Planes Game Hunting Rifle

**Gert Odendaal** · 02-06-2019, 11:23

Originally Posted by Andrew Leigh

Hey I watched that for no good reason but loved his comments about 1000yd hunting.

"1000yd target practice on a live animal"
"you need to be able to stalk up to within 400yds, if you can't you are either not skilled enough or too out of shape"

Or words to similar effect.

Andrew, I uploaded this video , knowing you will enjoy it very much,,,

Here is the USA perspective on calibers not conducive to hunting at long range distances up to 600 meters..just for you Andrew..

I like his description of the "little 6.5 Creedmoor cartridge"

Another video on minimum energy of a bullet from a USA perspective..

**A-R** · 04-06-2019, 20:19

Originally Posted by Gert Odendaal

Cordite Crazy, I do not have the relevant program to run such a comparison, the Ammo Guide gives me ballistic comparisons..

And it is USA based, so our re-loading data is not the same ..only bullet weights..

These days you can download the free version of Strelok onto a bottom-of-the-range smartphone or tablet and get all the basic trajectory calculations done almost instantly and on the go.

Sorry if that does not fit well into your classic rifle picture.

**pblaauw** · 04-06-2019, 20:32

Little 6.5 cartridge... For every old classic cartridge there is a newer cartridge that can compete, it's a never-ending cycle.. You should see this grey bearded man talk about the new 300 PRC cartridge...

**CorditeCrazy** · 04-06-2019, 21:47

Ya I’ve decided to go 300WM for now. 2 reasons:
1- I couldn’t find what I wanted in 300H&H
2- the 300WM rifle will do the job for me just fine at a decent price too

I wanted a rifle with nostalgia and “class” and now I’m looking to get a black plastic stocked bull barreled beast. It’ll be my first no frills working gun. All my other hunting rifles (375H&H, 308win & 303) all have a bit of emotion behind them.

I must say it’s a bit of a funny feeling.

**Toxxyc** · 05-06-2019, 07:00

Originally Posted by A-R

These days you can download the free version of Strelok onto a bottom-of-the-range smartphone or tablet and get all the basic trajectory calculations done almost instantly and on the go.

Sorry if that does not fit well into your classic rifle picture.

Yeah and if you pay R80 (if I remember correctly), it gives you an immense amount of extra scopes to choose from, allows you to see the projected impact with wind included and at different zoom settings (if SFP), etc. I'm definitely buying that as soon as my rifle comes in.

**Pirate** · 05-06-2019, 07:04

Originally Posted by Toxxyc

Yeah and if you pay R80 (if I remember correctly), it gives you an immense amount of extra scopes to choose from, allows you to see the projected impact with wind included and at different zoom settings (if SFP), etc. I'm definitely buying that as soon as my rifle comes in.

If you're going for a paid version, just go all the way and get Strelok Pro. Adds G7 BCs, stability calcs, more options with targets (i.e. specifying sizes of circles and squares) etc.

**Toxxyc** · 05-06-2019, 07:47

Originally Posted by Pirate

If you're going for a paid version, just go all the way and get Strelok Pro. Adds G7 BCs, stability calcs, more options with targets (i.e. specifying sizes of circles and squares) etc.

I was wondering if it's worth it and it seems like it is, thanks man!

**Pirate** · 05-06-2019, 10:21

Originally Posted by Toxxyc

I was wondering if it's worth it and it seems like it is, thanks man!

Most definitely worth it to go Pro!

**A-R** · 05-06-2019, 19:52

Originally Posted by Pirate

If you're going for a paid version, just go all the way and get Strelok Pro. Adds G7 BCs, stability calcs, more options with targets (i.e. specifying sizes of circles and squares) etc.

I use both the basic free version and Pro. Both have their uses. For basic hunting needs the free version is plenty usefull. As ranges extend, all the extra features of the Pro version become handy. I like the baboon target the most...