.25-06!!

Carlos Hathcock used a Winchester 70 in .300 Win Mag as his primary rig in Vietnam.

In several articles about Carlos Hathcock, it states that he used the 300 Magnum in competition at Cherry Point, but during his tours in Viet Nam, he used the 30-06 and .308

I couldn' t find anything about him using the 300 mag during sniping missions. Maybe someone with more knowledge about Hathcock can help here.

There is a great article on www.snipershide.com about Carlos Hathcock.

U may want to check out the new WSSM calibers from Winchester. I just bought a .223 WSSM. It also comes in a .243 & .25. Can be loaded faster than a Swift.

You might want to check out this web site. they have 5.5lb rifles. Get your wallet out!!

http://www.christensenarms.com/carbonhunter.htm

as was metioned here check out the 257wm you will be surprised or the 240 wm i use the 240 for deer hunting and has proved very well for me

I read a book about HAthcock years ago. I believe it was 30-06 and .308 in combat.....as well as putting a scope on a m-2 .50 cal machine gun and taking some really long shots.

As for the 30-06 balistics mentioned earlier they were off. if you are 3 inches high at 100 yards you are about 7-11 inches low at 300 yards and 25-33 inches low at 400 yards. www.remington.com has a nice balistics section. Part of the challenge and pride in shooting some of these longer ranges is being able to judge the distance and accurately adjust for the range of your target. Good luck finding the tack driver you are after. I wouldn' t want to foot the bill.

David

I knw this wasnt one of your choices but i would pick a 17 remington mag.I might be just 16 but i know what im talking about.and if u dont want that go with a 220 swift.

First of all it is the 17 Remington, not a magnum. Secondly you obviously don' t know squat about ballistic coefficient. The 17 Rem isn' t as flat as you think since it loses energy and velocity very fast with such a light bullet. Try throwing a feather sometime and see how far it goes. Then maybe come back and brag about knowing what you are talking about.

I agree, I was originally wanting a lighter grained small caliber round.

Went out last Saturday and actually shot at 100 yards 200 yards and 300 yards. People would be suprised at how far 300 yards is? Man thats far! I deffinitely have to get a higher powered scope and would probably miss all together at 400 yards.

My ballistic pattern at 100 was three inches high, at 200 was near dead on and at 300 was I guess somewhere around 8-10 inches low. This is shooting a hot load in .270 with 130 grain. Scope was a 3x9 redfield. At 300 yards I had problems with keeping the cross hairs on the target but wasn' t in a comfortable shooting position.

I have always under estimated at how far those long range shots really are and I will always from now on consider those people that tell me they shoot game at 600 and 800 yards a mear lier. If I had to guess at how far 600 and 800 yards was, would in reality only be 300 and 400 yards away from the target. So those that think they are 600 and 800 yards away was probably a bit closer and should consider a range finder of some sort.

I didn' t have a range finder but used a wheel that counted feet to figure the range.