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FYI you guys are the best, this is why I spend so much time here.
I agree. A bunch of great guys here...
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FYI you guys are the best, this is why I spend so much time here.
That's BS on the archery over rifle injuries.
Only reason it's obvious on archery is the arrow sticking out
You just don't see how many were injury kills from a rifle
Total BS driven by rifle hunters. I've read percentages are equal.
No,you look it up.
And we have a arf.com hissyfit going on.I agree. A bunch of great guys here...
I don't think @mjbskwim missed the dual reference to archery and non-practiced shooters. I think we'd all agree that there are many hunters out there who shouldn't be hunting. Let 'em stay in their trucks.Notice I said bow hunters and the 1 box of core lokts a year crowd.
And we have a arf.com hissyfit going on.
I don't think @mjbskwim missed the dual reference to archery and non-practiced shooters. I think we'd all agree that there are many hunters out there who shouldn't be hunting. Let 'em stay in their trucks.
@upstate88, how 'bout a picture of your rig?
I don't currently but that is a very nice gun and very sexy.Picked up my first browning product today after way to much shopping around. The X-bolt Hells canyon (7mm mag) seemed to have a lot of great features for the price. I paid just 1K for the gun from Sportmans warehouse.
I am shopping around for rings and a scope and this is what I am looking at...
DNZ Products Game Reaper 1-Piece Scope Base 1 Integral Rings Browning
Leupold VX-3i 3.5-10x40mm Riflescope w/ Free Shipping — 8 models
Magnum rifles are way new to me and I was wondering if someone has an x-bolt in the same cambering with some ammo recommendations (bear and black tail to start)?
Taste? Hug! Feel the love...And maybe we have a borderline cryfish.net mediator. Taste the rainbow.
Once again, just because you dont shoot very far, doesn't mean its not ethical or practical for someone else to do it.
And...how many animals have you shot with an A-max? I'll wait.
Hint......A 7mm, 162gr copper jacketed lead core bullet with a polycarbonate tip, is a devastating bullet on any deer.
Yes, my mileage varies greatly. I wouldn't consider 500 yards that far under good conditions.
So Upstate888 should only go hunting when shooting conditions are good?
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Nice try to hijack what I said, but my point has nothing at all to do with anyone's marksmanship skills. It has to do with a field of science called physics.
Upstate888's own post #11 here in this thread clearly states my point. He states that the Remington ammo that he is apparently considering using has a 19.5 inch bullet drop at 400 yards, and a 40 inch bullet drop at 500 yards ( both calculated from using a 200 yard zero ). That is quite an increase. Past 400 yards, bullet trajectories are going to be dropping much more severely. That is a scientific fact that no one here can deny. Precise bullet placement thus becomes more and more of a challenge.
There is also an element here of respecting the animal that you are hunting. Why take shots that dramatically increase the chance of wounding an animal? A great many hunters look down on such hunters. I am certainly not the only one.
Versus: Is Long-Range Hunting Ethical? - Petersen's Hunting
And as far as hunting with Hornady's A-Max target bullets, which Hornady has designed specifically for target shooting, that would be something extremely illogical to do. The issue is this: Hornady makes fantastic state of the art HUNTING BULLETS, that are specifically designed to perform well on game, which are just as accurate and precise, and which also offer very high ballistic coefficients to provide flat shooting ammunition.
That Hornady 154 GR InterBond bullet that I mentioned earlier has a Ballistic Coefficient of .525. The Hornady 162 gr ELD-X Precision Hunter bullet I mentioned has an amazing BC of .631 Compare those to the Hornady A-Max 162 gr target bullet that was previously mentioned, which has a BC of .625
However, the recommendation of that 7mm A-Max bullet was actually quite pointless to make, as Hornady has discontinued production of 7mm caliber A-Max bullets. So even even if Upstate888 wanted to use them, he couldn't, as they are no longer available on the market to buy anymore. Upstate888 was given advice that is clearly out of date, and totally useless to him.
So no, I am afraid that I have to totally disagree with you on these points. I will not concede anything to you on these issues. We are diametrically opposed.
Picked up my first browning product today after way to much shopping around. The X-bolt Hells canyon (7mm mag) seemed to have a lot of great features for the price. I paid just 1K for the gun from Sportmans warehouse.
I am shopping around for rings and a scope and this is what I am looking at...
DNZ Products Game Reaper 1-Piece Scope Base 1 Integral Rings Browning
Leupold VX-3i 3.5-10x40mm Riflescope w/ Free Shipping — 8 models
Magnum rifles are way new to me and I was wondering if someone has an x-bolt in the same cambering with some ammo recommendations (bear and black tail to start)?
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