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The Basics, Starting Out
am i thinking too much of the .308
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<blockquote data-quote="85grNBTat3500fps" data-source="post: 292765" data-attributes="member: 18677"><p>I know that we all are talking about long range hunting of game in this discussion of the 308 Win. I know that the military thinks highly enough of this round to ownly chamber their standard sniper rifles(M-24) for it and train all of the sniper trainees to shoot to 1000meters. The thing that really comes into play also with long range accuracy is the distance the bullet becomes trans sonic (the speed in which the bullet falls below the speed of sound) at this distance and bullet speed the bullet will start to rapidly loose speed,start to drop like a rock and could possibly become unstable enough(yaw) the accuracy becomes inconsistent. The military states 800 meters as the effective range for sniping but the bullet can and does kill at 1000meters and a bit further out. I think that if the military is using it to huntenemy soldiers than it should be fine for the civilian world to hunt game animals with to within the range that the shoot feels is their max distance(right bullet and practice). Some of this information I am pulling from memory from reading the book precision shooting at 1000 yards.</p><p> </p><p>Andrew</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="85grNBTat3500fps, post: 292765, member: 18677"] I know that we all are talking about long range hunting of game in this discussion of the 308 Win. I know that the military thinks highly enough of this round to ownly chamber their standard sniper rifles(M-24) for it and train all of the sniper trainees to shoot to 1000meters. The thing that really comes into play also with long range accuracy is the distance the bullet becomes trans sonic (the speed in which the bullet falls below the speed of sound) at this distance and bullet speed the bullet will start to rapidly loose speed,start to drop like a rock and could possibly become unstable enough(yaw) the accuracy becomes inconsistent. The military states 800 meters as the effective range for sniping but the bullet can and does kill at 1000meters and a bit further out. I think that if the military is using it to huntenemy soldiers than it should be fine for the civilian world to hunt game animals with to within the range that the shoot feels is their max distance(right bullet and practice). Some of this information I am pulling from memory from reading the book precision shooting at 1000 yards. Andrew [/QUOTE]
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