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<blockquote data-quote="Wachsmann" data-source="post: 2698364" data-attributes="member: 10429"><p>Man for 10,5 that outfitter better be the one making sure the animal is not lost if he was telling you to just take the shot. Last guided hunt I went on was a mule deer hunt in WY and took a buck at broadside at 305 with 257 115 grain Berger. This hunt only cost 2800. Wind was nuts and I still had to put a second shot in him but that's hunting. Next year 2 lopes no wind one at 408 and another at 397. Both were dirt. No guide just myself and the most helpful wildlife officer I had ever met the day before. Checked my license the day before and told me all the antelope had been pushed to the far side of the unit. Pointed out which road to go in on and how fare they were hanging out. He was spot on. It was a year WY was giving doe and fawn permits out and you could get 2. Best eating antelope I have ever had also. No sage taste just good clean meat. One shot penetrated all the way through and the other was a slight more angle and the bullet stopped in the off side hide after breaking the off side shoulder. My longest shot on a deer is in Utah at 761 yards but with a 300 rum and 220 ELDX. Bullet blew up or something it did not act as it should. Still dirt on impact. ELDX bullets generally separate the copper jacket and the led core from what I have seen but they are accurate and seem to be easier to find. So that's why I shoot a lot of them. My wife has told me that she thinks I'm a shooter first and a hunter second with all the shooting and tinkering I like to do. Every gun I have is pretty much stock except for thing like beading the stock or trigger adjustment. On the RUM I had the barrel threaded and a break installed. It's a sendero so it shoot pretty good to start off with. For me i alway practice now at the longest range possible well after my load development is done. I will say this also you really need to know how you cold bore shot behaves out of you rifle to make any long range shot cause that is also key to testing and testing over and over so you are confident in you system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wachsmann, post: 2698364, member: 10429"] Man for 10,5 that outfitter better be the one making sure the animal is not lost if he was telling you to just take the shot. Last guided hunt I went on was a mule deer hunt in WY and took a buck at broadside at 305 with 257 115 grain Berger. This hunt only cost 2800. Wind was nuts and I still had to put a second shot in him but that’s hunting. Next year 2 lopes no wind one at 408 and another at 397. Both were dirt. No guide just myself and the most helpful wildlife officer I had ever met the day before. Checked my license the day before and told me all the antelope had been pushed to the far side of the unit. Pointed out which road to go in on and how fare they were hanging out. He was spot on. It was a year WY was giving doe and fawn permits out and you could get 2. Best eating antelope I have ever had also. No sage taste just good clean meat. One shot penetrated all the way through and the other was a slight more angle and the bullet stopped in the off side hide after breaking the off side shoulder. My longest shot on a deer is in Utah at 761 yards but with a 300 rum and 220 ELDX. Bullet blew up or something it did not act as it should. Still dirt on impact. ELDX bullets generally separate the copper jacket and the led core from what I have seen but they are accurate and seem to be easier to find. So that’s why I shoot a lot of them. My wife has told me that she thinks I’m a shooter first and a hunter second with all the shooting and tinkering I like to do. Every gun I have is pretty much stock except for thing like beading the stock or trigger adjustment. On the RUM I had the barrel threaded and a break installed. It’s a sendero so it shoot pretty good to start off with. For me i alway practice now at the longest range possible well after my load development is done. I will say this also you really need to know how you cold bore shot behaves out of you rifle to make any long range shot cause that is also key to testing and testing over and over so you are confident in you system. [/QUOTE]
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