This hunter nailed an 875-yard elk killer shot with a rifle chambered in .308 Winchester on day two of their hunt. Posted on 11/06/2016 9:25:16 AM PST by w1n1
This hunter nailed an 875-yard elk killer shot with a rifle chambered in .308 Winchester on day two of their hunt.
These hunters noticed a herd of elk feeding on a hillside two canyons away. After observing the herd for a little bit, the hunter selected a yearling cow out of the herd to shoot. He passed on the larger cows because he knew they would have a heck of a hike to get the meat out of the woods afterwards. In any case, they settled in, and he squeezed off his shot, which resulted in an 875-yard elk kill. View the video here, would you have taken this shot?
The NRA has Long Range High Power matches at 600 and 1,000 yds. I shot my .223 in a couple. It IS doable.
MrD has a friend in Canada and he has a gun he has named Mileamor because he can hit a target that is a mile or more away.
The 223 tends to lose stability beyond something like 400-500 yds. 308 different story.
Is there some unknown need to be a mile away from your animal, in this “sport”?
LOL! “..quite a hike..”. Are these guys serious? smirk.
“The 223 tends to lose stability beyond something like 400-500 yds.”
No, they don’t. Long range 1,000 yard matches are held using them all the time.
I personally shoot 223 to 1,000 with extreme accuracy.
Hauling an elk nearly a kilometer over that terrain to get to where you took the shot? Risking having to chase a wounded elk while starting a kilometer behind? That takes a lot of confidence. If it was a question of protecting the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, I’d take the shot with a quality scoped .308. For food/hunting? I’d put in another 500 meters of closure on foot before I took the shot. “A man’s got to know his limitations” and apparently mine are stricter than this hunter’s.
A real sportsman would go where he shot if he missed and track down a wounded animal. Some states require it by law. So how are you going to find where the animal was to see if you wounded it and it got away.
Probably should qualify that statement. Using special match grade long range projectiles, 223 can compete at 1000yds.
Extreme accuracy?
How much bullet drop do you get from a 223 at 1000 yards?
“500 meters”
Can you translate that into American for us hicks who don’t speak European?
Around 458 yards.
I’m no sniper, but I’m told friend who trains snipers the 223 bullet can tumble after long distances, not a problem on ranges but for hunting or otherwise is problematic.
When I hunt elk I use 3006.
The hunter should nickname his rifle “Yamamoto’s Nightmare”. The Japanese strategist wouldn’t have dreamed that a hunter’s gun could reliably reach out that far.
The U.N. deems such a rifle a “long range sniper weapon” that should be banned.
Sorta off topic but, great shot. How did they pack the meat out, anyway?
Sorry, I had just read something else in metric, so I was thinking metric in my response. I'm not European, just bilingual. Closing another 500 meters (550 yards), would make it a 325 yard shot instead of an 875 yard shot. At that distance, I go for head shots with deer. No one would be impressed that I hit something the size of an elk at 325, but I would have no doubt about my ability to hit where I wanted to and not count on luck.
Did the math wrong - 547 yards
.308 is the perfect all purpose round.
A clear case of self-defense.
The video continues to show that they butchered it down to quarters.
but what kind of energy is it carrying at that distance? take down a man, sure, but Elk?
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