Quote:
Originally Posted by pwd72s
.300 Win. Mag is also popular here. Ballistic comparisons between it and the 7mm Rem. Mag are surprisingly similar.
Some folks like Chevy, some like Ford...
|
and everyone and his brother states re: a 7mm..............."its a flat shooter!" and it sho nuff is..............when ya have a LIGHT BULLET..............which is WORTHLESS ON ELK at any distance!
my .308's a flat shooter also with a LIGHT BULLET! and its DAMN FAST! but it aint worth a poo for any distance on an elk. deer...........no problem. antelopezz no problem. gophers..............flat vaporizes them.
it aint chebbie vs furds............................its freaking KNOCKDOWN POWER!
cant tell you how many rotted decaying wasted animals we find each year because of:
1) crap hail mary shot
2) worthless lightweight caliber shot
3) worthless lightweight bullet shot
4) worthless unethical moron shots.
its called HUNTING and yer supposed to ANCHOR THEM!
it just aint the snipers creedo ONE SHOT ONE KILL! its THE HUNTERS MANTRA!
and that comes with a hell of alot of practice(uphill/downhill/wind/rain/snow/heat) and experience.
it also comes with LISTENING to PEOPLE that have a CLUE what does ANCHOR THEM and at WHAT DISTANCE with WHAT GRAIN and TYPE OF BULLET!
man some of you have watched wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy TOO MANY DAKTARI episodes and think they just fall over dead each and every time.
i have never lost any game, but i have humped my azz off FOR FREEKING MILES(EMPHASIS-MILES) chasing down game to recover it. and thats because i had to learn the HARD WAY and i wasnt going to waste my shot let alone an animal.
hell if the .308 was the CURE ALL caliber of the planet i would be the 1st in line to say so. but IT AINT and shooting one of many cow elk years ago with my .308 (3) times dead azz nutz in the breadbasket from maybe 50yds away(TEXTBOOK SHOTS) and watch it take off like a FREEKING FREIGHT TRAIN thru BLACK TIMBER(real thick stuff) and be gone....................well that made me a believer in HEAVY BULLETS!
shooting a freeking human at distance a la iraq/afghan is mere childs play! take a good hard look at the guts of any animal, try and recover yer bullets and see what the hell they do upon hitting organs and bone and hide.
we have been AMAZED at what damage they can incur and still run with the rest of the herd at full mega mach speed thru terrain that will make you cry for mommy!
each and every time it is different. relaxed animal/pushed animal/freeked animal w/adrenalin.
crap moo cows at the farms here drop from a .22 to the skull. but that aint the REAL WORLD!
bigger is better. bigger dont hurt when yer pumped with adrenalin. bigger only hurts on the bench if yer a moron.
and if ya go mega mongo magnum big..................muzzle brake the damn thing.
now heres a few questions on yer 7mm08:
1) do you know yer come-ups? do you know what a come-up is?
2) how are you gonna sight it? 200-300 yds?
3) how are you going to range yer kritters?
4) once ranged are you gonna play hail mary kentuck windage and hold over?
5) what optics are you gonna use?
6) what stadia will come supplied with optic? mil-dot? leupold standard? european? a green one? a red one?
7) how are you going to correct for range re: elevation/windage? take a dime out of yer pocket, tell the kritter "hang on there a minute,while i adjust." or have TARGET turrets?
8) what MOA(minute of angle) 1/4" or 1/2"????????? hmmmm????
9) what scope mounts? low, medium, kind of high, really high see thru's????
10) will you have IRON SIGHTS as a BACKUP????????hmmmmm?
11) and the best for last............have you set yer eye relief CORRECTLY????? it IS mucho IMPORTANTE because how you look at a scope on the bench, and how yer LOP(length of pull) from standing, prone,sitting,kneeling will be much different as far as EYE RELIEF!
and this really does mean ALOT unless ya like getting a scope IMPLANTED INTO YER SKULL like i have(ask me how i know) when i was a young lil pompous whippersnapper 30+ years ago when i bought my 1st .308 with a 10power tasco that made freeking deer look like GODZILLA at 500yds and i hadnt a clue what the hell EYE RELIEF WAS!
yeah i can laugh at my mistakes and faux pas. some here are NOT HUNTERS nor SHOOTISTS, let alone understand how a spoon is manufactured.
i love it every year here, the ones that got away, the ones that were missed, we didnt see any. well if yer missing, somethings VERY WRONG. if yer not seeing ANY..........well yer in the WRONG PLACE and should probably go elsewhere...........or ya didnt take the time/money/patience/care to scout or practice.
i am sorry. truly sorry to clue some of you in..................they just aint tied to trees with yer name on them waiting for you at 1pm after waking up with a hangover, and they dont just drop because you wear a daktari scarf and a kawboy hat with one side pinned up!
it takes a lil more effort than most here wanna put out.