RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

What? the 30/06? The 300 Win hits harder than the 30/06 anywhere! Flatter too!

I'll put my handloaded 180 Gr BT's or Accubonds in 300 WM against your Federal factory load for 06.

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

7mmSTW

but at my current shooting level, i would not take the shot today, i have in the past, may practice enough in the future to be confident with that kind of shot, but not today;)

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

300WSM or 338-378 Weatherby Mag.

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

400yds? Ha!...Piece of cake!:D

Long range hunting! *VIDEO*

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

I would take the shoot with my .300 win mag in a second IF the deer is standing broadside with little or no wind. I have taken several deer in the 300-400 yard range and one at 630 yards. If you shoot alot, know your rifle, have a scope with target turrents to adjust for wind and elevation, and a rangefinder it is very do able.Heck you dont really even need target turrents or a rangefinder out to 350-400 yards with a good rifle.Yes I enjoy shooting deer at long range. Thats why I practice on groundhogs all summer long.

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

300 WSMusing a165 grain Barnes MRX bullet

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

Hunting Is Knowing Your Abilities

Ability =Lots of practice not just at the range on perfect benches/distances,
but in the woods with your stands or blinds. (they are not perfect benches)
The woods also have variables and obstacles: trees,bushes and limbs ect...
these are bullet deflectors. Deflected bullets are misses and/or wounded game.

When you become aware of all of these.......

Then we get to GAME FEVER this causes problems with nerves, rapid heart rate,
shaking,and some blindness to range and obstacles such as trees and limbs which
takes us back to bullet deflectors.(missed and/or wounded game)
The next thing is knowing what type of bullets to use for the game you are
hunting. How much penatration, how much expansion, how much penatration
before expansion and how fast to expand. (example .224 50 grain sx bullet with
muzzle vol.4000fps only penatrates1/2-3/4 inch explodes massive damage for next
3-4 inches with no exit on coyotes/deer)( .224 50 grain sp bullet with muzzle vol.4000fps
penatrates 1 inch with max. expansion in 3-4 inches exits with 1- 3 inch blowout)
(.284 139 grain sp bullet with muzzle vol.3000fps penatrates 3 - 4 inches before it starts
to expand max. expansion in 6 - 8 inches. 3/4 inch exit from12 inches of solid meat)

If you think about this a .284 139 grain sp bullet would travel 1/3 of the way through a
deer before it starts to expand (note: lung tissue is not solid meat either)

A better choice in bullets would be the .284 120 grain sp or hp for the faster expansion
it penatrates 1-2 inches, and starts to expand max. expansion in 3-5 inches 3/4-7/8 inch
dia. and pushes through about 12 inches of meat
(By the way reloads and hornady bullets) sp=spire pt. sx=super explosive hp=hollow pt.
BULLET CONSTRUCTION IS IMPORTANT TO CLEAN HUMANE KILLS ALSO!!!!!.
When you take practice, game fever, ammo/bullet construction, obstacles, and all
variables such as range/wind in to consideration before you pull the trigger then you
should have the Ability and Confidence to make clean humane one shot kill on game.
PLEASE DON'T EXCEED YOUR ABILITIES AND CONFIDENCE!!!!!

MOST WEEKEND WARRIORS DON'T TAKE THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION
THEY TAKE GUN OUT OF STORAGE A WEEK BEFORE SEASON, FIRE A FEW ROUNDS
JUST TO CHECK SCOPE. GO TO LOCAL GAS STATION, HARDWARE STORE, WAL-MART
BUY THE CHEAPEST AMMO THEY CAN FIND FOR THERE GUN AND JUST GO OUT
BLASTING. = (MISSED,WOUNDED AND/OR LOST GAME)!!!!

I know this is going to offend some people but things to think about before hunting
just my opinion thx

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

Wow. Pretty interesting way to look at it

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

I wouldn't be comfortable making a 400 yard shot.Even300 yards would really be pushing it.

I'm hooked on the .30-06 and don't see much reason to switch toa larger or more powerful cartridge. It does what I want it to do at reasonable ranges, where I can see the deer without optics.

RE: 400 yard trophy?
 

I could make a 200 yard shot alright, all the way up to 250, but I dunno about 300, but I know that the .308 drops 54 inches @ 400 yards.