CoJack Report post Posted July 19, 2013 I have a custom Thompson Encore in .264 win mag. The gun is Awesome! I can shoot a pie plate at 1000 yards all day long(in perfect conditions)! My 8 &10 year old boys love shooting it! It loves Berger 140 grain with Reloader 22. Adam What is the twist rate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STOMP442 Report post Posted July 20, 2013 />This much is true. But only looking to 500 yards doesn't give a clear picture of cartridge overall performance. Pretty much any common medium game centerfire cartridge provides enough energy to make things dead at 500 yards especially these little coues deer. I know there are not varying degrees of death but there is indeed varying degrees of cartridge performance. On a site where 80% of the guys/gals won't shoot past 500 yards and of the 20% that do maybe only half have put in the work to be consistent at that 500+ yard ranges what's the point of talking about 1000 yard performance? The same point that makes the same 80% on this site shoot a 300 win mag or larger to harvest an 85 pound deer. If 500 yards or less is as far people are going to shoot then why don't they all shoot a 243. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
308Nut Report post Posted July 20, 2013 I think a lot of the users here that use 300 win mags or other large cartidges for 85# coues bucks do so because they also occasionally draw elk tags or go out of state for elk or other large game. They don't want to use 243s on larger game and don't want 2 or 3 calibers. They don't shoot them enough to care about the recoil. They just want a hammer for the largest game they might hunt in their lifetime. Not a bad idea IMHO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sjvcon Report post Posted July 20, 2013 I guess I'm nuts ... I'm trying for one of everything. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Browns Report post Posted July 25, 2013 I have a custom Thompson Encore in .264 win mag. The gun is Awesome! I can shoot a pie plate at 1000 yards all day long(in perfect conditions)! My 8 &10 year old boys love shooting it! It loves Berger 140 grain with Reloader 22. Adam What is the twist rate? I'm pretty sure it's a 1:9 twist. Awesome gun and very accurate! adam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
THE RIFLEMAN Report post Posted July 28, 2013 30/378 is the smallest cartridge I would even consider shooting game at 1000 yards! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
