Thread: 600M GUN

30-06 is a great all round cartridge with 180 @ 2700fps or 165 @ 2900fps. Or.300 wsm - 7*61S&H - 7rem mag types ifcyou want to play around.

What is he trying to kill ?

Bull thar at 600 is very different from fallow at 600...

You want enough energy at the far end. So something like a 30-06 with heavy projectiles or one of the common magnums (7mm or 300) seems sensible.

7mm rem mag with hornady sst or eldx. I agree that if you need to ask the question you maybe aren't ready for that far. One thing tho, once you choose 7mm rem mag or 300 win or what ever stick to it and just learn to shoot it read wind I found it hard swapping rifles, cals every 100-200 rounds.

I hunt open tops mostly and with a 7mm rem mag and in 15 years I have only needed to take 1 or 2 shots out to 550 yards the rest have been under 450 yards which most medium calibers are a capable of. Large calibers make a mess of small deer so need to be accurate enough to take meat saving shots, i.e. the neck.
My suggestion is get good with whAt you got and stalk in a bit closer.

Originally Posted by Gkp

I hunt open tops mostly and with a 7mm rem mag and in 15 years I have only needed to take 1 or 2 shots out to 550 yards the rest have been under 450 yards which most medium calibers are a capable of. Large calibers make a mess of small deer so need to be accurate enough to take meat saving shots, i.e. the neck.
My suggestion is get good with whAt you got and stalk in a bit closer.

That's not the type of answer required.

Originally Posted by Gkp

I hunt open tops mostly and with a 7mm rem mag and in 15 years I have only needed to take 1 or 2 shots out to 550 yards the rest have been under 450 yards which most medium calibers are a capable of. Large calibers make a mess of small deer so need to be accurate enough to take meat saving shots, i.e. the neck.
My suggestion is get good with whAt you got and stalk in a bit closer.

And i'll second it .not decrying the trend for long range shooting ,but aint it cheaper and heaps more fun to spend some time developing your stalking skills??

Originally Posted by longrange308

Shit come on where’s the 270 gang????

Not getting dragged into this, that's where

Originally Posted by ebf

What is he trying to kill ?

Bull thar at 600 is very different from fallow at 600...

You want enough energy at the far end. So something like a 30-06 with heavy projectiles or one of the common magnums (7mm or 300) seems sensible.

Reds and thar.
And that's what he is after one of the more common calibre's. Once he has worked out what brand of pills it likes and can buy of the shelf local.

I’d suggest 7mmRM or 30-06, both capable of taking NZ game out to 600.... but require accurate shot placement. To my mind the bigger question is factory ammo. Having the right calibre is only half way there - you need to have ammo with the right type of high bc pill that will shoot accurately, preferably 0.5 moa or better in your rifle. And don’t believe the speed written on the box. So you want to check which calibre/s offers the best range of long range high bc factory ammo. For any long range shooting you really need to go to hand loads so you can get the performance needed from your rifle. I hand load for pretty much all my rifles, and have occasionally tried some of the new wiz-bang flash harry factory ammo and been very disappointed

Anyone of the 7mm or 300 magnums and learn to shoot consistently accurate to that distance.

Originally Posted by kotuku

And i'll second it .not decrying the trend for long range shooting ,but aint it cheaper and heaps more fun to spend some time developing your stalking skills??

One has to walk the distance to recover the animal anyways, might as well close the distance and stalk in closer in the first place.

that's the theory I use kind of makes sense

I would have thought if your talking specifics , a calibre for shooting animals at 600m a 30-06 would really be a starting point , I mean why would you perhaps undergun your self if your specifically wanting to shoot at that range it makes no sense , I have a 308 its my go to , on paper can shoot sub MOA out to 500y but I can tell you if I think there's a reasonable chance of shooting something at that range I grab the 7mm rm , and there lies the answer to the question ,why would I grab my 308 knowing im likely going to shoot animals beyond that 500y mark & its simple the 7mm rm is far superior than a 308 at that range , so any of the lesser calibres mentioned in this thread is pointless , something else to consider is the actual rifle it self they vary greatly some in the same cal kick more than others id go for perhaps a slightly heaver model with a better than average trigger ideally around that 2-3lb pull mark , don't be fooled by the salesman telling you how sweet that trigger is as most factory rifles are not set that low .

like others have said on here, in other psots- once you go 7mm rm, you gain weight-suppresor size- cost and boot- if you stay with 3006 based cartridges you minimise those things.

Originally Posted by tetawa

That's not the type of answer required.

Ok... I would choose a Tikka in 7mm rem mag with Hornady precision hunter ammo