View Poll Results: A poll

Wont Shoot

192

28.11%

.300

125

18.30%

.270

11.42%

.243

3.07%

7mmMag

150

21.96%

30-06

8.20%

Other(tell what type you would shoot)

8.93%

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400 yard trophy?

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07-20-2007 | 06:33 PM

#191

goos_blues

Fork Horn

Joined: Feb 2003

Posts: 226

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From: northeast, North Dakota

RE: 400 yard trophy?

I would have confidence in either my 7mmWSM or my 25-06

07-20-2007 | 06:57 PM

#192

goos_blues

Fork Horn

Joined: Feb 2003

Posts: 226

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From: northeast, North Dakota

RE: 400 yard trophy?

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Why? The 243 has a flatter trajectory and more enrgy then a 308win.
out to 500 yards as aA Navel & Military test have proven!The 243 was actually created by necking down a 7.62mm NATO case,a.30cal. or(308).[
(Winchester figures). The .243 is more lethal at 500 yards than the 5.56mm NATO (.223)or 7.62x39 (308) are at 200 yards!

I think most people realize that the 243 is a necked down 308. The article state that the 243 has more nockdown power than the 223 and 7.62x39 (not the .308) the 308 is the 7.62x51 and not a 7.62x39.Im pretty sure the 243 isnt more lethal than a 308

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07-20-2007 | 09:41 PM

#193

BigTiny

Joined: Dec 2006

Posts: 3,145

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From: Louisiana

RE: 400 yard trophy?

.308

07-21-2007 | 05:12 AM

#194

tsoc

Nontypical Buck

Joined: Aug 2005

Posts: 3,102

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RE: 400 yard trophy?

I don't have any experience shooting at a distance of 400 yards,so no I wouldn't shoot.I would do my darndest though to get within a range I am comfortable and confidant with.

07-21-2007 | 10:32 AM

#195

gators1422

Joined: Jul 2006

Posts: 68

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RE: 400 yard trophy?

Would definetly shoot. Have had one oppurtunity like that in Montana, killed a big 8 point at 456 yards with a 7 mag.

07-21-2007 | 06:58 PM

#196

whitetaildreamer

Nontypical Buck

Joined: Feb 2007

Posts: 1,309

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From: Winnipeg, Mb, Canada

RE: 400 yard trophy?

I wouldn't be the first buck that I have taken at 400 yards. I have no problem reaching out and touching them at that distance with my 7mm mag.

07-21-2007 | 07:04 PM

#197

270 bdl

Fork Horn

Joined: Oct 2006

Posts: 163

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RE: 400 yard trophy?

I voted yes. I shot a deer once at almost 400 yards with a 270. I shoot long distances pretty regularly and depending on the wind and shot angle I would shoot.

07-22-2007 | 07:22 AM

#198

jmbuckhunter

Nontypical Buck

Joined: Jul 2006

Posts: 4,487

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From: St. Louis, MO

RE: 400 yard trophy?

My bow won't shoot that far.

07-23-2007 | 07:08 AM

#199

kdsberman

Nontypical Buck

Joined: Feb 2003

Posts: 1,673

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From: Michigan

RE: 400 yard trophy?

At 400 yards its not hunting IMO. Thats shooting. You might as well put a super high powered scope on your gun and stay home and shoot out of your windows at the deer on your property a few miles away. Not hunting.