Thread: 600M GUN

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

do the maths...it will/should tell all
rabbit weights about 500grms half a kg....maybe up to a kg if been on really good tucker
22lr projectiles weight 35-40 grains so what??? about 2 grams???
so a 250th or a500th of weight of animal
deer weighs 50-100kgs
so would need to be hit with a 50-100grm projectile for it to be similar..thats grams not grains

I dont think the original poster meant shooting a rabbit at 230m with a 22lr, just shooting a rabbit fullstop at 230m

shooting deer at 50 yards or rabbit at 50 yards maths still applies.... not a heck of alot different to .223 with varmit pills still be a HUGE hunk of lead to be the same for a deer.

looks like i got dragged into this thread...All you need is a stirling .14p bolt actiion .22lr rifle

If you want to be really cool then get a 7mm dakota or 7mm stw.

They're the real big 7's. Not a piddly little rem mag hahah

Originally Posted by Dundee

looks like i got dragged into this thread...All you need is a stirling .14p bolt actiion .22lr rifle

Way hey @Dundee is back from the pond

I don't own a magnum, but from what I have seen and used 300 win, 7mmrem, 338 Snipetac, 300 wsm. The 300 wsm with a can is the way to go for a 600 mtr gun. Topnotch factory ammo and a factory rifles that are light to carry and easy to shoot with a can and accurate.

Stalk close...shoot cleanly. That's what I was taught. Back in the-day, we called this 'hunting'. Too many factors at very long range, part of hunting, has to be ethics ? Just saying

This has turned into a somewhat entertaining thread for views on long range, but remember back to this one?

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....hunting-38835/

It will never be beat for three reasons:

1. 700m instead of 600m was proposed,

2. The OP kicked off with gems like " We're both new to any sort of long range hunting" followed by "firstly do the hunt and aim blindly shoot in the general direction of the animal in the hope that a bullet grazes it's hide".

3. The OP was then driven off the forum and they never posted on here again.

So the answer is clearly a Remington 5R in 300 Win Mag.

Originally Posted by Puffin

This has turned into a somewhat entertaining thread for views on long range, but remember back to this one?

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....hunting-38835/

It will never be beat for three reasons:

1. 700m instead of 600m was proposed,

2. The OP kicked off with gems like " We're both new to any sort of long range hunting" followed by "firstly do the hunt and aim blindly shoot in the general direction of the animal in the hope that a bullet grazes it's hide".

3. The OP was then driven off the forum and they never posted on here again.

So the answer is clearly a Remington 5R in 300 Win Mag.

It is quite amusing.
Question about long range shooting. Answer given stalk closer. Haha not really answering the question.
Very similar to people asking a question such as which calibre 270 or 308. Answer 243 brilliant haha

Originally Posted by bigbear

Whats factory round capable of shooting out to around the 600m mark using factory rounds of the shelf for a hunting rifle.

You'll never get most people shooting out to 600M, most get stuck back only at 6.5CM

7mm rem mag pretty much any modern hunting rifle.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

shooting deer at 50 yards or rabbit at 50 yards maths still applies.... not a heck of alot different to .223 with varmit pills still be a HUGE hunk of lead to be the same for a deer.

Jesus Micky, yet with the right pill and placement the 223 works just fine on deer and pigs well past 200.
With the wrong pill any of the 7s will fail at the same ranges.

Originally Posted by Remmodel7

It is quite amusing.
Question about long range shooting. Answer given stalk closer. Haha not really answering the question.
Very similar to people asking a question such as which calibre 270 or 308. Answer 243 brilliant haha

That’s because the answer is the .243 out of those two options

.....Or...6.5 lol