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<blockquote data-quote="nralifer" data-source="post: 2809287" data-attributes="member: 94556"><p>I agree with much of what you said, but I don’t want to engage in a long and drawn out ethical discussion. ELR, bench rest shooting, and F class are popular competative platforms but the guns used are far removed from guns used in routine rifle hunting. The guns used in those sports are very impractical to hunt with, especially ELR type rifles. 1000 yds is a long way, and in my opinion is about as long a shot as a hunter can take to place a bullet within 1/2 to 1 moa of his aim point with a cold bore shot. Additionally a kill at that distance means the hunter has to walk at least twice that to retrieve his animal. The further out one shoots the better BC looks because things like wind drift, bullet drop, Coriolis effect become significant. A high BC bullet will retain a greater amount of its original muzzle speed and energy than a low BC bullet because of the shorter flight time. The high BC bullet also will impact with greater speed and energy at distance making longer shots feasible. What the distance limit each individual hunter is comfortable with is highly individualized, but shooting a high BC bullet never hurts at any distance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nralifer, post: 2809287, member: 94556"] I agree with much of what you said, but I don’t want to engage in a long and drawn out ethical discussion. ELR, bench rest shooting, and F class are popular competative platforms but the guns used are far removed from guns used in routine rifle hunting. The guns used in those sports are very impractical to hunt with, especially ELR type rifles. 1000 yds is a long way, and in my opinion is about as long a shot as a hunter can take to place a bullet within 1/2 to 1 moa of his aim point with a cold bore shot. Additionally a kill at that distance means the hunter has to walk at least twice that to retrieve his animal. The further out one shoots the better BC looks because things like wind drift, bullet drop, Coriolis effect become significant. A high BC bullet will retain a greater amount of its original muzzle speed and energy than a low BC bullet because of the shorter flight time. The high BC bullet also will impact with greater speed and energy at distance making longer shots feasible. What the distance limit each individual hunter is comfortable with is highly individualized, but shooting a high BC bullet never hurts at any distance. [/QUOTE]
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