Thread: Now i need a rangefinder ....

Originally Posted by LJPRMC

HI, thanks for your commentary .
I did purposefully not say too much about the rifle , but i think its reasonable to ask about my confidence in the rifle . So , for all , its a 7mm prc and its not my first rifle ( after some 50 yrs of hunting ) I load , and that 175 gr has about 2100 ft/sec at 600 yards and 1750 ft/lbs energy . . The rifle shoots half inch groups and on a good day i can put 3 roads on a 10 inch gong . Now to that 600 mts/yards . That spot is my usual spotting "spot " and its been measured many times over the yrs with mates who do own rangefinders . Now, honestly i have never shot an animal that far out . But over the years it just seems to me that we are reaching further and further out because the gear has got better .

OK well if you have a one minute rifle and a one minute load, I would personally put the time in to becoming a one-minute shooter. If you can pull off cold bore shots at that range, any day or season or wind or weather, only then would I personally think about pointing at an animal.

You probably know with that much experience, but small errors in reading wind (or angle or distance, which is the point of the thread ) and especially the trigger nut, will make a big diference out there.

IMO 600 is where "long range" shooting starts. For me that is well past "hunting" range, and I'd save bragging rights for targets. But if you are confident of humane kills then I'd be the last one to p*ss in your cornflakes about it. There's a local lad known for reliably skittling goats out to 700.
You still gotta go get the thing, though