6.5x300 WBY
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That criteria screams 240 Weatherby.
I'm guessing you would probably approve of one of my favorite western calibers, the 7mm STW.Ideal minimum would be a 270 or 7mm with at least 150-160 gr bullet weight and ability to drive those to around 3000 fps or more. 270 wsm, 7mm wsm, 7mm rem mag
so basically the same energy as a 9mm from the muzzle...Curious so I pulled up Hornady 4DOF app. Chose factory Hornady 22-250 with 60 grain SP and it says energy at 600 yards is 336 ftlbs.
Curious so I pulled up Hornady 4DOF app. Chose factory Hornady 22-250 with 60 grain SP and it says energy at 600 yards is 336 ftlbs.
77 matchkingThanks for your thoughts, out of curiosity what bullet were you using? A mono or a CNC?
Wasn't that illegal in MT 10-15 yrs ago? I thought big game required >22 cal Centerfire…..but that has been eliminated.Personnaly I've been using the 22/250 and Swift with 55's-63's cup n cores for 45 years in Montana.
0. I was prepared and shooting a lot at 300yds and several sessions out to 700yds. I was pretty confident to 700 off my tripod. That said, I've not shot over 300yds for a couple years because I've been shooting my Contender more. I have shot deer to 380….and an Antelope at 400 yds. The problem really wasn't my shooting ability so much as my hunting spot. Often I see deer 25-300 yds…..or they are like 900 yds away. For example,I was setting up on a buck at 700. Then another hunter drove up a road the buck could see. It ran at me until it got to 300. I was not going to pass because it came 400yds closer & stopped.I am a curious fella so need to ask, how many deer have you shot @ 600 to date and how many rounds a year do you practice with @ 600 yds?
Curious so I pulled up Hornady 4DOF app. Chose factory Hornady 22-250 with 60 grain SP and it says energy at 600 yards is 336 ftlbs.
Those rifles all have customer throats? The 243W and 22/250 never looked like that before!!Here's just a few of my 600yd deer sized game loads.
L-R: 25-06 with 110gr NAB, 6-06 with 105gr, 6mmRem with 105gr, 243W with Berger 105 and the 22/250-AI with 80gr.
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You sure as hell shouldn't be taking 600 yard shots at a MULE deer with 22 anything. Even suggesting that for mule deer hunting is crazy. Admitting you've killed deer with one is one thing but actually suggesting it to someone is foolish. Don't encourage most wounded deer. 6mm is a stretch and a right 25 cal set up I will give you that one. But for hells sake leave your 22-250 at home when it comes to our mule deer.LMAO.......Okay. However, I don't use to many tree stands here in the West.
Should I "resurrect" all those dead game animals I should not have killed with 22's, 6mm's and 25's? And what about a couple of friends who have been killing "elk" for decades with 243's??