Lance Report post Posted November 9, 2006 Lance, my dad shoots a 7RUM also, pee shooter and man its accuarte too! shoots under an inch as a total factory rifle, just a tuned trigger to about 3lbs. 140 accubonds are deadly! My brother in law has the same setup I do in the 7mm RUM. With 140 grain factory loads out of a 26" barrel we get 3700fps! Is that deer 400 or 500? Who cares! Just put it in his back and shoot it will not drop enough to matter! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
catclaw Report post Posted November 9, 2006 I see a several advocating the use of 22 caliber centerfires- I think this is a bad idea. I started out hunting them with a 22-250 and killed quite a few. Then one day I hit one a little too far back. I got lucky and broke his back with a running shot at 300 yds. He was still alive and fighting when I hiked over. The hole through his liver just wasn't big enough to put him down within reason. I never used it again. My buddy, who has killed far more of them than me and has two in B&C had a similar experience a couple of years later and gave it up too. They have no energy left once you get out beyond 200 yds or so. To some extent this is true with a 243. You shouldn't expect to kill them beyond 300-350 yds without an absolutely perfect him. I use a 300 Wby as does David Miller and a lot of other hard-core trophy hunters. Why, because they work and work well. If you need to take a long shot, you don't want a pee shooter- too many lost deer. I have seen a lot of deer and cow elk fall to a 243 ( mostly after about 75-100 yds) and have seen quite a few run off and have to be tracked down. The same hit with a good bullet in a 300 mag will greatly increase the likelyhood of one falling close to where you shot it. If you limit your shots to under 300 yds, you are probably fine. If you are one of these guys that likes to shoot across canyons, then get something bigger. The Army/marines etc doesn't send snipers out with 223s to snipe people off (a 223 is great in an urban setting) because they know that a 308 or 300 WM works a lot better! There is no such thing as overkill. Dead is dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ndaniel Report post Posted November 9, 2006 I would like to use a larger caliber but I am limited as I do not own one, borrowing a buddies. Thought that I would have owned one by now but things didn't pan out that way. I'm an archery addict so this rifle stuff is somewhat new to me...thanks again guys Lance-I'll be down in 35b for my hunt this weekend Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
