I'm not good enough for 600. I've shot that far at targets enough to know that I'm not ready to shoot a game that far, at least not yet, maybe with more practice.
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I wouldn’t go to 600, probably 400-500 though. Not sure why you need 600. Get closer
That’s a scout scope - extended eye relief to allow it to be forward mounted, offering less obstruction of the feed/ejection port (irrelevant in a DBM bottom feeder like the Ruger), and offering less obstruction of the field of view. A Cooper-ism which has largely been disproven, but remains to have a devout, cult like following.
Maybe you’re just a much better shot than me. I’m 41 years old, good eyes, good shape, have hunted my whole life, and I have very accurate rifles, and am simply not comfortable shooting that far. We all have our limit. That’s all I was saying….Again, don't take your hunting landscape and circumstances and project it onto others. Many of the places I hunt up here won't allow you to get closer to an elk, or even some mule deer.
How many elk have you shot in Montana? There are some treeless areas out in the Belt area where you can hardly get within 1/2 mile of a deer or elk before they spot you. Given the short rifle season here of 5 weeks, the animals experience a lot of stress in a short amount of time so they're jumpy within a few days of opening season. Elk and deer on private land are much less stressed and are generally easier to get to. Public land with the influx of out of state hunters is much more challenging.
What is that? A model 70 featherweight with a leupold?
This one.....
Or this one....
course we got no elk that we can hunt out here, but I figure either of those can do the job as far as im capable of hitting with them.
I really need anew pic of this rifle balanced on a fence post, pointing towards the sunset. It really doesn't look this bad in real life.
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At one time people managed to kill animals with flintlocks. Somehow the Indians managed to survive using spears and bows. Today you need to stick together a few thousand dollars worth of gadgets to do it. 600 yard shots? You would have to be a really lousy hunter if that is as close as you can get. It must be a city guy thing.
Ruger M77 Hawkeye in 300 win Mag. Ain’t fancy, and doesn’t need to be. Ain’t light, and I’m generally glad it’s not any lighter - 11lbs loaded.
The point is simply a rifle that might increase the likelihood of a successful hunt, one that allows for "could do" if not "would do". Do I try to get as close to an animal as possible, absolutely. Would I shoot a nice bull that's 600 yards away under the right conditions, absolutely!
Browning Abolt .375 Ruger I put together a couple years ago, and yep its topped with a leupy 3.5-10x40 vx3i CDSWhat is that? A model 70 featherweight with a leupold?
Speaking of muzzle loaders I shot this goat, which is way smaller than an elk, at like 120yds with my muzzle loader today.....At one time people managed to kill animals with flintlocks. Somehow the Indians managed to survive using spears and bows. Today you need to stick together a few thousand dollars worth of gadgets to do it. 600 yard shots? You would have to be a really lousy hunter if that is as close as you can get. It must be a city guy thing.