stevetford
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Ok, I am trying to decide on what my next rifle will be and have been spending way too much time reading ballistics on some of the more popular and not so popular varmint rounds. I am almost worried that i may be in a trance with all these numbers that I may pick the wrong rifle so I decided that before I do any more searching maybe I should lean more about the subject at hand.
The rifle will be primarily for varmint hunting (coyote, fox and bobcat only) Pelt damage is of little concern. I am looking for something that shoots fairly flat out to 300 - 400 yards. Many of my shots will be well below this range, but at the same time I am becoming more interested in accurate long range 1 shot kills. (currently all of my action has been within 100 yards but I have had to call them in that close due to current rifle limitations)
What I am wanting to know is in my comparison of velocity and energy at the 300-400 yard range is there a range of ft/sec and ft/lb that I need to stay at or above for humane 1 shot kills at the stated range? I should add that I know a .308 will do all of the above, but i am trying to get in a caliber with lower recoil. Some of the calibers I have been interested in are the .243, 22-250 and the .204. I understand they each have their up's and down's but I am mostly interested in learning more about ballistics and how to use this info to my advantage before making a rifle purchase.
If any of this makes sense, please chime in an educate a new-be. thanks guys.
The rifle will be primarily for varmint hunting (coyote, fox and bobcat only) Pelt damage is of little concern. I am looking for something that shoots fairly flat out to 300 - 400 yards. Many of my shots will be well below this range, but at the same time I am becoming more interested in accurate long range 1 shot kills. (currently all of my action has been within 100 yards but I have had to call them in that close due to current rifle limitations)
What I am wanting to know is in my comparison of velocity and energy at the 300-400 yard range is there a range of ft/sec and ft/lb that I need to stay at or above for humane 1 shot kills at the stated range? I should add that I know a .308 will do all of the above, but i am trying to get in a caliber with lower recoil. Some of the calibers I have been interested in are the .243, 22-250 and the .204. I understand they each have their up's and down's but I am mostly interested in learning more about ballistics and how to use this info to my advantage before making a rifle purchase.
If any of this makes sense, please chime in an educate a new-be. thanks guys.