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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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If you are shooting long range, bullet weight is your friend if there is ANY wind. The old tried and true 30.06 is very hard to beat, but the 7mm, 270, 300 win mag are all very nice as well. A 30.06 would be better than a .308 round IMHO.
If you are shooting in a secure, windless area the smaller faster calibers are nice to play with but if there gets any wind at all they are not as stable as something a bit larger. 6.5mm is fine as long as the shooter understands their limitations but there is a reason why the long range guys usually use a 30 cal of some flavour.
Longer range? Remember the old time shooters used the 45/70 all the way up to 45/100 rifles with very good success. Just need to know how to work with them and a 500 grain bullet is not going to be moved around much by wind.
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