg. companies have this on their websites. I pulled from a CD Federal gave out at last years "Game Fair" near Anoka MN.

See the ballistics of your caliber and slug weight. If I could get the whole table on the page, it show the bullet drop at various yds., too. That's very important for you to know, as well as what the speed and energy at the distance is.
If you look at .30-06 180 gr out at 400 yds the bullet has dropped nearly 2 ft. at 500 yds. it's dropping over 4 ft. I'd say you'd really be taking a chance at shooting at an Elk at those distances. I'm sure it's been done. But their tough enough to take down even at much closer, why chance it?

Here is the 2nd page, if you can follow the line of the ammo # your considering, you can find the bullet drop if zeroed and 100 or 200 yds.

Of course the trajectory tableonly applies if your rifle produces the exact velocity listed by the manufacturersand the barometric pressure is the same as that used by the manufacturers,and your ring height is also exactly the same as listed by the manufacturer.In other words,it is very common for the trajectory of the load used in your rifle tovary by several inches from the tableatdistancesof 300 yards or more.The only way to know the actual point of impact of a given loadat agiven distance, in your rifle,is to actuallyshoot the load in your rifle.

This is a good question.

I looked up the round I'm using, Winchester Accubond (data below). What's the difference between Short & Long Trajectory in the chart below? For 300 yds it shows -13.5 " in short and -7.9" for long.

http://www.winchester.com/products/c...symbol=S3006CT