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<blockquote data-quote="MagTen" data-source="post: 1131372" data-attributes="member: 42434"><p>I am sure this experience is the exception and not the rule. gun)</p><p></p><p>My first time shooting my M7 Predator in 243 @ over 200 yards was atop a mtn in western NC. I had sighted the BDC scope for 100 yards. We setup a target at 300 yards across a gap to the next hill. I calculated the shot with the Spot On program. I used the proper circle on the reticle and fired. Taking the Gator to the target I was 1/2" low and spot on left/right. I was ready for Wyo.</p><p>The morning of the hunt I was using Hornady Superformance 95gr. SSTs. We spotted several goats at 500 yards and Matt said get ready and shoot. After the devil telling me the 243 would fall flat I said "Matt we still have some bucks straight behind us". He said OK. They use 300 & 7 mags with large BC bullets and average 500-600 shots. We turned and walked up the slight hill and saw another buck @ 500 yards. We think this buck saw our heads and started to run straight at us. There had been several others to leave his area and run around the knoll beside us. This goat trotted and ran 400 yards straight toward us and all along Matt's son was calling out the yardage. I got ready lying on the ground and when the goat came over the knoll he stopped looking straight at us at 95 yards. Matt said shoot.gun) I put the crosshair on his white throat patch and squeezed off a round. He never acted liked he was hit. He turned to the right and prounced off about 30 yards while Matt said rack another one you missed. My thought Danny don't miss. He stopped I shot again crosshair right behind the shoulder.. Again nothing. Matt said rack another one you missed. My same thoughts. The goat jumped off slightly running again and about 25 yards more. I this time pulled slightly high to take out his spine and this time he is down. We walked up and Matt turned the goat over and looked up at me and said this goat was running dead, you did not have to shoot him after the first time and I thought the same. I had hit him each shot exactly where I had aimed. My displeasure with the 243 is not in the shooting experience but in the yardages of available shots. I have done well with the 243 on whitetails here in NC with TTSXs. But extreme long shots NO. IMHO. While at Cabelas in Nebraska I picked up a box of Nosler 100 grain partitions to try for next year. It is a longer bullet and higher BC and should work better on goats than the SST.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.grizzlywinmag.com/Model_7_predator/2014-antelope.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is the gun that goes with me next year. M700VSF 308</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.grizzlywinmag.com/M700VSF/Remington M700 VSF 308 with Mr Boy.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is group after only two days of working up loads with 155 & 168 grain A-Maxs. This grouping will get better. The 168 A-Max will buck a crosswind at 500-600 "10 times" better than any 243 slug.</p><p>Below is 6 bullets @ 100 yards.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.grizzlywinmag.com/M700VSF/Dime-size.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagTen, post: 1131372, member: 42434"] I am sure this experience is the exception and not the rule. gun) My first time shooting my M7 Predator in 243 @ over 200 yards was atop a mtn in western NC. I had sighted the BDC scope for 100 yards. We setup a target at 300 yards across a gap to the next hill. I calculated the shot with the Spot On program. I used the proper circle on the reticle and fired. Taking the Gator to the target I was 1/2" low and spot on left/right. I was ready for Wyo. The morning of the hunt I was using Hornady Superformance 95gr. SSTs. We spotted several goats at 500 yards and Matt said get ready and shoot. After the devil telling me the 243 would fall flat I said "Matt we still have some bucks straight behind us". He said OK. They use 300 & 7 mags with large BC bullets and average 500-600 shots. We turned and walked up the slight hill and saw another buck @ 500 yards. We think this buck saw our heads and started to run straight at us. There had been several others to leave his area and run around the knoll beside us. This goat trotted and ran 400 yards straight toward us and all along Matt's son was calling out the yardage. I got ready lying on the ground and when the goat came over the knoll he stopped looking straight at us at 95 yards. Matt said shoot.gun) I put the crosshair on his white throat patch and squeezed off a round. He never acted liked he was hit. He turned to the right and prounced off about 30 yards while Matt said rack another one you missed. My thought Danny don't miss. He stopped I shot again crosshair right behind the shoulder.. Again nothing. Matt said rack another one you missed. My same thoughts. The goat jumped off slightly running again and about 25 yards more. I this time pulled slightly high to take out his spine and this time he is down. We walked up and Matt turned the goat over and looked up at me and said this goat was running dead, you did not have to shoot him after the first time and I thought the same. I had hit him each shot exactly where I had aimed. My displeasure with the 243 is not in the shooting experience but in the yardages of available shots. I have done well with the 243 on whitetails here in NC with TTSXs. But extreme long shots NO. IMHO. While at Cabelas in Nebraska I picked up a box of Nosler 100 grain partitions to try for next year. It is a longer bullet and higher BC and should work better on goats than the SST. [IMG]http://www.grizzlywinmag.com/Model_7_predator/2014-antelope.jpg[/IMG] This is the gun that goes with me next year. M700VSF 308 [IMG]http://www.grizzlywinmag.com/M700VSF/Remington M700 VSF 308 with Mr Boy.jpg[/IMG] This is group after only two days of working up loads with 155 & 168 grain A-Maxs. This grouping will get better. The 168 A-Max will buck a crosswind at 500-600 "10 times" better than any 243 slug. Below is 6 bullets @ 100 yards. [IMG]http://www.grizzlywinmag.com/M700VSF/Dime-size.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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