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<blockquote data-quote="svk" data-source="post: 6405681" data-attributes="member: 41967"><p>For a number of years when I was in school we used to drive out to northwestern South Dakota to shoot prairie dogs for a weekend in May. We just used .223's because the ammo was so cheap and it wouldn't heat up a barrel as quickly like a hotter round. It did a good job honing your skills but on those little critters even a 200 yard shot was a long one. </p><p></p><p>I've read about guys hitting stuff at 1000 plus yards with the old sharps style rifles and straight cartridges. More power too them for developing the skill to compensate for a rainbow like trajectory and also wind and heat waves. </p><p></p><p>With hunting cartridges and rifles, one has to take into account the inherent inaccuracy increases exponentially as range increases. So unless a rifle drives tacks at 100 yards, hitting something at 400 yards will take several inches of holdover, accounting for wind, and a lot of luck too!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svk, post: 6405681, member: 41967"] For a number of years when I was in school we used to drive out to northwestern South Dakota to shoot prairie dogs for a weekend in May. We just used .223's because the ammo was so cheap and it wouldn't heat up a barrel as quickly like a hotter round. It did a good job honing your skills but on those little critters even a 200 yard shot was a long one. I've read about guys hitting stuff at 1000 plus yards with the old sharps style rifles and straight cartridges. More power too them for developing the skill to compensate for a rainbow like trajectory and also wind and heat waves. With hunting cartridges and rifles, one has to take into account the inherent inaccuracy increases exponentially as range increases. So unless a rifle drives tacks at 100 yards, hitting something at 400 yards will take several inches of holdover, accounting for wind, and a lot of luck too! [/QUOTE]
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