What Caliber for 600yd Whitetail? (New rifle Build)

[Huntz]

A 270 Win shootin 140 grain Berger hunting bullets is sure death at 600 yards and further.You want something better?A 1-8 twist 270 WSM with 170 grain Bergers.A Good gunsmith can open your bolt face for Magnum width.
Or buy this bad boy and spend your time working up loads.

SOLD/EXPIRED - Remington 700 KS .280 Rem Kampfeld Custom in a Brown Pound’r Stock

I have another KS shipping back from Karl today, so I've decided to let this one go. Stupid move on my part, but oh well. This is a 1986 (code DG) Remington 700 KS custom shop rifle in .280 Remington. I sent it to Karl to have it bedded in a Brown Precision Pound'r stock I bought here on the...

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[dogz]

A 270 Win shootin 140 grain Berger hunting bullets is sure death at 600 yards and further.You want something better?A 1-8 twist 270 WSM with 170 grain Bergers.A Good gunsmith can open your bolt face for Magnum width.
Or buy this bad boy and spend your time working up loads.

SOLD/EXPIRED - Remington 700 KS .280 Rem Kampfeld Custom in a Brown Pound’r Stock

I have another KS shipping back from Karl today, so I've decided to let this one go. Stupid move on my part, but oh well. This is a 1986 (code DG) Remington 700 KS custom shop rifle in .280 Remington. I sent it to Karl to have it bedded in a Brown Precision Pound'r stock I bought here on the...

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Yes sir the 140 Berg is quite capable. I shot a monster cow (not slow elk) last year at 497. She was quartering away a bit. I snuck it in behind the right front, it exited the left front. She took 2 steps and bit the dust!

 

[BigNate]

IMO, anyone shooting deer at 600+ is simply demonstrating that he doesn't know how to hunt.

Hilarious input on a Long Range Hunting forum.

 

[VinceMule]

Heck, when you sight in on a paper plate, 150 yards is a long shot. Some here check their zero every 4 to 6 years aiming at a knot on a Pine Tree!

 

[Calvin45]

Sounds like a 6.5-284 would fit the bill, although almost no factory ammo. Share bullets with a 6.5CM, low recoil, no downside really.

Was thinking if he's not restricted to short action mag length just a straight .284 Winchester would be cool too.

 

[Calvin45]

284win
280ai
7x57 cause it ain't a creamoor
7x300 wm
7wsm
7saum

Do I detect a favourite bore diameter?

 

[Calvin45]

Not gonna fault a guy for trying to fill that new cartridge itch LOL! However, I want to say the quiet part out loud..."Brah, YOU GOT A 7mm REM MAG!"

Oh for sure. I've finally been in a place to get a few new-old guns this last year.

I already had a .270, .243, and a .300 win mag. Need had nothing to do with it haha, on this continent that's more than enough for everything.

But I'm very happy to have added a .257 weatherby, an 8mm mauser, and a .358 Norma mag to my collection

This fellow ballistic brother NEEDS a new chambering

 

[DoneNOut]

Oh for sure. I've finally been in a place to get a few new-old guns this last year.

I already had a .270, .243, and a .300 win mag. Need had nothing to do with it haha, on this continent that's more than enough for everything.

But I'm very happy to have added a .257 weatherby, an 8mm mauser, and a .358 Norma mag to my collection

This fellow ballistic brother NEEDS a new chambering

I wholeheartedly concur. Sometimes though, one can fall in love all over again by repurposing their old loves!

 

[DWier]

What does that has to do with making brass? Are they building cartridges for Russia?

Most likely Ukraine

 

[cajun]

Do I detect a favourite bore diameter?

IMHO 7mm is the sweet spot. The big 30's are nice but the high bc bullets tend to be heavy for caliber and more recoil. As someone mentioned the 280,280AI is very underrated. My next build is a 280AI.

 

[Calvin45]

Most likely Ukraine

They are after all from Finland…Finland has a history of offering up all kinds of resistance to Russia both directly and indirectly

 

[memtb]

Heck, when you sight in on a paper plate, 150 yards is a long shot. Some here check their zero every 4 to 6 years aiming at a knot on a Pine Tree!

I've know a few of those folks! memtb

 

[VinceMule]

Calvin, there is NOTHING cool about a 284 anything on a short action...been there, done that...never again!

Go 6/284, 25/284, and straight 284 on long actions for a more harmonious outcome. I shot the barrels out of two 6/284 and two 25/284 on various varmints.

 

[Calvin45]

Calvin, there is NOTHING cool about a 284 anything on a short action...been there, done that...never again!

But it's on a long action…that was my point