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<blockquote data-quote="Slick8" data-source="post: 1524430" data-attributes="member: 52585"><p>Lots of good info on this thread and possibly some wishful thinking by some or just bad info.</p><p></p><p>I'm not saying you can't meet your goals with your equipment but it's a stretch. You'll likely need to upgrade your scope to reliably shoot that far. A range finder and wind meter is needed as well.</p><p></p><p>As mentioned above one of the critical factors to your rifle is the barrel twist rate. It's likely a 1:10 twist which will limit you to the 160 class bullets. Ideally, you'd want to shoot a 180 in that round.</p><p></p><p>If your action isn't bedded and the barrel free floated you need to do that as well. Any competent gun smith can do this. If your a diy'er you can do it as well. Lots of great info on web about it.</p><p></p><p>I did a quick ballistic calculation and a 168 berger at modest 7 WBY speed will get you to about 900 yards with elk killing power. Doing that with 223 inches of drop and 45 inches of drift with a 10 mph cross wind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slick8, post: 1524430, member: 52585"] Lots of good info on this thread and possibly some wishful thinking by some or just bad info. I'm not saying you can't meet your goals with your equipment but it's a stretch. You'll likely need to upgrade your scope to reliably shoot that far. A range finder and wind meter is needed as well. As mentioned above one of the critical factors to your rifle is the barrel twist rate. It's likely a 1:10 twist which will limit you to the 160 class bullets. Ideally, you'd want to shoot a 180 in that round. If your action isn't bedded and the barrel free floated you need to do that as well. Any competent gun smith can do this. If your a diy'er you can do it as well. Lots of great info on web about it. I did a quick ballistic calculation and a 168 berger at modest 7 WBY speed will get you to about 900 yards with elk killing power. Doing that with 223 inches of drop and 45 inches of drift with a 10 mph cross wind. [/QUOTE]
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