Thread: Calibre, Rifle & Scope Sugestions For Longer Range Hunting

I see things from both sides of the above debate because i have seen both sides of it play out first hand. I have watched mates try shoot deer at distance with calibres smaller than ideal for the job and lose the deer with a bad shot or need multiple follow up shots to get the job done, but ive also watched a young bloke clean miss deer one after the other with a 7mm rem mag that he just couldnt shoot to save himself because he was tensing up bracing himself for the recoil and jerking the trigger, and had to take the rifle from him and get the job done myself. I have a 300wsm i use for my long range hunting, but i still agree that a smaller calibre would be better to start off with if your not an experienced shooter. I have shot deer out to just over 500m with my 6.5 Creedmoor using 143gr ELDX and its done the job beautifully, However if i had the 300wsm there with me at that time i certainly would have favoured it over the creedmoor, purely because theres more room for error if i make a bad call on wind or just simply make a bad shot.

Im very much a believer of a big fast bullet beats a small fast bullet every time, but if you cant shoot said big bullet accurately, its a waste of time.