06-15-2023, 03:13 PM
Hey Double Naught, your average is inline with a lot of North American big game hunting averages, usually between 100-150 yards when you see larger polls of 5 plus years of kills by those who've observed those things over time.
JuanC, you'll find the Barnes will likely get blown around in the wind more as you stretch things out past 250 yards but the Hornady stuff will likely impress you beyond that due to it's higher bc, it will retain velocity better for less drop and fight wind better for less drift. Have you group size checked your rifle with those 3 ammo's yet? You will want to see what the accuracy looks like between those 3. Calm morning, not too much coffee, and 100 yard paper targets with the 2" crosses, do several 3-shot groups with each ammo and see if anything stands out, your rifle may like all 3 well enough to hunt with but maybe it only likes 1?, you may as well find out as all 3 will kill just fine to likely beyond your capabilities afield most of the time, but if it really loves one ammo you have your answer what to use because placement trumps all, to a point, if they all shoot under 1.5" then they will all work great, but if you have two that shoot just over 1" and one that shoots under 1" I'd likely lean to the one that shoots under 1" at 100 yards as then you have a set up that if you mess up the shot you know it's 100% your fault lol
JuanC, you'll find the Barnes will likely get blown around in the wind more as you stretch things out past 250 yards but the Hornady stuff will likely impress you beyond that due to it's higher bc, it will retain velocity better for less drop and fight wind better for less drift. Have you group size checked your rifle with those 3 ammo's yet? You will want to see what the accuracy looks like between those 3. Calm morning, not too much coffee, and 100 yard paper targets with the 2" crosses, do several 3-shot groups with each ammo and see if anything stands out, your rifle may like all 3 well enough to hunt with but maybe it only likes 1?, you may as well find out as all 3 will kill just fine to likely beyond your capabilities afield most of the time, but if it really loves one ammo you have your answer what to use because placement trumps all, to a point, if they all shoot under 1.5" then they will all work great, but if you have two that shoot just over 1" and one that shoots under 1" I'd likely lean to the one that shoots under 1" at 100 yards as then you have a set up that if you mess up the shot you know it's 100% your fault lol