VIDEO: A LR deer i shot on a recent trip

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06-10-2021, 05:12 PM
GWH

VIDEO: A LR deer i shot on a recent trip

Hey guys,

I've been pretty quiet on here of late, been pretty busy with work and family stuff, but I've managed to get out for a little bit of that all-important 'sanity' time we all need. A bit of small game pest control, and a long weekend deer hunting trip a couple of weeks back.

Here's a quick bit of footage of one of the shots I made on that trip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5-V1MIXXsM

Rifle is a factory Rem Model 7 in 7mm SAUM, factory 22" barrel (rifle has only had some weight reduction mods, barrel and bolt fluting/skeletonising and a 511-gram Stug CF stock. The scope is just a Sightron S-Tac 4-20x50 which seems to work well enough. My own handloads using 162gr Amax in front of RE26 running at 3,050 fps.

It's pretty rewarding when all the setup/practice/validation all comes off to make a shot like this, the wind is by far the trickiest bit, it always seems to be stronger than you think, and it does funny things as it blows over hilly terrain. Ive done a bit of practice rock shooting from this very same lookout over the years and have got to know what the wind does there.
06-10-2021, 05:14 PM
Shearer

Nice shooting:cool::cool: Obviously aided by good preparation.
06-10-2021, 05:18 PM
Hornady ELDX

Fantastic
Thanks for sharing
06-10-2021, 05:24 PM
Huk

:thumbsup: go the mighty model 7.Great shooting
06-10-2021, 06:11 PM
tikka

Great shooting and a quick kill:thumbsup:
06-10-2021, 06:35 PM
199p

Awesome bro smashing it
06-10-2021, 06:47 PM
Gibo

Seen it on fb, still impressive af
06-10-2021, 07:26 PM
chainsaw

Wow, that’s a looooooong way out there.
06-10-2021, 07:32 PM
Mathias

:cool::cool:
06-10-2021, 07:48 PM
mikee

hellova shot that was. Good skills !
06-10-2021, 08:12 PM
Tim Dicko

nice to not see the gut/ arse shot that we get used to seeing at range. That was pretty perfect.
06-10-2021, 08:42 PM
Mooseman

Very nice shot, perfect in all respects.
07-10-2021, 07:38 AM
charliehorse

Sacked it! Good wind call
07-10-2021, 07:42 AM
Woody

Wow! :)
07-10-2021, 08:58 AM
wsm junkie

Thats pretty impressive how it just smoked it at that distance! Nice shot
07-10-2021, 09:29 AM
Dorkus

Spot on wind call. Great shooting @GWH!
07-10-2021, 09:49 AM
7mm Rem Mag

Well done great shot
07-10-2021, 11:18 AM
GWH

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Originally Posted by wsm junkie

Thats pretty impressive how it just smoked it at that distance! Nice shot

With the bullet trajectory dropping steeply into the animal I always make sure my point of aim is higher up the animal than I would normally aim at a closer distance, the bullet impact on this shot put a fair amount of trama into the spine on the entry side hence its drop in its tracks reaction. It's always nice to see them laying there belly up from the spot your shot from ;-).
07-10-2021, 11:20 AM
Nathan F

Amaxd
07-10-2021, 11:21 AM
Hahn

Bloody good shot! Did it take long to find it once you trekked over there?
07-10-2021, 11:37 AM
GWH

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hahn

Bloody good shot! Did it take long to find it once you trekked over there?

No mate, we made sure we identified and planned what spur looked best to go up from below, before we left the spot I shot from. There was a quad track running through the valley floor right below the deer, so quad to there, then maybe 100 yards or so up spur until we found the bigger clearing to the right, then a short sidel across to the deer. Almost gentleman's hunting, i wouldnt be shooting them that far away unless i knew we could get the bike pretty close and the recovery was reasonable. It all worked out pretty well.

That same morning prior, we passed up another 3 deer between 450 and 550 yards that were in absolute pricks of places where the recovery would have been hellish.

As I'm getting older I'm slowely starting to learn the ole 'Smarter not harder' ;-)
09-10-2021, 07:46 PM
ANOTHERHUNTER

Did you dig the bullet out ? how did it look if you did ? That is a long shot alright.
10-10-2021, 12:05 PM
GWH

Quote:

Originally Posted by ANOTHERHUNTER

Did you dig the bullet out ? how did it look if you did ? That is a long shot alright.

No it passed thru and exited. Out of interest my app says the impact velocity was 1686 fps and retained energy of 1022 ft lbs. So the velocity is getting to the point where id expect itd be getting marginal for reasonably expansion.
12-10-2021, 07:26 AM
craigc

Sh*t mate, that looks like it was on the neighbours! ;-) Well, far enough away to be.
Great shooting, practice pays off.
12-10-2021, 09:10 AM
Nathan F

Would I be correct in assuming your only getting 3050fps because of the shorter barrel ? Im using the same bullet in a 7mmremmag and getting 3040fps out of a 24" barrel .
12-10-2021, 10:50 AM
GWH

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nathan F

Would I be correct in assuming your only getting 3050fps because of the shorter barrel ? Im using the same bullet in a 7mmremmag and getting 3040fps out of a 24" barrel .

Only 3,050 fps?? The cartridge is a 7mm SAUM, with a 22 inch barrel, im only burning 63gr of RE26.
12-10-2021, 10:55 AM
GWH

Quote:

Originally Posted by craigc

Sh*t mate, that looks like it was on the neighbours! ;-) Well, far enough away to be.
Great shooting, practice pays off.

LOL classic, the neighbors is a few more ridges over.
12-10-2021, 11:15 AM
Nathan F

Quote:

Originally Posted by GWH

Only 3,050 fps?? The cartridge is a 7mm SAUM, with a 22 inch barrel, im only burning 63gr of RE26.

Yep , sorry . That is honking . Ive got a compressed load of 73gns pushing mine :D