what rifle do you reccomend?
08-19-2010, 09:26 PM
#14
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 2
IMHO a 7mm or .338 is overkill for deer hunting. .270, .308, and 30-06 are all great deer rifles and if you handload and have a good scope (not to mention know how to shoot) you can reach out as far as you need to for deer hunting. If you really need to shoot 500yards then I agree that you should get that out of your system at the range
08-20-2010, 07:07 PM
#15
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Miami, Florida
Posts: 2
If shooting long range (500 yds) is what you really like, stay at the range. If you want to get into deer hunting, I recommend your first priority is becoming a deer hunter. In just about every kind of terrain there is, a good hunter can put himself much closer than 500 yards from his deer. I consider half that range a very long shot. In fact I've never shot a deer much over 100 yds.
IMO, hunting should be about the hunt, not the length of the shot, regardless of your ability to hit at long range. What have you done when you shoot a deer that far away? You didn't hunt it, all you did was make a long shot.
IMO, hunting should be about the hunt, not the length of the shot, regardless of your ability to hit at long range. What have you done when you shoot a deer that far away? You didn't hunt it, all you did was make a long shot.
Take care
08-21-2010, 10:58 AM
#17
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: N/W WI.
Posts: 814
Christianson Arms, I think that is the name. They advertise on the Outdoor Channel. They advertise some unreal accuracy at unbelievable distances. Has anyone ever tried them? I believe they do shots at 700-800 yds. They are unreal, just wondering if anyone has one or shot one.
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08-23-2010, 06:58 AM
#18
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: South East Pa.
Posts: 526
If you get a good outline (snow) it would not be unusual. When I was in we shot at 500 yards with m-14s and m-16s at half a man target with open sights and I never missed. Ten minutes, ten rounds. I don't care to hunt that way, but it is not a ridiculous idea.
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08-23-2010, 08:55 AM
#19
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Posts: 5,130
7MM Rem Mag will do just that.............................!!!
http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm....on-magnum.html
Can you do your part ???
http://www.gunnersden.com/index.htm....on-magnum.html
Can you do your part ???
08-23-2010, 10:41 AM
#20
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Western Maryland
Posts: 30
Even at western ranges, a 7mm or 300 mag would be more than enough out to reasonable distances. I agree with a few other members though, 500 meters, is not hunting. Im sorry, it's shooting. And I won't knock anybody for wanting to do that, because we all need to stick together but shooting is different from hunting.
