Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

i have a very good mate who hails from the states..."used to shoot kiyotes with my 22magnum out to 600yards,dropped them in thier tracks,took a bull elk out at 1400yards with the 7mm mag"..the same 7mm mag he wont shoot cause it used to kick too much,untill I added close to pound of lead up its butt....
doesnt dial or use range finder...for sake of harmony I roll my eyes and change conversation.

Not much else you can do!
The more I know about longrange shooting the more skeptical I become of these stories.
The reality is that yes the odd time people pull of a long shot but unless they have the knowledge and the gear with every thing validated I call it a fluke!

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