Long Range Hunting Rifle
What is the best rifle for long range hunting? Shots being made out to around 1000 yards?
i want a rifle that has the capability to make long shots and at the same time have the capability of shooting a round designed not to have as much movement with wind and other factors.
Interesting question Dillon, I compete in 1000 yard PALMA matches and in 1000 yard opens. I have two calibers that I use, one is the 308 as defined under competition rules, the other for the opens is a 8mm diameter round mated to a 300 win mag cartridge. Both have excellent ballistics and are capable of extreme accuracy at 1000 yards if every thing goes right. That means weather, tempurature, wind, and how I am competing.
On a 1000 yard range you have spotting scopes, wind direction indicators, wind speed postings, humidity levels, barometric pressures, and of course you have to be able to handle a rifle for 6 to 10 hours depending on how far you go in a CONTROLLED event.
Now lets take that level of shooting and apply it to a long range hunt. I enjoy the thrill of long range hunting,but I am an ethical hunter too. That means I don't expect to go out on a friday afternoon and snap shoot a mule deer at a 1000 yards. I plan the hunt, show up for several days to a week or more, scout the area, mark my ranges, and get familiar with the animals I am after.
I didn't mean to go into a lecture on hunting but you need to know that shots over 500 yards take a lot of work and preperation to be effective and humane.
With that all said for hunting deer size animals between 400 and 700 yards I like the 7mm magnum and the 300 win mag. I get good balistics, a variety of bullet weights, and the abiltity to shoot at game inside 300 yards effectively without having to make major changes to my selected ammo or optics.
For elk and bear I like the 338 Lapau, yes its alot of powder and its a recoil monster but for 500 to 800 yards it is capapble of performing the shot I need.
I have only on two occasions taken shots over 800 yards while hunting, even being a 1000 yard marksman I just don't think its worth the risk of maiming an animal. Both of the shots I took were with a 308 target rifle set on a shooting bench and it took for ever to set both shots up. I wouldn't reccomend this and it wasn't something I will ever do again.
Remember that there is a significant difference in hunting the mountains in Colorado and the flat ranges of Kansas. Making a shot in the dry weather of West Texas at 500 yards is entirely different than making a 500 yard shot in the winter of Alaska. This plays a big part in my selection of firearm as well.
The 6.5 mm and smaller rounds can hit targets at 1000 yards but they are affected by the elements. The 375 and larger rounds have to be caculated at every 100 yards up to 500 and then at every 50 yards past that due to bullet drop.
The new 416 and the 50 caliber weapons based on military designs are not typical hunting rifles and the amount of damage they do would not fair well for table game or for the taxidermist.
Look for a rifle between a 7mm and the 338, make the decision based on the type of game you intend to hunt, the locations you'll be hunting in, and the ability you as a ethical hunter have.
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